Get Up in the Cool

Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends

Author: 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 454: Kristina R. Gaddy (Early Black American Fiddle and Banjo Music)
Wednesday, 7 May, 2025

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 (https://uncpress.org/book/9781469690575/go-back-and-fetch-it/) Visit Kristina R. Gaddy’s website (https://www.kristinagaddy.com/) Buy tickets to see Morgan Harris and Cameron DeWhitt at Detroit Folk School (https://detroitfolkschool.org/) 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 (https://www.wheatlandmusic.org/Online/Online/Events/Traditional-Arts-Weekend.aspx) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)