Episode 503: Sandol Astrausky (Fiddles Are Scary, Jeff Todd Titon, and Teaching Old Time Music)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sandol Astrausky! We recorded this earlier this month at Jake Blount’s home in Providence, RI, and he’ll join us later in the interview. Tunes in this episode: Liberty Off the Corn Liquor Still (0:35) Big Black Cat (19:21) Frank Barbee’s Hornpipe (43:29) Forked Deer (55:29) California Blues (1:07:28) BONUS TRACK: Roaring River Learn more about Brown University’s Old Time String Band class! Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram