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Looking at how Eric Clapton was so big in the London blues scene that artists like Ian Anderson and Andy Summers built their careers by leaning away from him.
Twenty minutes into his scheduled 9am Zoom interview with Prog, Ian Anderson has yet to appear. This is very unlike him and there is speculation about his whereabouts. Is he feeding his chickens?
For a 77-year-old who just a few years ago was told he was terminally ill, and on “a slippery slope to inevitable death”, Ian Anderson looks and sounds in remarkably fine fettle. And ...
It’s a fair question, so we asked the man in charge—who’s out front with a flute and, sometimes, one of his rare, vintage Martin acoustic guitars—one Mr. Ian Anderson. And he gave it to us ...
Jethro Tull are the undisputable prog-rock titans. Led by vocalist, flutist and sometimes acoustic guitar player Ian Anderson, Tull has reeled off albums, like 1971’s Aqualung, 1972’s A ...
What if Jethro Tull never turned prog? That question got its answer in 2002 when the original blues quartet lineup regrouped for the career-spanning Living With the Past film. It was a sight many ...
It finds frontman Ian Anderson embracing his love of sci-fi and issuing a warning about climate change. He tells Prog about building on the band’s legacy, hamming it up for the crowd and making ...