Jethro Tull News and Photos

‘People put the two things together’: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson on his one-legged flute stance

Tue, May 07 2013 1:06pm - Source: Something Else!

Who isn't familiar with the iconic image of Jethro Tull's frontman standing on one leg, playing the flute?

‘I can’t honestly say I love them’: Steven Wilson bows out of future work remixing Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Sun, February 10 2013 1:34am - Source: Something Else!

Prog-rocker Steven Wilson has begun a tandem career as one of music's most respected remixers — having worked on classic albums from King Crimson, Jethro Tull and XTC.

The Popdose Interview with Midge Ure

Tue, January 29 2013 3:25pm - Source: Pop Dose

They may have never climbed any higher than #71 on the Billboard Hot 100 – and they only even appeared on the US singles chart once – but the influence of English synth-rock quartet Ultravox looms large today.

‘I’m sort of like the George Harrison of Jethro Tull’: Martin Barre on playing second fiddle to a flute

Sat, January 19 2013 10:09pm - Source: Something Else!

Guitarist Martin Barre might be the most underrated member of any legacy progressive-rock group.

TVD Vinyl Giveaway: Jethro Tull, Thick as a Brick, 40th Anniversary Edition

Mon, November 26 2012 9:26pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Well, I was among a huge crowd at the (old) 9:30 Club the night Jane's lost the Grammy for "Best Metal Act" to Jethro Tull.

Black Friday Giveaway: Jethro Tull “Thick As A Brick” 40th Anniversary Edition

Sat, November 24 2012 6:02am - Source: Bumpershine.com

When you think of prog rock flautists, surely Ian Anderson and his legendary band Jethro Tull are the first two names that come to mind. 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of Tull's chart topping concept album, Thick As A Brick.

Jethro Tull – Thick As A Brick: 40th Anniversary Set (1972; 2012 reissue)

Fri, November 09 2012 1:55pm - Source: Something Else!

Years before the chattering rock press had begun to puncture the facade of prog rock — all under the cover of digging the "authenticity" of punk — Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull were ready to call bullshit on it all.

Q&A: Ian Anderson

Thu, September 20 2012 1:27pm - Source: Soundspike

The lyrical story arc of "Thick As a Brick," as Anderson relates on his website, was credited at the time to the fictitious child character Gerald Bostock.

SNL - Jethro Tull Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 - Full DVD

Sat, July 21 2012 1:34pm - Source: MOG

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Jethro Tull – Thick As A Brick

Fri, May 04 2012 1:06pm - Source: Glorious Noise

It was a task that was easily avoided, this decision to review Jethro Tull's Thick As A Brick on the sheer fact that I wasn't quick enough with my hand to review the sequel.

Top 5 bands not in Rock and Rock Hall of Fame include Kiss, Rush, Heart, Yes and Jethro Tull

Fri, April 13 2012 7:29pm - Source: Something Else!

The rest of the Top 10 of eligible absentees includes Deep Purple, the Cure, Peter Gabriel, the Moody Blues and Chicago.

Jethro Tull releases Thick as a Brick 2, 40th Anniversary Sequel

Thu, April 12 2012 7:21pm - Source: Perfect Porridge

Jethro Tull , that light-footed minstrel prancing about the stage, weaving prog-rock tales of boyhood adventures with a sporadic flute solo thrown in for good measure, has released a part two sequel to the 1972 Billboard #1 album of the same name.

Wayback Wednesday - Thick as a Brick2

Thu, April 12 2012 12:06am - Source: MOG

From the standpoint of how iconic the original TAAB is, one cannot but have one's curiosity piqued by this release.

Frontman imagines a middle-aged Gerald Bostock, shuns loud music

Wed, April 04 2012 9:34pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Sometimes seen as a parody of the genre that spawned it, the song "Thick as a Brick" was based on a poem about the complexities of childhood "penned" by a fictional eight-year-old boy named Gerald Bostock.

Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick 2

Sun, April 01 2012 9:08am - Source: Times Online - Music

Of all the rococo artefacts of progressive rock, Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick might have seemed one of the least likely for revival.

Air and Jethro Tull added to OpenEMI

Tue, March 27 2012 10:34am - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

EMI have added a bucket of content from Air and Jethro Tull to their OpenEMI platform – and if there's an app developer out there who can create a digital tool that can truly bring together the music of Air and Jethro Tull in perfect harmony, well, I'd download that.

Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull and AIR join Open EMI

Mon, March 26 2012 2:12pm - Source: Music Week

The sandboxes offer a wealth of digital content from both acts and are available immediately for The Echo Nest's network of over 10,000 developers to start work on new digital ideas for the artists.

Ian Anderson admits ‘abject terror’ concerning sequel to Jethro Tull’s Thick as a Brick

Thu, March 01 2012 10:50pm - Source: Something Else!

