
Jo Kendall
Jo is a journalist, podcaster, event host and music industry lecturer with 23 years in music magazines since joining Kerrang! as office manager in 1999. But before that Jo had 10 years as a London-based gig promoter and DJ, also working in various vintage record shops and for the UK arm of the Sub Pop label as a warehouse and press assistant. Jo's had tea with Robert Fripp, touched Ian Anderson's favourite flute (!), asked Suzi Quatro what one wears under a leather catsuit, and invented several ridiculous editorial ideas such as the regular celebrity cooking column for Prog, Supper's Ready. After being Deputy Editor for Prog for five years and Managing Editor of Classic Rock for three, Jo is now Associate Editor of Prog, where she's been since its inception in 2009, and a regular contributor to Classic Rock. She continues to spread the experimental and psychedelic music-based word amid unsuspecting students at BIMM Institute London, hoping to inspire the next gen of rock, metal, prog and indie creators and appreciators.
Latest articles by Jo Kendall

Steve Harley: The soundtrack of my life
By Jo Kendall published
Singer and songwriter Steve Harley picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals the song that reminds him of his first love, Glenda White from Wickford

Jello Biafra: "Hawkwind's Space Ritual is my Ground Zero!"
By Jo Kendall published
The former Dead Kennedy's frontman Jello Biafra is a big fan of space rockers Hawkwind

How a psychotic reaction inspired The Groundhogs' revolutionary classic Split
By Jo Kendall published
In 1971 The Groundhogs released Split, a savage, four-part suite titled documenting a traumatic brush with drugs experienced by frontman Tony McPhee

Robert Fripp: How I met Toyah and why I love her
By Jo Kendall last updated
King Crimson founder Robert Fripp reveals the secrets of his long marriage to actress, musician and Sunday Lunch viral video partner Toyah Willcox

Kelly Jay was on the cover of Rush's Moving Pictures: he never listened to it
By Jo Kendall published
Kelly Jay was the frontman of Canadian rock band Crowbar. Before his death in 2019, he told us about his appearance on the cover of Moving Pictures

Brant Bjork: "Kyuss was very dysfunctional, but that’s what made the music"
By Jo Kendall published
Desert rock pioneer Brant Bjork talks new music, old bands, and how his sons might carry the torch

Pattie Boyd: My Life in 10 Songs
By Jo Kendall published
As the inspiration behind two classic love songs – George Harrison's Something and Eric Clapton's Layla – Pattie Boyd might just be rock's ultimate muse

Meet Birth, the San Diego quartet delivering premium 70s prog for modern ears
By Jo Kendall published
Birth's debut album Born is an intoxicating, thrillingly convincing return to the sound of the original prog masters

What happened when Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf discovered psychedelia
By Jo Kendall last updated
In the late 1960s Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf turned to the psychedelic rock world in a bid to revitalise their careers. It was a huge gamble. But would it pay off?

Enslaved's Ivar Bjørnson shares his recipe for In The Crust Of The Crimson Pizza Pie!
By Jo Kendall published
Supper's ready with Enslaved's Ivar Bjørnson and his recipe for a very proggy pizza

10 stunning highlights from Pink Floyd's Their Mortal Remains exhibition
By Jo Kendall last updated
Pink Floyd's mammoth Their Mortal Remains exhibition opens this Saturday at London's historic Victoria and Albert Museum.... but we've already sneaked in and poked around

"I’ve waved the flag in Metallica for Steven Wilson" – Rob Trujillo raves about Porcupine Tree's founder
By Jo Kendall last updated
The infectiously groovy Metallica bass player RobTrujillo was floored when he discovered Steven Wilson

Interview: Siobhan Fahey on her love of Pink Floyd
By Jo Kendall last updated
Shakespeare's Sister and Bananarama star Siobhan Fahey says a schoolgirl crush kickstarted a life-long love of the UK prog giants

My Record Collection: Dr Stuart Clark
By Jo Kendall last updated
Renowned astronomer, author and Guardian blogger has combed time, space and several guitar shops for a galaxy of progressive music delights.

Doctor Who script editor Andrew Cartmel lets us rummage through his record collection
By Jo Kendall last updated
The Vinyl Detective Andrew Cartmel takes us through his favourite Pink Floyd, ELP, Jethro Tull, Zappa and Kate Bush records

Why I ❤️ Uriah Heep, by A-ha's Morten Harket
By Jo Kendall last updated
"Uriah Heep became the most important thing in my life," reveals A-ha frontman Morten Harket

The story of Motorpsycho's The All Is One
By Jo Kendall published
Motorpsycho's 2020 album The All Is One completed the band's trilogy of albums, that also includes The Tower and The Crucible

Maddy Prior: "We toured with Tull in front of 18,000 people. I was terrified!"
By Jo Kendall published
The Steeleye Span frontwoman reflects on a life in music from the folk clubs of St Albans to working with David Bowie

Amanda Lehmann: my life in music
By Jo Kendall published
Well now for her work with Steve Hackett, Prog sat down with Amanda Lehmann when she released her debut solo album Innocence And Illusion

The Chambers Brothers and the acid classic that psychedelicised black American folk music
By Jo Kendall published
The Chambers Brothers' 11-minute classic Time Has Come Today was written after a Timothy Leary lecture and was hated by the record company... until it became a smash hit

My Record Collection: Dave McKean
By Jo Kendall published
Artist. Photographer. Filmmaker. Writer. From Dream Theater to The Sandman, this Berkshire gent is a chap of many hats and still finds time to run his own jazz label, Feral Records.

The future’s bright, the future’s orange for Zach Tabori
By Jo Kendall published
Here's all you need to know about this Zappa-loving LA wunderkind

Total Eclipse Of The Heart - how Bonnie Tyler became the ultimate power ballad diva
By Jo Kendall last updated
With over a billion streams across YouTube and Spotify, Bonnie Tyler's hair-raising classic Total Eclipse Of The Heart might just be be the biggest power ballad of them all
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