It was there, in a sprawling live room big enough to facilitate games of badminton between takes, that Jethro Tull recorded their eighth studio album, Minstrel In The Gallery, between May 15 and ...

Ian Anderson walked onto stage in Helsinki days ago, beaming like a benign grandad. Was he too old to rock and roll? In an instant, the answer was clear. A few days ago, in the crisp Nordic air of ...

A debut single miscredited to Jethro Toe augured ill, and Anderson arguably mastered marketing before he became a top songwriter, his trademark overcoat, one-legged flute playing stance and mad-eyed ...

Mandolin is everpresent on the gentle 3/4 time “Savannah of Paddington Green,” recalling Songs from the Wood era Tull ... of the band’s Minstrel in the Gallery album this year, which ...

kickstarts a cluster of songs that recall the medieval-Tudor rhythms and arrangements of Tull’s 1970-75 pomp. Scott Hammond's slow drumbeat sounds like a death knell. There may not be anything as ...

Jethro Tull is a British rock band that has been in the ... “This Was” can still be used to examine their impressive transformation over the years. “Minstrel in the Gallery” was released in 1975. The ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On my last tour I’d play those records backstage almost every night; I drove the guys crazy! To ...

I’ve always been against the idea of betraying any kind of confidence”: Are the touching tales of Jethro Tull’s Minstrel In The Gallery really just fiction? "I know that sooner or later I won’t be ...

Jethro Tull‘s lineup has changed dramatically ... Longtime fans know that Anderson is often called “The Minstrel in the Gallery” due to his high-energy performances in which he often stands ...

Your onstage persona, the wild, flute-playing minstrel, is an essential part of Jethro Tull. After all these years, do you still have a connection to that persona? Is it still part of who you are?

Your onstage persona, the wild, flute-playing minstrel, is an essential part of Jethro Tull. After all these years, do you still have a connection to that persona? Is it still part of who you are? I ...

It’s a fitting introduction to the dryly witty centerpiece of Jethro Tull who, since the late '60s, has led various incarnations of the British folk-prog-blues rock band. Their innovative sound ...