Get Up in the Cool

By 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 interviewe... more

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June 17, 2026Episode 512: Sweeten the Third (Banjo and Flatfooting) (see show notes for supercut of dancing)
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 episode
Follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
and TikTok
[Visit the John C Campbell Folk School website to find out who’s playing their Centennial Sounds series this summer](folkschool.org/sounds)
Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
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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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...more
56min
June 10, 2026Episode 511: Miriam Hacksaw (Malayali Tunes, Political Music, and Liberatory Spirituality)
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 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
Support Get Up in the Cool
...more
59min
June 03, 2026Episode 510: Tall Poppy String Band (Tunes You Can Jam from our Second Album)
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 (Cameron DeWhitt original) (54:08)
Mirrorball (George Jackson original) (1:05:47)
BONUS TRACK: Anvil Cloud (Morgan Harris original)
Support Tall Poppy String Band’s second album on Kickstarter!
Tall Poppy String Band is going on tour!
See Sweeten the Third at Abbie Weisenbloom’s in Portland
Come to TransTrad!
See Tradwife open for Creekbed Carter Hogan at The Showdown in SE Portland June 12
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
Support Get Up in the Cool
...more
1h 15min
May 27, 2026Episode 509: Sasha Stolasz (Cool Fiddle Moms and Learning from YouTube)
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 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
Support Get Up in the Cool
...more
47min
May 20, 2026Episode 508: Simon Chrisman (Hammered Dulcimer)
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 Gareiss
Visit the John C Campbell Folk School’s website
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
Support Get Up in the Cool
...more
1h 14min
May 13, 2026Episode 507: Devon Léger (Music Journalism and Publicity for Traditional Music)
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
Support Get Up in the Cool
...more
1h 42min
May 06, 2026Episode 506: Isabelle Kirk (Women in Old Time)
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
Support Get Up in the Cool
...more
1h 23min
May 01, 2026Episode 505: Probably Polly String Band (Folk Punk, Playing for Square Dances, How to Start an Old Time Scene)
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
Support Get Up in the Cool
...more
54min
April 22, 2026Episode 504: Portland Pub Sing (Ana Tighe, Ian Clemons, Asrune Reed, Claire Williams, Jonathan Lay)
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
Support Get Up in the Cool
...more
1h 3min
April 15, 2026Episode 503: Sandol Astrausky (Fiddles Are Scary, Jeff Todd Titon, and Teaching Old Time Music)
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
Support Get Up in the Cool
...more
1h 12min

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