
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

We take a look through Penny Smith's record collection
By Jo Kendall published
From dragging a guitar around the pubs of Rutland to having her ears blown off by Muse, this broadcaster is the folk, opera and world music fan who’s really put in the Solid Air miles

Paul Hardcastle discusses his prog heroes Hawkwind
By Jo Kendall published
Paul Hardcastle: A boy racer goes in search of space, finds Hawkwind and becomes the synth-pop king of the 80s…

Syd Barrett - A Celebration review - Corn Exchange, Cambridge
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedA tribute to Pink Floyd's late, ex-frontman in Cambridge

The best new prog albums you can buy this month
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedJo Kendall on the latest releases from Wolf People, Jean-Michel Jarre, Shaman Elephant, James McArthur and Mike Keneally

Strange days: Meet SURVIVE, the composers behind the Stranger Things soundtrack
By Jo Kendall published
Simultaneously taking the synth into the future and back to the 80s, Texan band S U R V I V E are the composers of the soundtrack for hit Netflix show Stranger Things

The Kate Inside: Kate Bush photographed by Guido Harari 1982-1993 book review
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedA decade of Kate Bush, wrapped in an enormous deluxe package.

The Story Behind 21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson
By Jo Kendall published
An extraordinary track that “fitted with nastiness of the human condition and war and stuff”, the opener of King Crimson groundbreaking debut album sounds like nothing before or since

Al Murray To Join Suns Of The Tundra On Stage This Week
By Jo Kendall published
Band to play Antarctic concept album in full, plus 1919 film screening

Caught By The River Thames Festival live review - London
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedProg and psych-pop stars grace the first Caught By The River Thames weekender

Youth - Sketch, Drugs & Rock’n’Roll DVD review
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedFrom Killing Joke to The Endless River, with cosmic hilarity in-between, Youth tells it like it is

King Crimson live review - Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedKing Crimson return to the UK for three nights only

Mogwai celebrate their seminal Young Team album at the John Peel Archive
By Jo Kendall published
"Peel's influence goes deep," says Mogwai co-founder Stuart Braithwaite

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson: The Blues Roots Of A Prog Hero
By Jo Kendall published
He’s known as the wild-eyed, flute-playing leader of progressive luminaries Jethro Tull. But Ian Anderson started out with rock’n’roll, the blues and the John Evan Band.

The best new prog albums you can buy this month
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedJo Kendall on the latest releases from Rick Wakeman, Rob Reed, Ryley Walker, Thank You Scientist and Karmakanic

Magnus Öström live review - Ronnie Scott's, London
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedFormer e.s.t member Magnus Öström impresses the audience at Ronnie Scott's

Colin Hanks - All Things Must Pass: The Rise & Fall Of Tower Records DVD review
By Jo Kendall published
Celebrating a wild and well-loved institution.

Taj Mahal Trio
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedThe venerable institution keeps it nice ’n’ steady.

Prog and Psych: A Kind of Love-In
By Jo Kendall published
The mutual, and ongoing, entwinement of prog and psychedelia.

Stone Free Preview – Sir Henry At Rawlinson End
By Jo Kendall published
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band man Vivian Stanshall's eccentric hero lives again... at the O2

Stone Free preview: Rick Wakeman
By Jo Kendall published
Prog’s caped crusader Rick Wakeman debuts a bigger, bolder King Arthur score at the 02 – but not on ice. Yet.

First look: Punk 1976-78 at the British Library
By Jo Kendall published
Punk 1976-78 is part of Punk London, a celebration of 40 years of anarchy in the nation’s Capital. We got a sneak preview

King Crimson: Live In Toronto
By Jo Kendall published
Blame Canada for this high-quality official bootleg.

Wire - Nocturnal Koreans Album Review
By Jo Kendall published
Not yet ratedNight time’s the right time for the post-punk legends’ extra bits.
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