Jethro Tull News

Today: Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson performs acoustic versions of his band's songs at the Warfield in S.F. Tuesday: '90s alt-rock groundbreakers the Pixies play Fox Theater in Oakland.

Raised in Portugal, Sara Tavares - who was born to parents of Cape Verdian descent and grew up in Portugal - performs her music at 7:30 p.m. today at the Turlock Community Theatre, 1574 E. Canal Drive.

Singer/songwriter, classical, jazz and rock flute virtuoso and Member of the British Empire Ian Anderson, also founder and leader of legendary Grammy-winning British rock group Jethro Tull, takes the stage at the intimate Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles tonight.

I t is a little odd to hear flute in a rock song, Ian Anderson admits. "The flute is an alien instrument in the world of rock music," he said.

Ian Anderson, lead singer of British rockers Jethro Tull, took a break from his Grammy-winning band on Tuesday, November 3, for a show at the Dodge Theatre.

OWLS HEAD : Glee: The Music, Volume 1 . The first CD of music from my new-favorite show -- a second disc is due Dec.

October 30, 2009, 7:01 AM / Stewart Copeland has been involved in a love-hate relationship with Sting for, what, something like 40 years now.

Jethro Tull has stretched the limits of rock for more than 40 years, folding ideas from blues, jazz and other genres into material whose unifying signature always has been the flute of Ian Anderson.

A staple of classic rock radio, the mention of the name Jethro Tull conjures images of Ian Anderson perched on one leg with a manic, possessed look in his eye.

Ian Anderson has often been mistaken for a guy named Jethro Tull. The singer-songwriter-flautist-guitarist is actually the frontman of the legendary rock band, Jethro Tull.

It's one of many acoustic Jethro Tull songs, which always seemed to be to be his strong suit.

Why join? Artist Profile: Ian Anderson About the artist The leader of Jethro Tull occasionally records a solo album that departs significantly from the output of his group (although it can be argued that every Tull album since the mid-'70s has, in effect, been an Anderson solo project supported by whatever musicians he chooses ... more biography ...

Ian Anderson is shown performing in concert with Jethro Tull. Anderson is currently touring without the band.

U.S. Jethro Tull fans, listen up a ' catch principal member Ian Anderson at a show here while you still can, because after next year you might not be able to.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

Song / Artist / Album =New Release 1) Lark's Tongue In Aspic / King Krimson / Lark's Tongue In Aspic 2) Thick As A Brick / Jethro Tull / Thick As A Brick 3) Summer Time / Janis Joplin / The Woodstock Experience 4) Try / Janis Joplin / The Woodstock Experience 5) Kosmic Blues / Janis Joplin / The Woodstock Experience 6) Me And Bobby McGee / Janis ...

World-renowned Indian flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia might have become a wrestler had he not secretly pursued his passion for music.

JETHRO Tull emerged from that summer-of-love year 1967, but don't go expecting frontman Ian Anderson to go gooey at the memory of all things hippy.

Fans of progressive rock are in for a treat with the announcement of three Midlands concerts by giants of the genre.

Posted by on September 22, 2009 at 1807 hrs I've seenTull about 10 times or so. The best was literal front-row center in the Montreal Forum for the Crest of a Knave tour.

As a female jazz flutist, Anne Drummond is a rarity among rarities. Although the instrument has been utilized in jazz for several decades, it has never been as ubiquitous as the saxophone, trumpet or trombone, and virtually every acknowledged master has been male.