
Jo Kendall
Jo is a journalist, podcaster, event host and music industry lecturer who joined Kerrang! in 1999 and then the dark side – Prog – a decade later as Deputy Editor. Jo's had tea with Robert Fripp, touched Ian Anderson's favourite flute (!) and asked Suzi Quatro what one wears under a leather catsuit. Jo is now Associate Editor of Prog, 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 and can be occasionally heard polluting the BBC Radio airwaves as a pop and rock pundit. Steven Wilson still owes her £3, which he borrowed to pay for parking before a King Crimson show in Aylesbury.
Latest articles by Jo Kendall

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

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 known 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

Deborah Bonham on her covers album, Mark Lanegan, and her bond with Robert Plant
By Jo Kendall published
Blues and rock singer Deborah Bonham on working with her partner and finding the humour in playing with a band

Meet Johnossi, your new favourite Swedish punk-grunge-blues duo
By Jo Kendall published
17 years in and they're just getting started: Johnossi's new album is inspired by metamorphosis, mental health, and The Joker

My Record Collection: Mark McCaughrean on Yes, Frost* and Moon Safari
By Jo Kendall last updated
By day Mark McCaughrean is Senior Science Advisor at the European Space Agency. But by night he’s pondering spiritual transportation via Mahler, Yes and Chvrches…

Steve Hogarth on Peter Gabriel, Deep Purple, and Marillion's now-or-never new album
By Jo Kendall published
Marillion frontman Steve Hogarth on the inspiration for the band's new album An Hour Before It’s Dark, working with choirs, and 33 years as the new boy

Don McLean: "I don’t like political people. They have all the answers and they don’t know s**t"
By Jo Kendall published
American Pie man Don McLean on a childhood dogged by illness, the struggle to get signed, and keeping the folk flame burning in the wake of 2020’s civil unrest

Introducing DeeOhGee, your new favourite providers of Nashville psych and herb grinders
By Jo Kendall published
"When that switch flips and the bands starts, it’s otherworldly and healing" say harmony-laden Nashville trio DeeOhGee

Spidergawd are ready to usher in the new dawn of hard rock
By Jo Kendall published
Named after a Jerry Garcia instrumental, Motorpsycho spin-offs Spidergawd sound like the New Wave of The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal… but from Norway

Introducing The Velveteers: your new favourite thrift store glam rockers
By Jo Kendall last updated
Colorado trio The Velveteers on their Dan Auerbach-produced glam-punk-garage debut Nightmare Daydream, and what it was like supporting Guns N' Roses

Inside Matt Berry's Record Collection
By Jo Kendall last updated
Toast Of London star Matt Berry is a fan of Jean Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd and more
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