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 ...
The 10-track work closes with a cover of Jethro Tull 1971 classic “Aqualung,” from the album of the same name, which you can hear exclusively via UCR below. “‘Aqualung’ has always been one of my ...
When Jethro Tull released Aqualung in March 1971, it was perhaps with more of a sense of relief than pride. Their fourth studio album had endured a difficult gestation period – not only had they ...
The video was directed by Sam Chegini and begins with the famous illustration of the old man on the Aqualung album cover before expanding into a stark and often devastating meditation on homelessness, ...
Classic rock fans still sometimes pause when the guitar solo from "Aqualung" comes on. Yes, we've heard Jethro Tull's 1971 song a thousand times before, but we still marvel at the solo's poetry, its ...
SURPRISE! BRITISH PROG-rockers were influenced by classical music! And traditional folk music! Did we mention blues and jazz? No one melded those varied influences more deftly than Jethro Tull, which ...
Jethro Tull‘s Ian Anderson is reimagining songs like “Aqualung,” “Living in the Past,” “Bungle in the Jungle” and “A Christmas Song” as classical music compositions in a new LP, The String Quartets, ...
Martin Barre, the Grammy Award-winning guitarist responsible for some of the best-known solos in rock ‘n’ roll history with Jethro Tull, will offer an acoustic take on the Tull catalog May 3 and May 5 ...
The classic-rock world lost another of its members last month with the passing of Jethro Tull’s original bass player, Glen Cornick. They, alongside Deep Purple and Judas Priest, are one of what I ...
When I heard the title track from Kirk Windstein’s new solo album, Dream in Motion, I was all, “What makes this a Kirk Windstein solo endeavor and not just the latest offering from Crowbar?” I mean, ...