Latest about Jethro Tull
Ian Anderson wishes his flute had never gone to space, and neither had William Shatner
His desire to be associated with the space race, first shared on 1970 album Benefit, resulted in disappointment
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson on the bluesman who inspired the great rock singers
Chicago guitarist and singer-songwriter JB Lenoir avoided blues cliches to tackle politics and social justice in his lyrics, influencing a whole generation of classic rock acts
“I felt so embarrassed for him”: Ian Anderson, the man who refused to meet Elvis Presley
The King had just staged his comeback and Jethro Tull were touring breakthrough album Stand Up – but when the ‘invitation’ came to greet Presley, Anderson resisted
Watch Ian Anderson unbox his new solo career set 8314 Boxed
Ian Anderson 8314 Boxed collects all of the Jethro Tull man's solo albums plus a disc of unreleased live material
“I was always the lowest common denominator”: Jeffrey Hammond’s five years with Jethro Tull
Bassist contributed to some of the band’s most definitive works – but ultimately couldn’t resist the call of another art form
Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt is unable to tell you what he'd like to tell you
Swedish proggers Opeth have European festival dates throughout the summer before heading to the US, and have a new album in the can
Ian Anderson still detests the mindless sax of Jethro Tull’s A Passion Play
Horrified by sessions in a French chateau, they went home, dumped the work they’d done on their Thick As A Brick follow-up and started again. The result was a Marmite production that inspired split rumours
"We were always looking out for a producer, but the trouble was that most of them took a lot of drugs": Ian Anderson on the recording of Aqualung, and why it really isn't a concept album
Aqualung is regarded by most as the classic, definitive Jethro Tull album, but Ian Anderson is reluctant to admit it's his favourite
