Best Old Time Banjo Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 2397: 25-40 Welcome Autumn 58:30

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Autumn is my favorite time of the year. In the Northeast the trees become a fire on the mountain, but it fades all too quickly. This week on the podcast I'll share some of my favorite Autumn music including selections from John McCutcheon, Sally Rogers, Tim O'Brien, and of course, Tom Rush and Fairport Convention. Listen for a surprise or two as we…

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Episode 475: Wila Frank (Old Time Music Grounding) 49:58

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Wila Frank! We recorded this on Monday at her home in Nashville. Tunes in this episode: Hop High Ladies (1:01) Glory in the Meetinghouse (10:03) Taxidermy Man (Wila Frank original) (22:16) Seneca Square Dance (34:48) Lady Hamilton (43:31) BONUS TRA…

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Episode 2396: 25-39 Not Yet a Household Name, Pt.2 58:30

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On this week's program we'll conclude our two-part feature focusing on performers and songwriters who operate under the radar of fame. Still, they are artists you should know about. Listen to 100 Mile House, Putnam Smith, Kim June Johnson, Tom Jutz, Erik Balkey, and more. A few more almost famous musicians … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazin…

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Episode 474: Anna RG (Old Time Ballads, Community, and Disability in Traditional Music) 2:04:21

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Anna RG! We recorded this on Monday over Discord, which we’ll get into more in the interview. Tunes in this episode: The Willow Tree (0:34) Rock Andy (34:40) Red Rocking Chair (57:46) The Death of Harry Simms (Aunt Molly Jackson original) (1:24:49)…

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Episode 2395: 25-38 Not Yet a Household Name, Pt.1 58:30

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So many musicians toil for years in relative obscurity until their opportunities arrive – not many are truly overnight sensations. This week we begin a two-part feature focusing on some songwriters and instrumentalists that many people don't know much about yet. A few have had some luck and are moving along in their careers. We'll hear from Michael…

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Episode 473: Greta Hazilla (Scottish and Irish Fiddle) 34:43

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Greta Hazilla! We recorded this on Sunday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: The Tattie Ball/Hull’s Reel (0:29) Star of Munster/Siobhan O’Donnell’s/Boys of Malin (8:02) Whiteface (Joe Thrift original) (20:36) The Sailor's Wife/Julia…

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Episode 2394: 25-37 In Concert, Pt.2 58:30

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Live and in concert continues as we conclude this program feature. Music from Guy Clark, Bonnie Raitt, Arlo Guthrie, Mississippi John Hurt, Steeleye Span rounds out the presentation. Live music makes you smarter … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkway…

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Episode 472: Call Up in the Cool No. 7 56:11

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are you all, because it’s another Call Up in the Cool episode; figured we were due for one. These are always super fun, and it’s always a bit like pulling teeth to get people to send in questions and requests, so, here’s my ask: if you think of a que…

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Episode 2393: 25-36 In Concert, Pt.1 58:30

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For the podcasts this week and next, we'll revisit some great live music we presented in previous shows, music recorded live in concerts across the years. There are selections recorded in Greenwich Village, some great Cajun and Zydeco, and banjo music from the Newport Folk Festival. Live and in concert … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. P…

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Episode 471: Morgan Harris (Old Time Fiddle) 58:53

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Morgan Harris! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Jon Bekoff’s Lone Prairie (1:11) Hawk’s Got a Chicken (15:42) Sal Will You Marry Me (35:12) Darley Fulks’ Billy Lost in the Lowlands (48:27) Cookhouse Joe …

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Red Rocking Chair (TOTW)

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It must be an old song because it has much variety in titles, lyrics and even melody. This version based on Sherman Hammons of West Virginia has a sad feel.By JanetB

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Red Rocking Chair

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Red Rocking Chair based on the playing of Sherman Hammons, banjo tuned eEABD or thereabouts...By Sherman Hammons

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Episode 470: Joe Moore (Stringband Class with the Canotes and Learning Instruments on a Whim) 1:06:55

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Joe Moore! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Nancy Dalton (1:56) Hunting the Buffalo (17:28) Cora Dye (33:45) Rose in the Morning (55:42) Ragged Coat (1:03:08) BONUS TRACK: Charleston Gals Support Get Up …

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Crook Brothers' Breakdown

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Episode 469: Ben Nelson (Live at Earful of Fiddle, feat. Becky Hill) 50:18

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Ben Nelson, with special guest Becky Hill! We recorded this back in June in front of a live audience of campers at Earful of Fiddle in Rodney, MI. Watch the videos of the dancing moments of this episode! Tunes in this episode: Camp Chase (0:43) Nat…

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Crook Brothers Breakdown (TOTW)

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The source of Crook Brothers Breakdown is a 1964 recording of a group who were with the Grand Old Opry from its inception in the 1920's. They play fast, fast, fast! I play at 65% of their speed. You'll hear a bit of cello banjo accompaniment.By JanetB

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Episode 468: Humbletown (Morgan Carnes, Dylan Lewis, and James Schrag) 54:17

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are the members of Humbletown: Morgan Carnes, Dylan Lewis, and James Schrag! I recorded them yesterday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Five Miles From Town (0:25) Last Chance / Missouri River Weave (Morgan Carnes original) (9:57) L…

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ANNOUNCEMENT // Béla Fleck Banjo Raffle 2:00

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Get your raffle ticket here! For just a moment, put yourself in the shoes of a person who plays music, whether they’re professional, amateur or just getting started. Imagine what it would be like to lose the instrument that helps you understand your life, to make sense of the world. Now, imagine losing it and most of what you own during the most tr…

