
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

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

Gary Kemp: "Close To The Edge and Foxtrot were watershed moments."
By Jo Kendall published
Gary Kemp charts his musical journey from pre-Spandau Ballet days right through to Saucerful Of Secrets, and tells us prog's been there all along...

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

Imelda May: When I hit number one it was my perfect 'up yours' moment
By Jo Kendall published
Singer-songwriter Imelda May on spirituality, new album 11 Past The Hour, activism and sticking it to music industry ageism

Harry Shearer on Spinal Tap, Saturday Night Live, and trouser courgettes
By Jo Kendall last updated
Spinal Tap actor and comedian Harry Shearer reveals his influences

Don Letts: the soundtrack of my life
By Jo Kendall published
Broadcaster, filmmaker, musician and DJ Don Letts picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals why we need more people like Joe Strummer

Classic Album Sundays: the healing power of giving yourself over to music and great hi-fi
By Jo Kendall published
We all love to put on a favourite album, switch off the lights and just totally tune in. So does Colleen Murphy, and with her Classic Album Sundays she’s taken the experience further

Matt Berry – Blue Elephant review
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedActor-musician Matt Berry creates a multipart monster on Blue Elephant

X-Ray Spex: six things you need to know
By Jo Kendall last updated
X-Ray Spex's “mad glasses”, feminism, bondage trousers and a brilliant, troubled leader made these punk enigmas an alluring prospect

The return of Black Spiders: "Every song needs to punch you in the face"
By Jo Kendall published
Fan of Motörhead, Sabbath and/or AC/DC? Then you might want to get caught up in the Black Spiders web

Dyble Longdon - Between A Breath And A Breath review
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedThe first, and sadly final, meeting of two remarkable minds
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