Broadcaster, author and entrepreneur Loyd Grossman awarded knighthood He maintained a lifelong association with the arts and heritage sectors during his broadcast career. Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2024
“He’s one of the most gifted songwriters that ever lived. What can I say? I’m not worthy!”: The eccentric prog icon who blew Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris’s mind The greatest ever songwriter to stand on one leg! Louder · Dec 8, 2024
Jethro Tull share new 2024 remix of Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow A five-disc The Jethro Tull Christmas Album – Fresh Snow At Christmas will be released in December Louder · Nov 20, 2024
“I’m glad I took the risk, and I’m glad we have the kind of audiences that not only accept that but revel in it”: Ian Anderson looks back on his six solo albums Between 1983 and 2014 he released a series of records that took him beyond the confines of Jethro Tull – for a variety of reasons and with a variety of results Louder · Nov 18, 2024
“Aqualung was Ian’s riff. The solo was all done on the fly. If I hadn’t got it in two takes then it would have been a flute solo. That’s when Jimmy Page came up to say hello”: Martin Barre on Jethro Tull, the Aqualung sessions –and supporting Hendrix A signature-shifting collision of bucolic folk and frayed-edge rock, Jethro Tull’s Aqualung is one of the ’70s’ most daring records. Barre takes us on a deep dive back to those fabled sessions, from winging hisparts to snubbing Jimmy Page Guitar World · Nov 11, 2024
“I was truly terrified. In the first few months, I was on the same stage as every one of my heroes: Mike Bloomfield, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix”: Martin Barre explains why his early days with Jethro Tull were a trial by fire Jethro Tull went on tour with Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Vanilla Fudge right after Barre joined the band Guitar World · Oct 14, 2024
Former Jethro Tull members Martin Barre and Doane Perry guest on new Chris Herin single Tiles guitarist Chris Herin will release his star-studded debut solo album Hiding In Plain Sight in November Louder · Aug 20, 2024
"He was definitely a component part of what informed the vocals of Robert Plant and Ian Gillan": Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson on the bluesman who inspired the great rock singers Chicago guitarist and singer-songwriter JB Lenoir avoidedblues cliches to tackle politics and social justice in his lyrics,influencing a whole generation of classic rock acts Louder · Aug 14, 2024
"It feels like a dream." Opeth reveal new concept album The Last Will And Testament will be released in October Opeth's The Last Will And Testament features guest appearances from Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson and Europe's Joey Tempest Metal Hammer · Aug 2, 2024
“It marked Jethro Tull as being quite different to most bands… Led Zeppelin didn’t do comedy. Well, not intentionally”: Ian Anderson kept up the silly and sarcastic on solo album Homo Erraticus 2014 title featured another outing for Gerald Bostock, and indulged the band leader’s passion for being an “amateur flute player” Louder · Apr 14, 2024
“We were spoofing the idea of the concept album, but in a fun way that didn’t totally mock it… It’s only in recent times that I’ve appreciated how complex the music is”: Why Jethro Tull’s Thick As A Brick needed to be serious - and a send-up Ian Anderson set out to make “the mother of all concept albums” while incorporating a large measure of Monty Python - but some people laughed at all the wrong places Louder · Mar 2, 2024
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson to guest on upcoming Opeth album Swedish prog rockers Opeth are believed to have been working on a new studio album for the past year Metal Hammer · Feb 19, 2024
“Not my finest hour… but if you can forgive my codpiece and tights in the 70s you can forgive me getting out a coffin in a cloak and comedy fangs”: Ian Anderson on Jethro Tull’s 80s era The decade started with a “big split” and continued through unhappy electronic experiments and bad videos to that controversial Grammy win - but leader says it’s all part of their “universe of silliness” Louder · Nov 13, 2023
Jethro Tull singer Ian Anderson snubbed party invitation with 'slurring' Elvis “I replied, ‘Tell Mr Elvis it’s an honour to have been here but we’ve got a show tomorrow, we’re a bit tired and we need an early night’. He was slurring, he didn’t know where he was.” Daily Mirror · Aug 27, 2022