I have always considered A Passion Play to be the yin to the yang of Thick As A Brick.Musically I tend to prefer Thick As A Brick.It was more tongue in cheek as Ian Anderson was in a relaxed and ...

When considering the records of his youth, Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson highlighted one big single from 1939 as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “We were in a very positive place musically,” former Tull guitarist Martin Barre told Prog in 2024. “Ian had some great songs and ...

Of the nearly 55 years that Jethro Tull has existed as rock ‘n’ roll’s ambassador of flute-driven English folk music, 45 of those years were driven by the muscular guitar battery of Martin Barre. With ...

In 2008, Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson received a prestigious award from Queen Elizabeth II. He was made an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to the music industry. But ...

In Part 1 of our interview with Martin Barre, the guitarist discussed yet another Jethro Tull snub from the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, his feelings about Ian Anderson doing Jethro Tull music without ...

Jethro Tull has been inactive since 2012. Ian Anderson, singer and flutist for the progressive rock band, announced last month that the group was reforming and would tour this fall into 2018. “That’s ...

Ian Anderson is understandably pleased Jethro Tull — the pioneering progressive-rock band he founded and has led since 1967 — has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide and is now embarked on the ...

In the early ‘70s, lightning struck for Jethro Tull not once, but twice. If that wasn’t odd enough, Jethro Tull managed to ...

Barre has recorded a trio of solo LPs over the past three years, including Back to Steel, which he released last month. Like the Martin Barre Band live show, the album summarizes his varied musical ...