Best Old Time Banjo Podcasts (2025)

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Coon Dog

5d ago

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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 2382: 25-25 Bluegrass 101 - The Pioneers 58:30

1d ago58:30

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Bluegrass for me begins with the first recordings Bill Monroe made with Earl Scruggs. We'll hear that initial tune and some additional music from Bill and the Bluegrass Boys, some classics from Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, and The Stanley Brothers. We'll have a set of brother duets and some great instrumental tunes from Kenny Baker,…

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

1d ago59:37

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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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Episode 2381: 25-24 Bluegrass 101 - The Innovators 58:30

8d ago58:30

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Our program this time around will focus on the innovators in the genre of bluegrass music. Almost from its inception, players began to alter bluegrass music - much to the dismay of Bill Monroe and many other traditionalist. We'll hear some of those innovators including The Country Gentlemen, Old and In the Way, Alison Brown and some remarkable reco…

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

9d ago51:31

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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

12d ago

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

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Little Maggie

12d ago

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From the vocals of Doc WatsonBy JanetB

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Episode 2380: 25-23 Old-time Music 101 58:30

15d ago58:30

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This week we continue our occasional feature focusing on a distinctive style of folk music. It's time to highlight old-time music with selections from the Golden Age of the music through today's finest players. We'll hear Gid Tanner & his Skillet Lickers, Tommy Jarrell and Oscar Jenkins, Ben Townsend and many more. Old time and new times … this wee…

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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…

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Blind Steer In a Mudhole

17d ago

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fiddle and BanjoBy zach w

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Mowing The Meadow

17d ago

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Fiddle and banjoBy zach w

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Ducks On The Millpond

17d ago

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Fiddle and BanjoBy zach w

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Yellow Barber

17d ago

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fiddle and banjoBy zach w

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Jenny Get Around

17d ago

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fiddle and banjoBy zach w

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Cold Frosty Morning (TOTW)

19d ago

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This version of Cold Frosty Morning is from Melvin Wine, WV fiddler, learned from his father. It's different and "happier" than the other two more commonly known tunes with this title.By JanetB

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Cold Frosty Morning from Melvin Wine

20d ago

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Melvin Wine learned this tune from his father.Banjo - aEAC#EBy carlb

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Episode 2379: 25-22 Accordion Awareness Month 58:30

22d ago58:30

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This week we celebrate Accordion Awareness Month. The month-long celebration was created to promote one of the most versatile of instruments. We'll hear players and music from the world over, including the band Phonix from Denmark, Pekka Pentikainen & Antii Soininen from Finland and Manka Le Phallang from South Africa. North American players Steve …

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Episode 457: Gray Buchanan (Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend and Original Tunes from Friends) 41:20

23d ago41:20

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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 Buchanan! We recorded this on Sunday at the Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend in Remus, Michigan. Thanks again for bringing Tall Poppy String Band out, Wheatland! Tunes in this episode: Oysters in the Half Shell (1:09) (Claire Silbernagel ori…

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Pear Tree

28d ago

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By JLouis Thiry

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Episode 2378: 25-21 Folk from the UK 101 58:30

29d ago58:30

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Generations of singers have sung, played and loved the folk music found in the United Kingdom, and this week's podcast features some examples. Collectors A.L. Lloyd and Ralph Vaughn Williams transcribed and recorded traditional music and made it available to all through the English Folk Dance and Song Society. We'll listen to revivalist groups like…

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Episode 456: Joseph Decosimo (Shiny New Tunes and Human Limits) 1:20:23

30d ago1:20:23

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Joseph Decosimo! We recorded this about a month ago at Sonya Badigian’s place in Durham, NC. Thanks again for hosting us, Sonya! Tunes in this episode: Blackberry Blossoms (0:41) Betty Baker (14:48) Two O’Clock (50:50) Flowery Girls (1:13:46) Punch…

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The Jolly Blacksmith (TOTW)

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From the playing of the late Christian Wig and the collections of old tunes by William Hamblen. Blacksmiths are near and dear to me, as my son is one.By JanetB

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Episode 455: SunFish Duo (Sarah Ells Fish and Dan Fish) 1:05:23

1M ago1:05:23

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Sarah Ells Fish and Dan Fish, also known as Sunfish Duo! We recorded this a couple weeks ago at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: The Cuckoo (0:48) Going to the West (10:25) Aragon Mill (29:50) Midnight on the Stormy Deep (45:46) Wi…

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John Henry

1M ago

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By Dave Hicks

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Episode 454: Kristina R. Gaddy (Early Black American Fiddle and Banjo Music) 1:10:32

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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…

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Susan's Gone (Sweet Susan)(TOTW)

2M ago

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Learned from the playing of a group called Ruglifters. I hadn't heard of them, but John Herrmann was their banjo player and that's good enough for me. The source recording was by the Lomaxes in 1937 by Kentucky fiddler J.W. Day.By JanetB

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Episode 453: Brian Dolphin (Writing Original Tunes) 1:06:04

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Brian Dolphin! We recorded this recently in Baltimore. Tunes in this episode: Ducks on the Pond (0:40) Old Ford (Brian Dolphin original) (12:28) Squirrel in the Fig Tree (Brian Dolphin original) (28:12) Robin in the Field (Brian Dolphin original) (…

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Calloway (Lee Hammons)

2M ago

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The Tune of the Week is presenting a beauty of a WV tune. With a few variations between the family members, the one from Lee Hammons is the focus. This gave me an opportunity to draw something different.By JanetB

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Sunday Mountain Rain

2M ago

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Written and recorded on my ipad playing my Bacon Belmont in open G.By Danny D

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Old Joe Clark

2M ago

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Played on one of my mini banjos.By Ho C Ying

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Episode 452: Shanice Richards (Jamaican Church, The Little Mercies, and Old Time with Somethin’ Sassy) 1:00:26

2M ago1:00:26

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Shanice Richards! We recorded this on Monday in Baltimore. Tunes in this episode: The Girl I Left Behind (0:59) New Jordan (7:12) Jenny on the Railroad (30:26) Three Forks of Cheat (46:05) Jubilee (56:09) Bonus Track: Snake’s Wild Tune Visit The Li…

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Gospel Plow

2M ago

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

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Fengyang Flower Drum

2M ago

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Chinese folk song played on my mini banjo.By Ho C Ying

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Dead Reckoning/Cumberland Gap

2M ago

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Tom Collins? boot camp material ?Dead Reckoning? with a mashup of Cumberland Gap in f#DEAD tuning on the baritone banjoBy Noodlin

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Episode 451: Morgan Harris (April Duo Bill Tour with Cameron DeWhitt) 46:45

2M ago46:45

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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 last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Little Rose (0:40) Waverly (15:44) Done Gone (25:11) Puncheon Camps (34:14) Clyde Davenport’s Lost Girl (41:45) Bonus Track: Hell and Scissors [Buy tickets…

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Sail Away Ladies

2M ago

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Played on a circa 1915 Supertone Ragtime King banjo. Key of GBy hudie

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Porter's Reel

2M ago

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Played on 1927 VegaTubaphone.By hudie

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Mississippi Hill Country Blues

2M ago

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By mmuussiiccaall

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Episode 450: Creekbed Carter Hogan (Labor Songs) 59:10

2M ago59:10

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Creekbed Carter Hogan! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: If I Were a Bell (lyrics by Vera Moller, melody by Creekbed Carter Hogan) (0:51) Union Maid (10:51) Where the Fraser River Flows (22:12) If I Was (…

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Sand Riffle

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A sand riffle is something that happens in a river or stream. It makes a neat design in the sand, but the water flowing over it is disturbed. Apparently this tune was named for one in Franklin County, TN. That's kind of neat, as I have relatives there and have hiked along one of its creeks.By JanetB

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Episode 449: Joy Adams and Hazel Royer (The Low End of Big Richard) 1:05:49

3M ago1:05:49

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Joy Adams and Hazel Royer of Big Richard! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Been All Around this World (0:57) In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain (14:56) Elk River Blues (26:37) Oh My Little Darling (pleas…

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Elk River Blues - Ernie Carpenter & Rachel Anne Goodman

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The story of how eminent domain destroyed a person's home place. Ernie was about 27 years old when this happened.By Music - Ernie Carpenter, Lyrics - Rachel Anne Goodman

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Episode 448: Eva Leach (Musician Identity Outside of Performance) 40:09

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Eva Leach! We recorded this at the Oly Old Time Festival in Olympia, WA. Tunes in this episode: Clyde Davenport’s Sally Johnson (0:42) Western Union (12:02) Belle of Lexington (24:04) Won’t You Come and Sing for Me (Hazel Dickens original) (31:33) …

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Episode 447: Ellie Hakanson (Proto-Feminist Bluegrass Songs, John Hartford, and Hazel Dickens) 1:07:29

3M ago1:07:29

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Ellie Hakanson! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Not Soft Enough (John Hartford original) (0:47) Scraps from Your Table (Hazel Dickens original) (20:42) Say Darling Say (30:22) I Love You Honey (Patsy Cl…

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Episode 446: Carolyn Kendrick (Tradition, Reactionary Politics, and the Satanic Panic) 1:14:35

3M ago1:14:35

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Carolyn Kendrick! We recorded this on Sunday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Happy Hollow (1:09) Wind and Rain (19:12) Are You Washed (42:38) A Perfect World (Carolyn Kendrick music, David Keig words) (1:00:40) Leela (1:09:50) Bo…

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Down in Little Egypt

3M ago

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From the playing of Illinois fiddler Lynn "Chirps" Smith who learned it from coal miner Noah Beaver of Elkville, IL. I like its ragtime feeling and syncopation in the B part.By JanetB

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Episode 445: Kat Wallace (Old Time Fiddling and Writing Songs) 49:10

4M ago49:10

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Kat Wallace! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Who Shot the Rooster (0:30) Ways of the World (10:48) Time to Time (Kat Wallace original) (24:36) West Virginia Mining Disaster (37:45) Five Miles to Town (4…

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Hell on the Potomac (TOTW)

4M ago

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From the playing of WV fiddler Israel Welch, this current offering by Noah Cline is played by a relative of his. Welch sure had a keen skill on fiddle and passes on to us unique tunes like Hell on the Potomac. It actually captures the feel of a Civil War tune, which is said to be the older source.By JanetB

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Episode 444: Natterjack (Contra Dance Music and Compulsory Non-Binary Identity) 56:38

4M ago56:38

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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 Natterjack, Ezra Jane Landsman, Hayden Stern, and Alex Sturbaum! We recorded this earlier in the month in Seattle. Tunes in this episode: Hollow Poplar (0:40) Emancipation (10:05) Björntösen (26:51) Flying Home (41:19) Lost Girl (5…

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