Sean Trischka and Stash Wyslouch will appear locally at the Parlor Room on Saturday 4/11 as their alter-egos “Mattie & Debbie”. I had the pleasure of chatting with these two creative guys about their collaboration and all the other projects they are part of. The segment begins with a old bluegrass standard “I’m Just Here To Get My Baby Out of Jail” from the debut release entitled “Satan’s Junction”. We begin our chat by delving into the two musicians history together and their choice of alter-ego names! We listen to the Deadly Gentlemen song “Fall Back” from an early band they both worked with. We chat about the creative process, the time frame of some of these songs. Some are newly minted in the studio and some are a decade old. We listen to their take on Dylan’s “Masters of War” from “Satan’s Junction”.

Both of these musicians are busy creatively (and personally; Stash is cradling his second child just a few months old) and we discuss a number of upcoming projects. Stash is part of Freshgass Institute’s “Great Fiddle Hang” at Mass MocA in June while Sean is touring with Carsie Blanton and appearing with his dad Tony Trischka’s project on Emily Dickinson’s poetry.!

We hear Stash on Molsky’s Mountain Drifters “The Dreary Black Hills” live in studio while we also hear Carsie Blanton’s protest song “Little Flame”. We chat about the songs and concepts on “Satan’s Junction”. You NEVER know what to expect from a Mattie & Debbie show. One thing not on your bingo card is a Sacred Harp Shape Note tune! Yet our segment finishes with the tune “Montgomery” from page 189 of the hymnbook. Give the segment a listen or better yet; head over to Northampton’s Parlor Room on Saturday 4/11. Details at ParlorRoom.org