Dec 17th, 2008 · Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner-Hammel perform as the duo Mates of State. The pair's latest album, Re-Arrange Us, is beginning to show up on year-end "best of" lists across the country. In this performance on Mountain Stage, the couple showcases songs from that album, as well as 2006's Bring It Back.
Jun 5th, 2008 · We drop a quarter in the BPP Jukebox and hear the band Mates of State, live in the BPP studios.
May 28th, 2008 · In the past eight years, Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel have made five albums, married and had two children. The pair, who record as Mates of State, stops by the Bryant Park Project studios to play from their new album Re-Arrange Us.
May 22nd, 2008 · 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.
May 20th, 2008 · Esquire music critic Andy Langer discusses this week's fresh album releases, including new discs from a certain actress covering Tom Waits, the married couple Mates of State, the much-buzzed-about Brits Ting Ting, rapper Bun B and more.