Daniel Torday on His Novel ‘Boomer1’, Political Rants & the Deep Web, with Ty Gilpin of Unspoken Tradition on Bluegrass Music

If your jam is Bluegrass music, revolutionaries, political rants, and the Wild West of the Internet (otherwise known as the Deep Web), you’re gonna love this episode. Daniel Torday is here to talk about his novel ‘Boomer1’, a story that follows Bluegrass musician, underemployed millennial, and now PhD in English, Mark Brumfeld, who channels his desperation by posting a series of online video monologues that critique Baby Boomers and their powerful hold on the job market. When the videos go viral, Mark loses control of what he began—with consequences that ensnare him in a matter of national security.

Later, mandolin player for the Bluegrass band Unspoken Tradition and music marketing director for Crossroads Studios near Asheville, North Carolina, Ty Gilpin joins me to give a crash course on Bluegrass.

MEDIA AND MUSIC IN THE EPISODE IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: 

• “Old Rotten Ribbons” by Ty Gilpin (from his solo album ‘Crooked Hollows’)
• “Christine’s Tune” by The Flying Burrito Brothers
• “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
• “Internet” by Post Malone
• “John Brown’s Body” by Pete Seeger
•  “Do I Wanna Know” by Arctic Monkeys
• “Mule Skinner Blues” by Bill Monroe
• “Mountain Dew” by The Stanley Brothers
• “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” by Soggy Bottom Boys
• “Pretty Polly” by Ralph Stanley
• “Uncle John’s Band” by The Grateful Dead
• “Dust in a Baggie” by Billy Strings
• “Dooley” by The Dillards/The Darling Family on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’
• “The Old Swinging Bridge” by Unspoken Tradition (Ty Gilpin’s band)

LINKS:

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Daniel Torday’s website: http://www.danieltorday.com/

Daniel Torday on Twitter: @DanielTorday

Daniel Torday on Instagram: @dtorday 

Walls of Time Podcast website: https://wallsoftimepodcast.podbean.com/

Unspoken Tradition’s website: https://unspokentradition.com/

Unspoken Tradition on Instagram: @unspokentraditionbluegrass

Unspoken Tradition on Facebook: @unspokentradition

Ty Gilpin on Instagram: @tygilpinavl

Ty Gilpin on Facebook: @TyGilpin 

Crossroads Studios: https://crossroadsrecordingstudios.com/

‘Crooked Hollows’ by Ty Gilpin on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/am/album/crooked-hollows/548623407

Christy Alexander Hallberg’s website: https://www.christyalexanderhallberg.com/

Christy Alexander Hallberg on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube: @ChristyHallberg

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