Episode 133: Amy Hakanson (Explains What a Nyckelharpa Is)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Amy Hakanson! We recorded this about a month ago at my house in Portland, Oregon. Tunes we’ll play: Gilsaw/Katie at the Door Squirrel Hunters Flodens Död Bellmans Polska Bisonpolska Bonus track: Vagnshusschottis Varelse’s website: https://varelsemusic.com/ Like and Follow Varelse on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/varelsemusic/ Amy’s website: https://www.amyhakanson.com/ Varelse’s CD release show: https://www.facebook.com/events/324477848203006/ Cameron is going on tour with Jake Blount in April! Follow the links below and RSVP: D.C. Baltimore Lancaster Brooklyn New Haven Portland Providence Boston Thanks to Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan for supporting the show. Visit their website: https://www.elderly.com/.Support Get Up in the Cool

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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.