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Get Up in the Cool

Cameron DeWhitt

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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Episode 524: Tim Cape (Tunes that Speak to Us)

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2026/09/09

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Tim Cape! We recorded this in August at the Queer and Trans Old Time Gathering.Tunes in this episode: Bound to Have a Little Fun Snowdrop Come On Boys Let’s Go to Anaky Old Baldy Kickin’ Up Tallapoosa Bound BONUS TRACK: Scott No. 1 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

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43:28

Episode 523: Leather Britches (Eleanor Chen and Andy...

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2026/09/02

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Eleanor Chen and Andy Ferrell, also known as Leather Britches! We recorded this last weekend at the Queer and Trans Old Time Gathering.Tunes and songs in this episode: Sally Goodwin (0:30) Kittypuss (7:54) Jonah in the Windstorm (20:06) The War it Is A-Raging (30:22) Dubuque (39:13) BONUS TRACK: Hannah at the Springhouse Follow Eleanor Chen and Andy Ferrell on Instagram! Support

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1:29:25

Episode 522: Forsyth (Isn’t a Cult)

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2026/08/26

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are the members of Forsyth: Kate Knudsvig, Kat Wallace, Helen Kuhar, and Erin Hogan! We recorded this on Sunday at my home in Portland, OR.Tunes and songs in this episode: Hen of the Woods (Helen Kuhar original) (0:38) Magpie (Kat Wallace original) (19:36) Lark in the Clear Air (the tune is a Kate Knudsvig original) (46:42) Nelson’s Lament (Kat Wallace original) (1:06:20) Blacksmith

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Episode 521: NoaBass (Old Time Bass)

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2026/08/19

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is NoaBass, with special guest friends Collin Stackhouse and Kaden Hurst! We recorded this a few hours ago. Sorry this episode’s out late. Tunes in this episode: Red Prairie Dawn (Garry Harrison original) (0:46) High Up on Tug (20:50) The Red Brick House in Georgia Town (37:29) Moderate (NoaBass original) (51:37) Spotted Pony (1:11:15) BONUS TRACK: Cold Mountains (Texas Gladden

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(episode 521 will be slightly delayed)

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2026/08/19

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Episode 520: Hayden Stern (Classic Tunes for the...

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2026/08/12

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Hayden Stern! We recorded this at his home in Seattle back in May.Tunes in this episode: Farewell to Santa Ana (Hayden Stern original) (0:32) Susie’s (Hayden Stern original) (12:29) Pit Trap (Hayden Stern original) (29:24) Pretty Little Dog (42:23) Rhodendenron (Hayden Stern original) (49:33) BONUS TRACK: Barlow Knife Sign up for Hayden Stern’s mailing list at his website Follow him

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Episode 519: Jordan Wankoff (Learning and Teaching...

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2026/08/05

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. We’re back to our regularly scheduled programming. This week’s friend is Jordan Wankoff! We recorded this on Sunday at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago.Tunes in this episode: Marmaduke’s Hornpipe (0:47) Cowhide Boots (10:22) Grand Picnic (Joe Politte original) (22:01) Walk Old Shoe Heel Come A Draggin’ (42:21) Tippin’ Back the Corn (Jordan Wankoff original) (56:56) BONUS TRACK: Lacy

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1:11:49

Episode 518: Get Up in the Cool 10th Anniversary Look...

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2026/07/29

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. Get Up in the Cool is 10 years old! We’re going to spend this month looking back in four parts.Tunes in this episode: Richmond Blues with Rachel Eddy Cumberland Gap with Earl White Wade Ward’s Peach Bottom Creek with Maggie Lind Wind and Rain with Carolyn Kendrick Won’t You Come and Sing with Me with Anna RG BONUS TRACK: Mississippi Sawyer [Buy your tickets for Tall Poppy String Band’s upcoming

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50:49

Episode 517: Get Up in the Cool 10th Anniversary Look...

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2026/07/22

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. Get Up in the Cool is 10 years old! We’re going to spend this month looking back in four parts.Tunes in this episode: The Old Yellow Dog Come Trotting Through the Meetinghouse with Brooks Masten Evening Prayer Blues with Mark Graham George Hammons’ Tune with The Canotes Grandma’s March with Sweet Milk and Peaches Gotta Get a Job with Smack Young Walser BONUS TRACK: Ragged Coat Visit the John C. Campbell

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Episode 516: Get Up in the Cool 10th Anniversary Look...

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2026/07/15

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. Get Up in the Cool is 10 years old! We’re going to spend this month looking back in four parts. Tunes in this episode: La de Mariano Romero with Lone Piñon Davey Davey with Nic Gareiss See that Rainbow Shine with Sarah Kate Morgan Whispering Forest with Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms(original song by Marijohn Wilkin) Breakin’ Up Christmas with Amelia and Dirk Powell BONUS TRACK: Bound to Have a Little

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1:09:32

Episode 515: Get Up in the Cool 10th Anniversary Look...

