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 ...

Death, dysfunction and ecological disaster surrounded Ian Anderson as his changing world shaped a “forever tainted” record ...

Martin Barre, the longtime Jethro Tull guitarist, was skeptical when it was suggested he do a 50th anniversary tour for the band’s iconic “Aqualung” album. “I rejected (the idea) immediately,” he said ...

(Mass Appeal) – One of the most famous albums in Rock and Roll history is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its release and will be played in sequence, in its entirety, tonight at the Academy of ...

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 ...

Inspired by The Beatles, Jethro Tull formed in the U.K. to write music and cashed in on sounds that progressive rock bands like Cream, Led Zeppelin and King Crimson were pioneering in the mid-to-late ...

Jethro Tull’s performance Saturday at the Greek Theatre, just two nights ahead of a stop at the much smaller City National Grove of Anaheim, answered one question and posed another. Ian Anderson’s ...

This is when Martin Barre’s Les Paul comes in, unhurried, laying out the contours of the journey he’s about to take on the fretboard, embedding a riff in the hearts and minds of generations of Tull ...

Ian Anderson, the long-serving leader of England’s Jethro Tull, has never claimed to be clairvoyant. But with each passing year, the title of Tull’s 1976 album, “Too Old To Rock ’n’ Roll, Too Young To ...

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 ...

(CBS News) Jethro Tull singer and flautist Ian Anderson says he never had a nostalgic urge to record sequels to some of the band's past works, especially the classic 1972 progressive rock record ...