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Episode 10: Deb Justice (Hammered Dulcimer in Old Time Music) Sep 07, 2016

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Hi friends! I hope you’re all ready to Get Up in the Cool, by which I mean, get transported to a magical fairy land because this week for episode 10 Deb Justice brought her hammered dulcimer. Deb has her PhD in ethnomusicology, so she’s real nerdy about this stuff, which, as you should know by now, is very welcome on this show! Also, she’s quite snarky, because she has to be; there’s a social cost to playing hammered dulcimer in the old time community, which I don’t understand, because it’s a captivating instrument, but I’ll let her explain that in more detail.

Stick around after the interview for details on how to support the show and get access to this week’s bonus track! Also, there is an accompanying video, so make sure to click on the link in the episode’s description and share it on Facebook!

Deb Justice, everybody. Here it comes.

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Middle Eastern Music for Hammered Dulcimer: http://www.melbay.com/Products/20616EB/middle-eastern-music-for-hammered-dulcimer.aspx

Contact Deb Justice: http://www.deborahjustice.org/contact/

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Episode 9: Chris Dalnodar (Sarah Armstrong Tunes) Aug 31, 2016

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Welcome to episode 9 of Get Up in the Cool, Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt, and Friends. I’m Cameron, and my featured friend this week is fiddler Chris Dalnodar. Seeing as we both live in Philadelphia and his was the first local episode of the show, Chris thought it would be nice to do some Pennsylvania, or more specifically, Pennsatucky tunes. All of the tunes in this episode were performed by Ms. Sarah Armstrong and transcribed by ethnomusicologist Samuel Bayard outside of Derry, Pennsylvania, in the fall of 1943. While the transcriptions are easy to find, these tunes aren’t as popular as they should be! So I hope that all you fiddlers out there will be inspired to add a little Pennsatucky to your repertoire so I can play these tunes with you.

Stick around after the episode to learn how to get access to this week’s bonus track, “Over the Stump and Back Again.”

Chris Dalnodar, everybody!

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HILL COUNTRY TUNES

http://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes/hct/HCT.pdf

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Episode 8: Jake Blount (African American Fiddle Music) Aug 24, 2016

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Welcome to Episode 8 of Get Up in the Cool, Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week I’m proud to present my interview and jam with Ethnomusicologist, Fiddler, Banjo player, and BFF Jake Blount. This week’s theme is African American Fiddling! Jake has access to private recordings Mike Seeger made of prominent black fiddlers; so he learned these rare tunes and now you can hear them! That’s right, this is another Get Up in the Cool exclusive!

Rise Again by Jake Blount and Emma Joy: https://jakeandemma.bandcamp.com/

Durang's Hornpipe by Moose Whisperers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExgpKGmcjDo

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Recorded at Black Creek Fiddlers Reunion 2016

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Episode 7: Keith McManus (Honorary Mayor of Clifftop, actual Mayor of Greensboro, PA) Aug 17, 2016

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool, Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week, I’m proud to present Episode 7, featuring Keith McManus, honorary mayor of clifftop, actual mayor of Greensboro, Pennsylvania. Also joining us are Jim Meckley and Vince Farsatta from Keith’s band, Stewed Mulligan, on guitar and banjo, respectively, as well as Mike Hall filling in on Bass.

If you want to hear the bonus track, featuring Vince Farsatta leading a rousing version of the quintessential old time song, Reuben’s Train, click here to support the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool

Click here for details on the Greensboro, PA Art Blast: http://www.natgreene.org/art-blast-on-the-mon.html

Buy Stewed Mulligan's CD's here: http://www.stewedmulligan.com/

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Episode 6: Brian Slattery (I learned this tune from...) Aug 10, 2016

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool, episode 6, wherein I jam and chat with renaissance man Brian Slattery. I really love the theme of this episode: Brian doesn’t learn old time tunes from source recordings, so he chose tunes that he learned from specific people, in person. In a way, Brian is more old time than my nerdiest guests (God bless them); his sources are all relational. Also, he lets the folk process do its work; Brian likes to say that he isn’t “precious” about “what the tune is.”

Big thanks to Harry Bolick and Pat Schories for hosting this episode at their beautiful home and feeding us wonderful food. Stick around after the interview for details on how to support the show and get access to this week’s bonus track: another tune from my jam with Brian and Harry with the ever-so-quaint title: Rats Gone to Rest.

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Episode 5: Bach Bui (Mack Blalock Tunes via James Bryan) Aug 03, 2016

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Hello Friends! This is episode 5 of Get Up in the Cool, wherein one of my favorite people ever, Bach Bui, plays James Bryan playing Mack Blalock; I’ll let Bach explain the details. Suffice it to say, you probably haven’t heard these tunes, as they are mostly extinct in jams, and unavailable digitally. Enjoy!

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Recorded at Black Creek Fiddler's Reunion 2016

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Episode 4: Ryland Burhans (C Tunes/Is This Tune Racist?) Jul 27, 2016

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This is Get Up in the Cool Episode 4: A New Hope. This is actually the first episode I recorded, and I’m so glad that my first guest was the mischievous and charismatic Ryland Burhans. He was the very first person to respond when I began to look for guests, and he’s a real chatty Cathy, so that was helpful, because I had never interviewed anyone before.

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Episode 3: Rachel Junior and Helen Dana La Fleur (Old Time and Bluegrass Vocal Duets) Jul 20, 2016

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Welcome to episode 3 of Get Up in the Cool! This week’s episode features Rachel Junior and Helen Dana La Fleur of Sick Sad & Lonesome. Their specialty is Old time and Bluegrass vocal duets! This one’s chock full of purdy singin’. Here’s how great this episode is: I actually enjoyed editing this! Audio editing is usually a grueling, tedious task, but this time, it was delightful.

We recorded this at the Harry Smith Frolic, under my easy-up canopy, in the woods, next to a river. sigh it was perfect. And it pleases me to think of you all gleaning some of that perfection through the binary code, on your commute.

Make sure to check out Rachel and Helen with Sick Sad & Lonesome at the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge MA, 1st Tuesdays starting in September. While you’re waiting for September to roll around, like them on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/sicksadandlonesome/?fref=ts

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Episode 2: Harry Bolick (Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s) Jul 13, 2016

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Today we have a very special friend on the show, Harry Bolick. This year Harry released his book of transcriptions called Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s, and we’re going to play a few tunes from it. These tunes are really interesting; definitely a departure from your typical Appalachian stuff.

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Check out Harry's Website: http://mississippifiddle.com

Get the book at the University Press of Mississippi: http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/1839

or Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mississippi-fiddle-tunes-and-songs-from-the-1930s-harry-bolick/1121843180

or Amazon (so many options!): https://www.amazon.com/Mississippi-Fiddle-Tunes-Songs-American/dp/1496804074

Download the recordings from Bandcamp: https://harrybolick.bandcamp.com

or order discs from: http://mississippifiddle.com.

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Episode 1: Brad Kolodner (New Takes on Old Tunes) Jul 05, 2016

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Part One in the "Baltimore Boys" series, wherein I jam with the friends (and tenants) of Brad Kolodner. We discuss growing up in the household of hammered-dulcimer titan, Ken Kolodner, and play some of their best modern takes on traditional tunes. This episode features three clawhammer banjo duets, which you don't hear everyday (hopefully). There's an exciting tension to these recordings; lining up bum-diddies (the basic clawhammer stroke) is no easy task. But I think we made something special, and I hope you agree. Also, I found out Brad's a straight-up DJ! Dude's pro in an interview; I've got a lot to learn.

Recorded at Brad's Place in 2016

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