While it's called The Montreux Jazz Festival, Claude Nobs—the man responsible for the festival since its inception—made it clear from the very beginning that it's always been more than just jazz and ...

Chrysalis Records' advertisement congratulating Jethro Tull on winning a 1989 Grammy contained an in-joke, as their label impishly noted that the flute played by frontman Ian Anderson is "a (heavy) ...

Jethro Tull’s frontman Ian Anderson has no doubt what he is most famous for. He describes himself as “the guy who stands in the middle playing the flute while standing on one leg”. But this isn’t ...

A collection of flutists and artists who've used the flute in recent music history—Lizzo, the album cover of Herbie Mann's Push Push, Ron Burgundy playing jazz flute, Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, and a ...

Ian Anderson is understandably pleased Jethro Tull — the pioneering progressive-rock band he founded and has led since 1967 — has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide and is now embarked on the ...

Some might call the music of Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson a fascinating mix consisting of tales of ancient folklore sung over electric, acoustic, medieval-influenced, classical, Celtic, Indian, ...

Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson never wanted to be “an overnight pop star,” as he phrases it. Instead, his goal as a young man embarking on a music career was to emulate the older blues, jazz and ...

Today’s generation knows “Aqualung” from Will Ferrell’s hilarious flute parody in “Anchorman” (2004). However, Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson has his own thoughts on such zany pop-culture ...