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Get Up in the Cool

Cameron DeWhitt
Get Up in the Cool
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  • Get Up in the Cool

    Episode 507: Devon Léger (Music Journalism and Publicity for Traditional Music)

    13/05/2026 | 1h 42 mins.
    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Devon Léger! We recorded this Friday afternoon at his home in Seattle.

    Tunes in this episode:

    Reel de la Bière Alpine (André à Toto original) (1:12)

    Jig à Jos Léger (21:20)

    Bake the Bread (49:28)

    Charley Kahana’s Pigtown Fling (1:16:45)

    Avant-deux fredonné (1:38:35)

    BONUS TRACK: Valse d’Inkerman Ferry (André à Toto original)

    Follow Hearth Music on Instagram

    Support Tall Poppy String Band’s second album on Kickstarter!

    Come to TransTrad!

    See Sweeten the Third at Abbie Weisenbloom’s in Portland

    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon

    Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas

    Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!

    Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron

    Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website

    and follow us on Instagram

    follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
  • Get Up in the Cool

    Episode 506: Isabelle Kirk (Women in Old Time)

    06/05/2026 | 1h 22 mins.
    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Isabelle Kirk! We recorded this on Monday night at my home in Portland, OR.

    Tunes in this episode:

    Texas John (1:14)

    Karen Collins’ Tune (13:03)

    Sugar in my Coffee-O (25:18)

    Cross Key (44:34)

    The Snouts and Ears of America (1:18:21)

    BONUS TRACK: Red Brick House in Georgia Town

    Go square dance to the Wild Geese String Band

    [Follow Isabelle Kirk on Instagram}(https://www.instagram.com/isabellemishell/)

    Support Tall Poppy String Band’s second album on Kickstarter!

    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon

    Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas

    Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!

    Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron

    Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website

    and follow us on Instagram

    follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
  • Get Up in the Cool

    Episode 505: Probably Polly String Band (Folk Punk, Playing for Square Dances, How to Start an Old Time Scene)

    01/05/2026 | 53 mins.
    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Andy, Mieke, Avery, Becca, Daria, and Morgan of Probably Polly String Band! We recorded this a couple hours ago at my home in Portland, OR. Sorry this one’s out late folks.

    Tunes in this episode:

    Sal’s Got Mud Between Her Tunes (0:49)

    Cumberland Gap (12:50)

    Logan County Blues (27:19)

    Old Home Town Band (38:47)

    Whiteface (48:35)

    BONUS TRACK: North Carolina Breakdown

    Come Square Dance with Probably Polly String Band on Memorial Day!

    Follow Go Piss Girl Collective on Instagram

    Visit TransTrad’s website

    Follow TransTrad on Instagram

    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon

    Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas

    Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!

    Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron

    Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website

    and follow us on Instagram

    follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
  • Get Up in the Cool

    Episode 504: Portland Pub Sing (Ana Tighe, Ian Clemons, Asrune Reed, Claire Williams, Jonathan Lay)

    22/04/2026 | 1h 2 mins.
    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. Lots of friends this week; we’ve got Ana Tighe, Ian Clemons, Asrune Reed, Claire Williams, and Jonathan Lay of the Portland Pub Sing! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, OR.

    Tunes in this episode:

    Noah’s Ark Shanty (0:34)

    Garners Gay (10:40)

    Old Fid (31:02)

    The Florence Whale Song (49:16)(Claire Williams original)

    The Pick and the Malt Shovel (58:34)(Roger Watson original)

    BONUS TRACK: Drink Old Portland Dry (Ian Clemons original lyrics)

    Join the Portland Pub Sing Google Group

    Join the Portland Pub Sing at Tomorrow’s Verse Taproom!

    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon

    Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas

    Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!

    Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron

    Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website

    and follow us on Instagram

    follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
  • Get Up in the Cool

    Episode 503: Sandol Astrausky (Fiddles Are Scary, Jeff Todd Titon, and Teaching Old Time Music)

    15/04/2026 | 1h 11 mins.
    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sandol Astrausky! We recorded this earlier this month at Jake Blount’s home in Providence, RI, and he’ll join us later in the interview.

    Tunes in this episode:

    Liberty Off the Corn Liquor Still (0:35)

    Big Black Cat (19:21)

    Frank Barbee’s Hornpipe (43:29)

    Forked Deer (55:29)

    California Blues (1:07:28)

    BONUS TRACK: Roaring River

    Learn more about Brown University’s Old Time String Band class!

    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon

    Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas

    Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!

    Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron

    Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website

    and follow us on Instagram

    follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
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About 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.
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