Mates of State, Sam Phillips, Jethro Tull, More
Singer-songwriter Sam Phillips makes gorgeously textured, spare acoustic music. Hear a cut from her mesmerizing new CD Don't Do Anything. The keyboard-and-drums duo Mates of State are back with their best album yet, the stunning Re-Arrange Us. Also on the show: the whimsical world of Rupa and the April Fishes, a classic reissued from Jethro Tull, New Orleans pianist Henry Butler, and Rachel Taylor Brown, another great unknown from our Second Stage series.
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Mates of State, Sam Phillips, Jethro Tull, More
Can't Come Down
Sam Phillips
- Song: Can't Come Down
- from Don't Do Anything
![Cover for This Was [Bonus Tracks]](https://media.npr.org/programs/asc/archives/20080522/tullcvr-0e14177ea77404ca19395a3d465bb0e051e339af-s200-c15.webp)
Beggar's Farm
Jethro Tull
- Song: Beggar's Farm
- from This Was [Bonus Tracks]
Stagg Field (The Bomb)
Rachel Taylor Brown
- Song: Stagg Field (The Bomb)
- from Half Hours with the Lower Creatures