
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

Lifesigns - Cardington album review
By Jo Kendall published
The best Prog you can get this month

Magic Bus - Phillip The Egg album review
By Jo Kendall published
The best Prog you can get this month

White Moth Black Butterfly - Atone album review
By Jo Kendall published
The best Prog you can get this month

Spinal Tap: The Big Black Book by Wallace Fairfax - review
By Jo Kendall published
Don’t touch it. Don’t even look at it. Alright, do.

My Prog Hero: New Order bassist Peter Hook on Tony McPhee of Groundhogs
By Jo Kendall published
How the former New Order bassist got floored by the high-strung antics of Tony McPhee

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
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