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Turkey Foot (TOTW)

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Here's a 4-part Alabama tune from fiddler Ralph Whited. I guess my favorite part was his slide in the A part. We have wild turkeys every day at our place -- big birds who use their feet to scratch, scratch, scratch the dirt, and also in ash and weed piles.By JanetB

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Episode 467: Emily Doebler (Earful of Fiddle, Arts Funding, and Floor Kicking) 53:00

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Emily Doebler! I recorded her in June at Earful of Fiddle in Rodney, MI. Tunes in this episode: Sandy River Belle (0:50) Walter McNew’s Lost Girl (8:01) Half Irish (29:42) JP Fraley’s Dry and Dusty (44:45) Jake Phelps’ Durang’s Hornpipe (49:39) BON…

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Jenkins' Ear

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An original tuneBy E Field

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Happy Birthday+, Bill Rogers (TOTW)

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A song everyone knows is being explored on Tune of the Week and simultaneously recognizes our faithful BHO moderator, Bill Rogers. The second part of the song may or may not be known. I call it The Old Gray Mare or Stud, with apologies to Bill if necessary.By JanetB

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Episode 466: Evie Ladin (Music Is to Do) 45:56

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Evie Ladin! I recorded her in June at Earful of Fiddle in Rodney, MI. Tunes in this episode: Last of Kelsey (Clayton Schanilec original) (0:28) Sidna Myers Forkey Deer/Forked Deer (25:42) Mistreated Mama/Yew Piney Mountain (30:48) Glory (Evie Ladin…

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Episode 465: Gray Dawson (Teaching Traditional Music and Addressing Disability at Festivals and Camps) 50:00

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Gray Dawson! I recorded them in June at Earful of Fiddle in Rodney, MI. Tunes in this episode: The Crooked Stovepipe (0:51) Little Burnt Potato (08:47) Pays De Haut (23:25) The Saint Lawrence Jig (42:23) Sheenboro Hop (46:43) BONUS TRACK: Spootiske…

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Stelle Elam medley of three tunes (TOTW)

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The current Tune of the Week honors the only Illinois female fiddler Stelle (or Stella) Elam who recorded ten tunes for the immense Dear Old Illinois compilation. The medley of three included in this medley are called Grotts, Jaybird, and Crooked Road. They've been arranged in double C tuning and use an AAB format, as she did for the most part.…

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Cold Frosty Morning 2 Finger

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Here's my attempt at Matt Brown's arrangement of Cold Frosty Morning, from his 2-finger Patreon/YouTube stuff.By DelusionsOBanjer

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Grotts

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From the fiddling of Stella Elam. Key of D (aDADE)By LyleK

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Elam's Jaybird

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Stella Elam's version of Jaybird (in key of G) with banjo tuned gEADE.By LyleK

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Episode 464: Ruby John (Indigenous Identity and Fiddling) 1:29:26

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Ruby John! I recorded her in June at Earful of Fiddle in Rodney, MI. Tunes in this episode: Fox Family Reel (Andy de Jarlis original) (0:38) Sourgrass and Granite (Brian Pickell original) (32:09) The Green Eyed G**** (Budd Greenman original) (53:58…

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The Old Churchyard (TOTW)

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A song from an 1800's hymnal, being brought back to life, as the departed souls are promised to be in the last verse.By JanetB

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Episode 463: Afton Coombs (Flatfooting) 51:27

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Afton Coombs! I recorded them in June at Earful of Fiddle in Rodney, MI. Here's the link to the YouTube playlist of tunes from this episode! Tunes in this episode: Devil in the Strawstack (1:05) John Lusk’s Apple Blossom (13:33) The Blackest Crow (…

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My Little Home in West Virginia

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As played by WV fiddler Ellis Hall, here's a three-part tune that's been played all around by many well-known players. I'd like to hear James Bryan, but can't find his version. However, his partner, Carl Jones, plays it prettily on guitar and you can hear it on a link in this week's Tune of the Week.…

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Episode 462: Lazy Susan (Kelly Madewell and Iris Cooke) 44:09

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Kelly Madewell and Iris Cooke, also known as Lazy Susan! I recorded them last week at Earful of Fiddle in Rodney, MI. Tunes in this episode: Farewell Trion (0:34) Cranberry Rock (10:24) Five Miles from Town (27:46) I’ve Endured (Ola Belle Reed or…

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Le Saut De Lapin (Rabbit Hop) (TOTW)

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A tune popular especially in Quebec, Rabbit Hop is a dance tune with some hopping heard in the B part.By JanetB

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Cigarette Trees by The Local Honeys - Intro

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Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.By dbrooks

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Annabel and the Moonbeam

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An original tuneBy E Field

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Jessie's Dream

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An original tuneBy E Field

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One-Legged Stool

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An original tuneBy E Field

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Episode 461: Richie & Rosie (Live from Inside the Baltimore Museum of Industry’s 1953 Packard Clipper) 30:34

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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 A…

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Episode 460: Bruce Ling (Sharing Music and Energy feat. Austin Benzing) 59:37

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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) (…

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Coon Dog

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From the playing of Virginia fiddler Dudley Spangler (1885-1981), the association with Angeline the Baker is strong, but who knows which came first...By JanetB

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Episode 459: Ben Traverse (Folk Songs, Lomax, and Music from Michigan) 51:31

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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…

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Tippin Back the Corn

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Key of G and played on a newly crafted 11" walnut open backBy hudie

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Little Maggie

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From the vocals of Doc WatsonBy JanetB

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Episode 458: Micah Ling (Dressing Tradition) 1:36:12

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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 Darl…