Episode 251: String and Shadow (Puppets, Masks, Busking, and Old Time)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Emily McHugh and Donald Palardy of String & Shadow! We recorded this on Sunday in Olympia, Washington, in a barn at the house of Emily Teachout, Erik Neatherlin and former guest of the show Ruby Neatherlin of the Sassafras Sisters. Tunes and songs in this episode: Goddess (1:47) Shady Grove (13:50) Reel de Joie (29:26) Going Down to Georgia O (41:09) Julianne Johnson (46:24) Bonus track: Coleman’s March Visit String & Shadow’s website: https://www.stringandshadow.com/ Follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stringandshadow/ This episode is brought to you in part by Earful of Fiddle! They’re offering their annual music & dance camp online June 20-24, 2021! Now in its thirteenth year, this season Earful of Fiddle will provide virtual instruction in percussive dance, song, fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin and online evening activities. Instructors include: Nokosee Fields, Jake Blount, Laurel Premo, Ruby John, Bruce Bauman, Nic Gareiss, Arnold Asham and more! To register, visit www.earfuloffiddle.com. I put a link in the show notes. Stay safe and stay connected to your traditional arts community with Earful of Fiddle! Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://teespring.com/new-get-up-in-the-cool-swag Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series! Check out 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.