jethro tull Archive
27 Jan 2020
Hundred-word Reviews for January 2020
Every so often – pretty often, in fact – I find a stack of CDs has accumulated on my desk. They’ve made the cut as albums deemed worthy of sharing […]
13 Jun 2017
Ian Anderson: System Latency and the Opportunities of Multimedia
British Progressive legends Jethro Tull have been around in one form or another for nearly half a century. From 1967 until now, the group’s mainstay has always been Ian Anderson: […]
12 Jun 2017
For Ian Anderson, It’s Not Just Another Day at the Office
Jethro Tull started out as a blues band; the group’s 1968 debut album This Was drew to a large degree upon jazz and blues styles. But under the leadership of […]
18 May 2016
Martin Barre: Clever and Complicated
“The thing that pleases me is melody,” says Martin Barre, lead guitarist for British folk-progressive rockers Jethro Tull from their 1969 Stand Up LP through the group’s dissolution. “If I […]
22 Feb 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for February 2016, Part 1
Once again, it’s time for some hundred-word reviews. This first set spotlights five archival releases loosely falling into the prog subgenre. Greg Lake & Geoff Downes – Ride the Tiger […]
04 Dec 2015
Concert Review: Martin Barre — Asheville NC, 3 December 2015
Maybe you’ve had this experience yourself: you have tickets to a show. You’re really looking forward to it. You know it’s going to be really good. Then you get there, […]
26 Nov 2015
Full-on Fun: Guitarist Martin Barre’s Post-Jethro Tull World
Ask most people who the leader of Jethro Tull was, and they say, “Why, Mr. Tull, of course!” No, that’s Ian Anderson you’re thinking of. But the mainstay of that […]
03 Sep 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for September, Part 4 of 8
More quickie reviews today. Some familiar names, some not-so-well-known ones. All worth a spin. John Wetton – New York Minute This disc – recorded live at New York City’s Iridium […]
27 May 2015
Album Review: Jethro Tull – Minstrel in the Gallery, 40th Anniversary La Grande Edition
The latest example of Ian Anderson‘s ongoing twofold mission (to encourage a modern-day reconsideration of Jethro Tull‘s back catalog, and to provide be-all-and-end-all versions of those albums) continues with Minstrel […]
26 May 2015
Album Review: Jethro Tull – WarChild, 40th Anniversary Theatre Edition
Jethro Tull‘s 1974 album WarChild occupies a curious place in the band’s history. Their previous album, 1973’s A Passion Play, had been roundly shellacked by critics. That album certainly had […]
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