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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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
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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!
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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)
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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!
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1h 12min
April 08, 2026Episode 502: Mareva Lindo and Jay Desrosiers (Old Time Music in Illinois)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Mareva Lindo and Jay Desrosiers! We recorded this on Saturday at Jake Blount’s home in Providence, RI.
Tunes in this episode:
Jump that Log (0:32)
Noah Beavers’ Cotton Eyed Joe (12:58)
Biford Tite’s Old Shawneetown (31:24)
Eleanor Gibson’s Molly Bond (53:25)
Jamie’s on the Stormy Sea (a Garry Harrison old time adaptation of an Irish tune) (1:03:29)
BONUS TRACK: Damn the Reservoir (Garry Harrison original)
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1h 8min
April 01, 2026Episode 501: Phoebe Sanders (Banjo, Limberjacks, and Jig Dolls)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Phoebe Sanders! We recorded this earlier this month at her home in La Mirada, CA.
Tunes in this episode:
Sugar Hill (0:49)
Hell Broke Loose in Georgia (12:41)
Cindy (21:32)
Going Across the Sea (27:02)
Lost Girl (32:54)
BONUS TRACK: Hangman’s Reel
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Here’s the YouTube link to the tunes with Gilligan!
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37min
March 25, 2026Episode 500: Frank Fairfield (The Theoretical, The Practical, and the Poetical)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Frank Fairfield! We recorded this earlier this month at Frank’s home in LA.
Tunes in this episode:
There’s a Brown Skin Girl Down the Road Somewhere (1:27)
Darlin’ Cory (12:08)
Cottonwood Reel (46:19)
Old Aunt Jenny with her Nightcap On (1:18:14)
Jack o’ Diamonds (1:30:06)
BONUS TRACK: Last of Harris
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1h 36min
March 18, 2026Episode 499: Kenny Feinstein (Punk to Old Time Pipeline)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Kenny Feinstein! We recorded this yesterday at their home in LA.
Tunes in this episode:
Give Me a Chaw Tobacco (0:35)
Jeff City (9:33)
The Girl Slipped Down (18:21)
Box the Fox (39:48)
Lost Indian (44:40)
BONUS TRACK: Hell and Scissors
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49min
March 11, 2026Episode 498: Tommy Schulz (Settings-Based Music and Shonen Irish Ballads)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Tommy Schulz! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, Oregon.
Tunes in this episode:
Shove that Pig’s Foot a Little Further into the Fire (0:55)
Arthur McBride (27:37)
Coleman’s March (48:28)
The Clyde Water (1:03:42)
Isambard's Waltz (Bruce Molsky original) (1:24:39)
BONUS TRACK: The Blackest Crow
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Come see Morgan Harris and I play at Abbie Weisenbloom’s in Portland on March 12
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1h 29min
March 04, 2026Episode 497: Caleb & Reeb (Writing in Idiom and the Limits of Genre)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Caleb & Reeb! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, Oregon.
Tunes in this episode:
Gold in Your Pocket (Caleb Klauder original) (0:57)
He’s Gone (Caleb Klauder original) (18:52)
Trust in Your Luck (Reeb Willms original) (43:04)
Gathering Flowers (1:00:17)
Shame Shame Shame (Caleb Klauder original) (1:11:16)
BONUS TRACK: Boll Weevil
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Buy their album Gold in Your Pocket from Free Dirt records
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1h 16min

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