Episode 359: Athena McKown (Cotillions, Hand-Me-Down Fiddles, and Barbed Wire Radios)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Athena McKown. We recorded this last week in Port Townsend, WA. Tune in this episode: Henry Lee Hudson’s Natchez Under the Hill Barb’s Tune Byard Ray’s Flight of the Wild Geese Hanging Around the Kitchen Til the Cook Comes Home Last of the Mexican (Rob Pine original) Bonus Track: New Job Sign up for Cameron’s upcoming banjo workshop! Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band 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.