Jethro Tull‘s lineup has changed dramatically through the decades—perhaps most notably in 2012, when Martin Barre, the group’s guitarist for 43 years, was replaced. At the time, the publicist for ...
Ian Anderson has revealed details of Jethro Tull’s 23rd album, RokFlote, which will arrive on April 21. The band released the LP's lead track, “Ginnungagap,” from the follow-up to last year’s The ...
Jethro Tull delivered their first British Top 10 in 1969. That same song gave them a US Top 40, but only three years later.
Few bands of the early '70s created such a defiantly idiosyncratic sound as Jethro Tull. Formed in Luton in 1967 and named after an 18th century farmer/inventor, the band emerged from the late 60s ...
“It’s no good the older generation, of which I am part, simply saying, ‘I’ll be dead by the time this becomes a crisis.’ No; we are the generation who created the problem, and we swept it under the ...
Jethro Tull has released "The Tipu House," the second single from their upcoming album Curious Ruminant. The song cuts its hints of utopia, where "you feel for your neighbor," with acidic lines like ...
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 ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. Jethro Tull: (top row, L-R) Ian Anderson and David Goodier (bottom row, ...
Beginning in 1968 Jethro Tull had released a studio album every year for thirteen straight years until 1981. Maybe Ian Anderson needed some time off to recover from the loss of four long term members ...
Flute magician Ian Anderson has cemented his legendary status in the music industry. His signature playing pushed rock in a new experimental direction and gave his band Jethro Tull a huge worldwide ...
From the beginning, Jethro Tull has been, to quote one of their songs, "Skating away on the thin ice of a new day." Even in an era when progressive rock defied many music critics and won audiences ...