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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Get Up in the Cool episodes:

June 25, 2025Episode 461: Richie & Rosie (Live from Inside the Baltimore Museum of Industry’s 1953 Packard Clipper)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Richie Stearns & Rosie Newton, also known as Richie & Rosie! I recorded them back in April at the Baltimore Old Time Music Festival.
Tunes in this episode:
Five Miles to Town (0:33)
Hang Me (6:35)
Glory in the Meetinghouse (18:08)
I Am With You Always (Richie & Rosie) (27:02)
BONUS TRACK: Roscoe (Cameron solo, because we ran out of time)
Visit Richie & Rosie’s website
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Visit Rosie Newton’s website
Follow Rosie on Instagram
Follow Richie Stearns on Instagram
Buy tickets to see Tall Poppy String Band and Never Come Down at Mississippi Studios
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31min
June 18, 2025Episode 460: Bruce Ling (Sharing Music and Energy feat. Austin Benzing)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Bruce Ling, with special guest guitarist Austin Benzing! I recorded them in May at the Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend in Remus, Michigan.
Tunes in this episode:
Fiddle’s Waltz (Bruce Ling original) (0:35)
Crawdad Shuffle (Bruce Ling original) (18:10)
High River Blues (Bruce Ling original) (35:24)
Deep Ellum Blues (49:09)
June Apple (55:37)
BONUS TRACK: Dubuque
Visit Hawks and Owls’ website
Email Bruce: [email protected]
Sign up for Great Lakes Music Camp
Follow Austin Benzing on Instagram
Buy tickets to see Tall Poppy String Band and Never Come Down at Mississippi Studios
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1h
June 11, 2025Episode 459: Ben Traverse (Folk Songs, Lomax, and Music from Michigan)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Ben Traverse! I recorded them in May at the Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend in Remus, Michigan.
Tunes in this episode:
Raging Canal (Sent My Brown Jug Downtown) (0:50)
Lost on the Lady Elgin (10:08)
Who Feeds Us Beans (23:43)
Beaver Dam Road (40:55)
Shenandoah (47:09)
BONUS TRACK: Birch Grove
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Buy Ben’s albums from Earthwork Music
Buy tickets to see Tall Poppy String Band and Never Come Down at Mississippi Studios
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52min
June 04, 2025Episode 458: Micah Ling (Dressing Tradition)
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 at her home in Lansing, MI, then we ran out of time, and we finished at Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend.
Songs and tunes in this episode:
Le Valse de la Rebec (Bruce Ling original) (1:05)
Are You Tired of Me, My Darling (19:19)
Maggie Meade (46:43)
Sister Thou Art Mild and Lovely (1:21:24)
Adieu False Heart (1:32:55)
BONUS TRACK: Coleman’s March
Email Micah Ling if you want to read her dissertation: [email protected]
Buy her album Kingdom Come
The last Earful of Fiddle Music & Dance Camp will happen in central Michigan on June 22-27. Join me, Becky Hill, Ben Nelson, AJ Srubas, Rina Rossi, Ruby John, Sheila Graziano, Bruce Bauman, Ethan Setiawan, Louise Bichan, Grace van’t Hof, Lindsay McCaw, and more for 5 days of classes, jams and dances. Learn from and hang with world-class contemporary trad musicians and dancers in a beautiful lakeside setting. For more information or to register, go to earfuloffiddle.com, which is linked in the show notes. See you at Earful!
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1h 37min
May 28, 2025Episode 457: Gray Buchanan (Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend and Original Tunes from Friends)
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 on Sunday at the Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend in Remus, Michigan. Thanks again for bringing Tall Poppy String Band out, Wheatland!
Tunes in this episode:
Oysters in the Half Shell (1:09) (Claire Silbernagel original)
Winter Break (8:56) (Isaac McCarthy original)
Bitter Star (18:00) (Gray Buchanan original)
One-Legged Cow on a Scratching Post (27:58) (Corey Johnson-Erday original)
Ramp Narrows (35:29) (Mary Linscheid original)
BONUS TRACK: Roscoe
Visit The Hillbilly Biscuits’ website
[Visit The Starlight Darlins’ website](https://thestarlightdarlins.com/)
buy their EP
and follow them on Instagram
Visit Clover-Lynn and The Hellfires’ website
and follow them on Instagram
Follow The Weevils on Instagram
Follow Moon Holler on Instagram
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42min
May 21, 2025Episode 456: Joseph Decosimo (Shiny New Tunes and Human Limits)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Joseph Decosimo! We recorded this about a month ago at Sonya Badigian’s place in Durham, NC. Thanks again for hosting us, Sonya!
