Ian Anderson
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Why Ian Anderson kept up the silly and sarcastic on solo album Homo Erraticus
By Paul Sexton published
2014 title featured another outing for Gerald Bostock, and indulged the band leader’s passion for being an “amateur flute player”

Jethro Tull reissue 1978 live album Bursting Out as new six-disc set
By Jerry Ewing published
Jethro Tull's three CD/three DVD reissue of Bursting Out will be released in June

“Others’ expectations kept me from taking it seriously for a long time… Some will say, ‘What is this old prat on about?’ but I don’t give a damn”: Why Ian Anderson took the risk of making Thick As A Brick 2
By Dave Ling published
In exploring what could have happened to Gerald Bostock – the child prodigy of the 1972 Jethro Tull album – he explored where else his own life might have taken him

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson to guest on upcoming Opeth album
By Jerry Ewing published
Swedish prog rockers Opeth are believed to have been working on a new studio album for the past year

Jethro Tull to release Steven Wilson remix of The Château D’herouville Sessions on vinyl
By Jerry Ewing published
Jethro Tull's 'great lost album' The Château D’herouville Sessions will be released in March

“John Paul Jones kept to himself, but Jimmy Page took great delight in showing you what he’d been doing the night before”: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson on touring with Led Zeppelin, John Bonham’s pranks and Jimmy Page’s ‘fruity’ Polaroids
By Paul Brannigan published
When Jethro Tull opened up for Led Zeppelin on their 1969 US arena tour, it was an eye-opening experience for frontman Ian Anderson

“For all his showmanship, he was first and foremost a composer and musician, making music for the head and the heart”: Rick Wakeman, Ian Anderson, Geoff Downes and others pay homage to Keith Emerson
By David West published
15 classic cuts from the keyboard genius’ career, as loved by the good and the great of prog rock and beyond

“The day I ask the audience to sing my songs I might as well go home. It’s hard enough for trained singers, let alone an audience who will massacre it”: How Ian Anderson refined Jethro Tull stage shows
By Johnny Sharp published
He took a long hard look at his production values when The Broadsword And The Beast was first released in 1982

Jethro Tull share suitably lupine new video for Wolf Unchained
By Jerry Ewing published
Prog legends Jethro Tull released their brand new album RökFlöte in April

"Christmas is overlaid onto the winter solstice, and that nods towards our pagan past.” Why Christmas is prog's favourite time of the year...
By Malcolm Dome published
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat… And out roll the usual suspects trying to crack the festive Top 40. Still, it isn’t all about Slade, The Snowman and Sir Cliff. Prog rockers seem to enjoy Christmas more than most...
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