
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

Brexit, Charlotte Church and cat people: Inside Schnauser's new album
By Jo Kendall published
British politics and passive aggressive cat owners: it’s all in the melting pot for Schnauser’s aggravating sixth album, Irritant

The Strawberry Bricks Guide To Progressive Rock: Revised + Expanded book review
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedCharles Snider's expanded guide to prog is as thick as a strawberry brick

Fairport Convention at Union Chapel, London - live review
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedFairport Convention celebrate their 50th anniversary in style

Riverside at Islington Assembly Hall, London - live review
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedPolish proggers regroup for a heartfelt London show

Tubular Brass - Tubular Bells album review
By Jo Kendall published
The best Prog you can get this month

Pye Hastings - From The Half House album review
By Jo Kendall published
The best Prog you can get this month

Magenta - We Are Legend album review
By Jo Kendall published
The best Prog you can get this month

Steven Wilson: "I have a strong personality and I don’t need to hide it anymore"
By Jo Kendall published
Three singles, a “pop” record and an almost major label deal? It’s a brave new world for Steven Wilson with upcoming album To The Bone

Whereswilder - Hotshot album review
By Jo Kendall published
The best Prog you can get this month

Tusmørke - Hinsides album review
By Jo Kendall published
The best Prog you can get this month

Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury - Free Fire OST album review
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet rated‘Pub prog’ soundtrack is no mere scribbles on a beer mat

Radiophonic Workshop - Burials In Several Earths album review
By Jo Kendall published
The best Prog you can get this month

Valerian Swing - Nights album review
By Jo Kendall published
The best Prog you can get this month

Faust at Cafe Oto, London- live review
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedFaust and Slapp Happy team up at this cool east London venue

Haken at the Islington Assembly Hall, London - live review
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedHaken celebrate their 10th anniversary with Next To None and The Algorithm

Rockin’ The City Of Angels: Celebrating The Great Rock Shows Of The 70s review
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedA mighty hardback of live classics from the 70s

Graeme Miller & Steve Shill - The Moomins album review
By Jo Kendall published
The best of Prog you can get this month

Nova Collective - The Further Side album review
By Jo Kendall published
The best of Prog you can get this month

Farflung - Unwound Celluloid Frown album review
By Jo Kendall published
The best of Prog you can get this month

Ayreon - The Source album review
By Jo Kendall published
The best of Prog you can get this month

Arbouretum - Song Of The Rose album review
By Jo Kendall published
The best Prog you can get this month

My Prog Hero: Temples' Thomas Walmsley bangs the gong for the late Daevid Allen
By Jo Kendall published
Temples’ psychedelic bass chap chooses the high priest of cosmic anarchy, the late Daevid Allen, as his prog hero
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