Get Up in the Cool
Get Up in the Cool features conversations and musical collaborations with some of Old Time music's heaviest hitters, like Ken Perlman, Adam Hurt, Spencer & Rains, and Jake Blount. As an interviewer, Cameron balances an effusive curiosity for the potential of traditional music with a dogged respect for its origins. Serving as audience surrogate, Cameron asks illuminating questions to Old Time's best and brightest while telling the larger story of the tradition's modern era.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 481
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Episode 161: Penka Jane Culevski (Suzuki, Star Trek, and Beating Up Satan)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Penka Jane Culevski! We recorded this at the Centralia Campout in Centrlia, WA.
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Episode 160: Maggie Shar (Clawhammer Banjo)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Maggie Shar! We recorded this at Clifftop a few months ago in the Long Point String Band tent.
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Episode 159: Coral Nast (Takes an Old Time Fast)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Coral Nast! We recorded this at the Centralia Campout in Centralia, Washington.
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Episode 158: Gray Buchanan (Contradancing in Heelys and Trad Dad Music)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Gray Buchanan; we recorded this at Clifftop in the Long Point String Band Tent (THANKS AGAIN for …
Episode 157: Brian Lindsay (Contra Dances, Irish Fiddle, and Pop Country)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Brian Lindsay! We recorded this in August at the 2019 Centralia Campout in Centralia, WA.
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Episode 156: George Jackson (Tune Titles and Tall Poppies)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is George Jackson! We recorded this a few weeks ago at Clifftop in the Long Point String Band tent! …
Episode 155: Becky Hill (Has a Dance Basket)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Becky Hill! Becky is a percussive dancer, so this episode is great in it’s audio-only form, but i…
Episode 154: Ben Smith (Oldtime Central Can Take You Where You Want to Go)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ben Smith, the founder of Oldtime-Central! We recorded this last week at Clifftop.
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Episode 153: Christine Williams (Fiddle Teacher)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Christine Williams! We recorded this in June at the Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp in Rodn…
Episode 152: Kris Stableford and Bruce Bauman (Live at Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp 2019)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Kris Stableford and Bruce Bauman! We recorded this in June at the music and dance camp they run…
Episode 151: Micah Ling (Old Time Cello, Folklore, and Festival Dress)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Micah Ling! We recorded this in June at the Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp in Rodney, Mich…
Episode 150: Nic Gareiss (Asking Questions Through the Body)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Nic Gareiss! We recorded this last week at the Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp in Rodney, M…
Episode 149: Ruby John (The Fiddle Is Good Medicine)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ruby John! We recorded this last week at the Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp in Rodney, Mic…
Episode 148: Bill Harlow (All the Kids Are Playing Old Time)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Bill Harlow! We recorded this about a week and a half ago at the Fiddler’s Festival in Weiser, Id…
Episode 147: Judy Lungren (The Duchess of Stickerville)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Judy Lungren, the Duchess of Stickerville! We recorded this a few days ago at the Fiddler’s Festi…
Episode 146: Collin Stackhouse (Learned to Fiddle in Alaska and Play the Banjo in Antarctica)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Collin Stackhouse! We recorded this a couple weeks ago at my house in Portland, Oregon.
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Episode 145: Jake Blount (Facebook Live AMA)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jake Blount! Back in mid-April, we did three facebook live episodes to promote our northeast tour…
Episode 144: Lewis & Spence (Aren't Bored Yet)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Hannah Lewis and Micah Spence! We recorded this a few weeks ago in Eugene during the Willamette…
Episode 143: Dan Bui (Mandolin, Bluegrass, and How to Not Burnout as a Professional Musician)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Dan Bui (of Twisted Pine)! We recorded this a month ago in Boston while I was on tour with Jake B…
Episode 142: Carol Skarstad (Old Time Cello)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Carol Skarstad! We recorded this at the Willamette Valley Old Time Social a couple weeks ago in E…