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 ...
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 ...
Jethro Tull’s “Aqualung” is a member of a fairly small group of songs that achieved immense popularity despite lasting well over five minutes. Maybe it’s guitarist Martin Barre’s hard-edged opening ...
Many bands test out different styles of music over the course of an entire album, switching it up from song to song. Jethro Tull could shift genres several times in the course of a single song, which ...
In certain non-rock circles, the artist Burton Silverman is something of a superstar. Yet most music aficionados have never heard of him, despite his role in a career-turning moment for Jethro Tull in ...
Jethro Tull will reissue a newly remastered version of their 2005 album, Aqualung Live, through InsideOut Music/Sony Music on November 21. The live in the studio recording of the band's acclaimed 1971 ...
The video was directed by Sam Chegini and begins with the famous illustration of the old man on the Aqualung album cover before expanding into a stark and often devastating meditation on homelessness, ...