Tunes in this episode:
Blackberry Blossoms (0:41)
Betty Baker (14:48)
Two O’Clock (50:50)
Flowery Girls (1:13:46)
Puncheon Camps (1:16:20)
BONUS TRACK: Peas in the Pot (played by Cameron, because we ran out of time)
Visit Joseph Decosimo’s website for lessons and performance dates
Buy Beehive Cathedral and Joseph’s other albums on Bandcamp
Buy tickets to see Morgan Harris and Cameron DeWhitt at Detroit Folk School
[and at The Robin Theatre in Lansing](Morgan Harris & Cameron DeWhitt at The RobinThe Robin Theatrehttps://www.therobintheatre.com › events › morgan-har…)
See Tall Poppy String Band at Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend
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
Support Get Up in the Cool
...more
1h 21min
May 14, 2025Episode 455: SunFish Duo (Sarah Ells Fish and Dan Fish)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Sarah Ells Fish and Dan Fish, also known as Sunfish Duo! We recorded this a couple weeks ago at my home in Portland, OR.
Tunes in this episode:
The Cuckoo (0:48)
Going to the West (10:25)
Aragon Mill (29:50)
Midnight on the Stormy Deep (45:46)
Winding Stream (1:01:20)
BONUS TRACK: The Happy Sunny Side of Life
Buy SunFish Duo’s albums on Bandcamp
Follow them on Facebook
[See them at The Grand Dalles Music Festival](The Grand Dalles Music FestivalThe Grand Dalles Music Festivalhttp://www.thegranddallesmusicfestival.com)
Buy tickets to see Morgan Harris and Cameron DeWhitt at Detroit Folk School
[and at The Robin Theatre in Lansing](Morgan Harris & Cameron DeWhitt at The RobinThe Robin Theatrehttps://www.therobintheatre.com › events › morgan-har…)
See Tall Poppy String Band at Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend
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
Support Get Up in the Cool
...more
1h 6min
May 07, 2025Episode 454: Kristina R. Gaddy (Early Black American Fiddle and Banjo Music)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Kristina R. Gaddy! We recorded this at Brad Kolodner’s place in Baltimore.
Tunes in this episode:
Pompey Ran Away (0:45)
Throw the Banjo Out of Tune (12:15)
Congo Prince Jig (36:39)
Congo (55:55)
Poor Rosy (1:07:45)
BONUS TRACK: That’s My Rabbit My Dog Caught It
Buy Kristina R. Gaddy’s and Rhiannon Giddens’ book Go Back and Fetch It
Visit Kristina R. Gaddy’s website
Buy tickets to see Morgan Harris and Cameron DeWhitt at Detroit Folk School
[and at The Robin Theatre in Lansing](Morgan Harris & Cameron DeWhitt at The RobinThe Robin Theatrehttps://www.therobintheatre.com › events › morgan-har…)
See Tall Poppy String Band at Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend
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
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1h 11min
April 30, 2025Episode 453: Brian Dolphin (Writing Original Tunes)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Brian Dolphin! We recorded this recently in Baltimore.
Tunes in this episode:
Ducks on the Pond (0:40)
Old Ford (Brian Dolphin original) (12:28)
Squirrel in the Fig Tree (Brian Dolphin original) (28:12)
Robin in the Field (Brian Dolphin original) (42:22)
Daylight Savings (Brian Dolphin original) (47:18)
John Newlin’s Waltz (Brian Dolphin original) (1:01:35)
BONUS TRACK: Annie’s Tune (Brian Dolphin original)
Visit Brian Dolphin’s website
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1h 7min
April 23, 2025Episode 452: Shanice Richards (Jamaican Church, The Little Mercies, and Old Time with Somethin’ Sassy)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Shanice Richards! We recorded this on Monday in Baltimore.
Tunes in this episode:
The Girl I Left Behind (0:59)
New Jordan (7:12)
Jenny on the Railroad (30:26)
Three Forks of Cheat (46:05)
Jubilee (56:09)
Bonus Track: Snake’s Wild Tune
Visit The Little Mercies’ website
Follow them on Instagram
Buy their album on Bandcamp
[Buy tickets for my April duo bill tour with Morgan Harris](morganharrisguitar.com/live)
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1h 1min

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