Jethro Tull
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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”

How Jethro Tull broke America is the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!
By Jerry Ewing published
Plus Van der Graaf Generator, Gentle Giant, Devin Townsend, Rick Wakeman, Big Big Train

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

The manager said, ‘Ian Anderson and the boys don’t want you in the band so you’ve been fired.’ I replied, ‘How can you fire me when I quit three weeks ago?’” Mick Abrahams’ life after Jethro Tull
By Malcolm Dome published
Health issues have made it almost impossible for Blodwyn Pig founder to play guitar – but he maintains ”it could be worse”

"Things were gloriously easy back in 1969 because we only had two albums. Things are now much more tortuous": Ian Anderson on touring, bedbugs and Martin Barre
By Dave Ling published
Jethro Tull are about to play 10 UK shows, and band leader Ian Anderson is hitting the rails rather than the road

“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

Gerry Conway, drummer with Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, Pentangle and more, dead at 76
By Fraser Lewry published
Gerry Conway's death has been confirmed by Fairport Convention

“What’s clear is the decision to pursue a direction that’s both harder and more experimental – electronics, looping and some fierce guitar”: Jethro Tull’s The Château D’Hérouville Sessions vinyl edition
By Joe Banks published
‘Lost’ album from the studio they nicknamed ‘Château D’Isaster’ is a chance to hear A Passion Play material in embryonic form

“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
By Malcolm Dome published
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

"There was a two-minute pause, then everybody broke out laughing. They thought I was doing a joke": What happened the night Jethro Tull beat Metallica to a Grammy Award
By Johnny Black published
Prog rockers Jethro Tull pipped Metallica to win Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Recording award in 1989, and people are still talking about it
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