Fans aren't the ones who are a little nervous about the idea of Ian Anderson releasing a sequel to Jethro Tull's classic Thick as a Brick.

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson remembers winning heavy metal Grammy over Metallica to ‘boos and hisses and gasps of disbelief’

Sat, February 11 2012 8:52pm - Source: Something Else!

Jethro Tull's unexpected 1989 Grammy win over Metallica in the newly created Hard Rock/Metal Performance category still resonates, decades later.

Ian Anderson will return to Jethro Tull’s Thick as a Brick for first time in decades

Sun, January 29 2012 3:34pm - Source: Something Else!

Ian Anderson is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick by playing the progressive rock epic in its entirety for the first time since 1972.

Readers’ Top 10 for 2011: Your favorites included Jethro Tull, Foo Fighters, Transatlantic, Paul Motian

Fri, December 30 2011 1:59pm - Source: Something Else!

We made a series of lists, checked them twice, then published our best-ofs.

Rock Flashback: Jethro Tull’s “Christmas Song”

Fri, December 02 2011 6:08pm - Source: WNEW

In 2003, Jethro Tull released a Christmas album.

Jethro Tull Released 40th Anniversary Aqualung, Ian Anderson Touring “Thick As A Brick” in 2012, Win Jethro Tull: Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 (DVD/CD)

Mon, November 14 2011 5:19am - Source: Bumpershine.com

In the pantheon of Rock'n Roll flautists, there exists no bigger name than Ian Anderson and his legendary band Jethro Tull. 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of Tull's fourth and best-selling album, Aqualung.

One Track Mind: Jethro Tull, “Locomotive Breath” (1971; 2011 reissue)

Fri, November 11 2011 12:42pm - Source: Something Else!

Beginning with a wistful blues then charging forward with a brilliantly contained moxie, Jethro Tull's "Locomotive Breath" doesn't at first present as this eerily impellent message song — much less the seminal moment for an underutilized woodwind instrument.

REMASTERbation: Jethro Tull’s Aqualung

Fri, November 04 2011 5:46pm - Source: The Vinyl District

It's the 40th anniversary of Jethro Tull 's seminal (pardon the pun) album, Aqualung, and EMI/Chrysalis has done a fine, fine job with the remastering and packaging.

Whatever – Youngsters

Wed, August 31 2011 3:55pm - Source: Strange Reaction

This is one of the few times that I have popped on an album that I have never heard anything about.

Best Sellers From the ’70′s: Jethro Tull’s “Aqualung”

Thu, June 30 2011 2:25pm - Source: WNEW

Though Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson has referred to the album as "just a bunch of songs," the band's 1971 release, Aqualung, found itself focusing on a pair of themes…and vaulting the band into prominence in the US at the same time.

Songs From the Wood

Fri, June 10 2011 11:54pm - Source: Good Rockin' Tonight

Songs from the Wood came out in 1977 and is the tenth studio album by Jethro Tull and is considered to be the first of a trio of folk rock albums (Songs from the Wood, Heavy Horses and Stormwatch) despite the fact that folk music elements are present in the work of Jethro Tull both before and after this trilogy.

Jethro Tull to tour Aqualung

Tue, May 24 2011 3:14am - Source: Music-News.com

Jethro Tull 'Aqualung' is 40 years old and Ian Anderson is taking the album on the road.

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson to Perform Duet With Astronaut

Mon, April 11 2011 1:30pm - Source: Spinner

Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson is set to perform a duet with an astronaut as part of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight.

Jethro Tull to Perform 'Aqualung' Album in Its Entirety on Summer Tour

Wed, March 23 2011 6:16pm - Source: Noisecreep

In the eyes of metal fans, Jethro Tull may never live down beating Metallica 's '...

Sunday Under The Covers - Lucia Micarelli & Jethro Tull

Mon, January 17 2011 2:18am - Source: MOG

MMN Artist-Run Radio: Blackmore’s Night Celebrate Winter With Jethro Tull, Joan Osbourne (STREAM)

Wed, December 22 2010 7:44pm - Source: MOG

For today's MMN Artist-Run Radio playlist, Blackmore's Night show off some of their favorite winter songs, including Jethro Tull and Joan Osbourne...

Video Classics: 'Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young to Die' - Jethro Tull

Mon, November 22 2010 6:53pm - Source: WNEW

The song itself appeared on the band's 1976 album of the same name.

Bottom Feeders: The Rock End of the ’80s, Part 26

Wed, November 10 2010 4:31pm - Source: Pop Dose

Week 26 of The Rock End of the '80s brings us more from the letter J and a full post this week as the chicken noodle soup you Fedex'd me worked wonders.