Episode 215: Alex Sturbaum (Newfoundland tunes, Loomings, and Mitch McConnell)

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 a couple days ago in front of my house, over 6 feet apart. Tunes and songs in this episode: Boxing Day Big Black Bird Like You Would / Kitty’s Gone A-Clinking / The Buffet Double Song for McConnell Tom Paine’s Bones Stand Steady Bonus track: Minnie White’s / Hughie Wentzell’s / Fogo Island Mussels (Singles) Alex Sturbaum’s website (bio, links to all albums, contact info for lessons, etc.): https://www.alexsturbaum.com/ Their bandcamp: https://alexsturbaum.bandcamp.com/ Countercurrent's bandcamp: https://countercurrentmusic.bandcamp.com/ The Vashon Sessions: https://www.thevashonsessions.com/ https://thevashonsessions.bandcamp.com/ The Songs of Alice Winship (a legacy album Alex produced, commemorating the songs and poetry of a leading figure in the Seattle maritime singing scene): http://maritimefolknet.org/cds-from-maritime-folknet/the-songs-of-alice-winship-cd/ 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/