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Ian Anderson Talks Jethro Tull, ‘Walking Dead’ and Steve Jobs

This week sees the release of Ian Anderson’s latest solo album, Thick As a Brick 2. It’s the sequel to Jethro Tull‘s classic Thick As A Brick from 1972. Since Tull is still an ongoing […]

2012/04/05

Tuesday Tunes: New Albums From Dr. John, Elvis Costello, Ian Anderson

Welcome to Tuesday Tunes, a brand new weekly feature highlighting just-released albums, reissues and other musical goodies from classic artists. This week’s highlight release is from the Night Tripper himself, jazz-funk-rocker Dr. John.

2012/04/03

Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull performs on stage in Byron Bay, Australia. (credit: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson Talks Thick As A Brick 2

Sequels with beloved characters dominate at the box office. So why not bring back a character from an iconic classic rock album? That was (sort of) the reasoning behind Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson revisiting […]

2012/03/28

Ian Anderson (R) and Martin Barre of Jethro Tull (Getty Images/Fred Tanneau/AFP)

Rock Flashback: Jethro Tull’s “Christmas Song”

In 2003, [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Jethro Tull[/lastfm] released a Christmas album. For some artists, this is a give-up move, a way to get attention and sell product when nothing else does it. For Tull, it made a good […]

2011/12/08