Episode 168: Alex Sturbaum (Transatlantic Trad Music)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Alex Sturbaum; we recorded this at his house in Seattle about a month ago. Tunes in this episode: Duck River Pulling Broom (an Alex Sturbaum original) Cold Frosty Morning Sweet Mary Starbuck (an Alex Sturbaum original) Frances Lee Bonus track: Valley Forge Alex Sturbaum’s website: https://www.alexsturbaum.com/ Alex Sturbaum’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexsturbaummusic/ The Vashon Sessions’ website: https://www.thevashonsessions.com/ Countercurrent’s website: https://countercurrentmusic.com/ Countercurrent’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/countercurrentband/ Don't forget to rate and review Get Up in the Cool on Apple Podcasts! Listen to Cameron's other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/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.