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Drive, 97 1FM The (20 January 2023). "Jethro Tull releasing new album, 'RökFlöte,' in April". WDRV . Retrieved 21 January 2023. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) Ian cites Beethoven and Muddy Waters as his biggest musical influences. “Bach appealed when I was in my twenties but I’ve grown rather fond of Handel more recently.” He has toured with an orchestra but, Ian tells me, “I don’t think I’ll do it again – the logistics, the hassle, the cost, theatres with disappointing standards…”. I’m afraid I can’t really offer anything. I’ve heard of her and people have mentioned her name, but I know nothing about the lady. I should obviously listen, but I’m not a great music listener. I’ve never really been a big fan of music as a listener. If I listen to music, it’s more likely to be Handel or Bach or more recently, catching up on other stuff that I haven’t listened to. I’ve become a big fan of Morrissey. Now, I’m a walking encyclopedia of everything to do with Morrissey, having read his biography and listened to all of his music. I’ve come to discover something that was missing, really. When you grow up in a certain world, there are things that you just don’t pay any attention to. They don’t seem relevant, musically or personality-wise. I decided one day out of the blue that I was going to listen to Morrissey. I discovered, to my surprise, that I really like Morrissey. So maybe the same thing will happen with Lizzo. I might listen to her and think, “Oh, wow, that’s really great!” But it will be one of those chance events when I suddenly decide to let my fingers dance on the QWERTY keyboard and look her up on YouTube or something. Let’s get this out of the way right off the bat: Jethro Tull’s new album “RökFlöte” cannot — and should not — be compared to “Aqualung” or anything else Ian Anderson & Co. produced during the band’s 1970s heyday. Secondly, there’s no point in noting Anderson’s once-rich baritone is a shadow-whisper of its former self, as age, tobacco use and lung disease have all taken a toll. Finally, let’s set aside the inevitable debate over whether this is a proper Tull album or another Anderson solo with some talented hired hands. Tull has had 3 dozen members in 5 decades and always been whomever Anderson has chosen to play with — as band leader, singer, songwriter, guitarist and flutist — and “RökFlöte” is no exception.

With that our time is up. More interviews await, and that supermarket shop won’t do itself. Armageddon hasn’t got Ian Anderson yet. Age will have to wait a few more years too. It is a follow-up to The Zealot Gene (2022). This is the shortest gap between Jethro Tull studio albums since 1980. The previous single, “The Navigators,” explores the Norse god Njord, who was the god of wealth, fertility, the sea, and seafaring, while “Ginnungagap,” which was accompanied by an animated video created by artist Costin Chioreanu, was inspired by god Ymir, “the proto-being, a primeval being, who was born from venom that dripped from the icy rivers called the Élivágar and lived in the grassless void of Ginnungagap,” according to a descriptor by the band. He sends himself up too, claiming that in his pomp he looked like “some demented Nureyev with a flute”. He’s gearing up for a summer of shows around RökFlöte, but only three are in Britain; two of them festivals.

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How didthe concept of doing an album based around 12 gods and Norse paganism really start to take root for you? Touring has never filled me with great enjoyment. The concerts are the easy bits, because they’re the reason you’re there, but the travelling is the bit I don’t enjoy.” Neither, he says, is he naturally disposed to being around a lot of other people, not least the members of his band.

Even if it’s on a street corner,” he says, eyes lighting up. “People who have done something like that, it’s been such a boost for them [the people of Kyiv]. All of these things are part of a rallying cry. I guess, if I did it, it would be totally under the radar. I wouldn’t want it to look like the cavalry coming over the hill. But forget the economics, it would be a very positive gesture.” flute work is all over the album, as are pastoral acoustic guitars and mandolins; this is especially evident on Offiziellecharts.de – Jethro Tull – RökFlöte" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 April 2023. Any band cited as an influence by Dream Theatre, Iron Maiden and Rush, amongst others, has clearly done something right down the years. And this despite the fact Ian Anderson has always gone out of his way to maintain a solidly individualistic approach to whatever Tull does, with the iconic flute always to the fore.Regardless, I highly recommend R'kFl'te to anyone who's been waiting for a return to the more traditional folk-