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2026/07/08

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. Get Up in the Cool is 10 years old! We’re going to spend this month looking back in four parts. Tunes in this episode: Sugar Hill with Spencer Family and Friends Molly Ban + Sullivan’s Hollow with Jess McIntosh Chigule with Peter Mawanga Mississippi Sawyer with Paul Brown Moccasin Shuffle / Saddle Old Paint with Jamie Fox (and Scotty Leach) BONUS TRACK: Last of Harris [Buy your tickets for Tall Poppy

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Request For Upcoming Call Up In The Cool 10 Year...

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2026/07/01

Next week is the ten year anniversary of Get Up in the Cool! I'm going to do a call up in the cool episode, but I need your questions/favorite moments from the last 10 years/tune and song requests. You can email a voice memo or written submission to getupinthecool@gmail.com I'll be working on this Monday and Tuesday, so try and have these in before the weekend is over if you're going to participate. Thanks y'all!

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Episode 514: Lizzie Cahalin and Perry Blosser (of The...

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2026/07/01

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Lizzie Cahalin and Perry Blosser! We recorded this a couple weeks ago at Redwing Roots Festival in Virginia. Tunes in this episode: Sam Hill (0:40) Otis Burris’s Fortune (09:14) Winderslide (Joe LeRose original melody, Lorie Lichtenwalner original lyrics) (30:16) Peas in the Pot (56:56) Flatwoods (1:01:07) BONUS TRACK: Critters in the Stuff (Dan Newitt original) Follow The Ridge

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Episode 513: Justin Golden (Blues Guitar and Old Time...

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2026/06/24

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Justin Golden! We recorded this last weekend in Richmond, VA. Tunes in this episode: My Creole Bell (0:40) You Got To Walk that Lonesome Valley (12:53) Bad Luck Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson original) (22:42) The Rain Done Fell on Me (29:53) You Don’t Know My Mind (36:09) BONUS TRACK: Sitting on Top of the World (Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon original) Follow Justin Golden on

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55:56

Episode 512: Sweeten the Third (Banjo and...

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2026/06/17

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Afton Coombs, here to talk about our new band, Sweeten the Third! We recorded this earlier in the month at TransTrad in Olympia, WA.Tunes in this episode: Kilby Snow’s Troubles / Rain Water (Cameron DeWhitt original) (1:11) Wind and Rain (25:39) Greasy Coat / Tam Lin (40:01) Wild Mountain Thyme / Last of Harris / Chattanooga (48:31) BONUS TRACK: Supercut of dance moments in this

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Episode 511: Miriam Hacksaw (Malayali Tunes,...

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2026/06/10

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Miriam Hacksaw! We recorded this last weekend at TransTrad in Olympia, WA.Tunes in this episode: Thunhayenikkeshuvaam (0:41) Silent Bullet (Miriam Hacksaw original) (17:02) Kuttanadan Punjayile (32:14) Vandi Pukavandi (49:24) Sally in the Garden (54:24) BONUS TRACK: Waterbound (Dirk Powell original) Miriam Hacksaw’s Bandcamp Follow her on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Support Get

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Episode 510: Tall Poppy String Band (Tunes You Can...

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2026/06/03

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are my friends in Tall Poppy String Band, Morgan Harris and George Jackson! Mostly Morgan, but George sent a couple fiddle recordings over. We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, OR.Tunes in this episode: Nine Eagle Feathers in a County Cork Park (Cameron DeWhitt original) (1:16) Seafoam (George Jackson original) (15:44) Eggshells (Morgan Harris original) (26:27) Resignation

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Episode 509: Sasha Stolasz (Cool Fiddle Moms and...

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2026/05/27

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sasha Stolasz! We recorded this a couple weeks ago at my home in Portland, OR.Tunes in this episode: Duck River (0:58) Pony Boy (Mark Simos original) (9:32) Polska efter Lars August Bejtsson (23:51) Wandering Boy (35:06) Neck Belly (42:10) BONUS TRACK: Road to Westfield Follow Sasha Stolasz on Instagram for more tunes! Support Tall Poppy String Band’s second album on

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Episode 508: Simon Chrisman (Hammered Dulcimer)

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2026/05/20

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Simon Chrisman! We recorded this Sunday at my home in Portland, OR.Tunes in this episode: Last Chance (1:25) Arkansas Traveler (15:55) Wild Hog in the Woods (33:51) Happy Hollow (1:00:05) Three Forks of Cheat (1:07:47) BONUS TRACK: Maloney Creek (David Keenan original) Visit The Bee Eaters’ website Follow Simon’s collaborators on Instagram: Jeremy Kittel Tony Furtado Wes Corbett Nic

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1:42:00

Episode 507: Devon Léger (Music Journalism and...

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2026/05/13

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

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