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  • Episode 512: Sweeten the Third (Banjo and Flatfooting) (see show notes for supercut of dancing)
    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 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
    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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    56 分
  • Episode 511: Miriam Hacksaw (Malayali Tunes, Political Music, and Liberatory Spirituality)
    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 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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    58 分
  • Episode 510: Tall Poppy String Band (Tunes You Can Jam from our Second Album)
    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 (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

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    1 時間 14 分
  • Episode 509: Sasha Stolasz (Cool Fiddle Moms and Learning from YouTube)
    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 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

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    46 分
  • Episode 508: Simon Chrisman (Hammered Dulcimer)
    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 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

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    1 時間 14 分
  • Episode 507: Devon Léger (Music Journalism and Publicity for Traditional Music)
    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 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

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    1 時間 42 分
  • Episode 506: Isabelle Kirk (Women in Old Time)
    2026/05/06

    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

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    1 時間 22 分
  • Episode 505: Probably Polly String Band (Folk Punk, Playing for Square Dances, How to Start an Old Time Scene)
    2026/05/01

    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

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    54 分