Nick Krewen The Kitchener-Waterloo Record October 15, 1997 Another year, another Jethro Tull milestone. As the enduring British rock band prepares to celebrate its 30th birthday in 1998, another anniversary has arrived: the 25th year since they recorded their groundbreaking epic album Thick As A Brick. Created during an era when FM radio stations thought nothing of taking 20 minutes of airtime to broadcast entire sides of vinyl…
This article appeared in the KW Record on Tuesday, July 14, 1997 and The Hamilton Spectator Nick Krewen He’s gone from Supertramp to solo tramp and encountered many trials along the way. So it’s no wonder Roger Hodgson calls his first album in ten years Rites Of Passage. The loss of his sister Carolyn to cancer, a mysterious crippling disease that temporarily robbed him of the use…
Britrock Veterans Keep On Keepin’ On Despite Relegation To The Nostalgia Zone Nick Krewen The Toronto Star March 20, 1997 Francis Rossi loves to ramble. The first half-hour of a 60-minute conversation with Status Quo‘s co-founding guitarist produces a barrage of opinions on everything from The Royal Family to squiring eight children: all before a reporter has an opportunity to pose a single question. “Ah, you’ve…
NICK KREWEN Mike Oldfield, the British composer of Tubular Bells, the chart-topping 1973 instrumental album that revolutionized rock music and represented progressive rock at its most indulgent, sees future music entertainment as “a Salvadore Dali painting you can walk into.” Limited copies of his new album, Songs Of Distant Earth, contain a multi-media CD-ROM that he assembled midway through recording sessions, and Oldfield says he’s excited by new computer technology. “I…
NICK KREWEN Hamilton Spectator May 25, 1996 For almost 26 years, Ian Anderson has sung loudly and carried a big flute as frontman for British progressive rock group Jethro Tull. A few years ago, however, the 47-year-old made a shocking discovery: after playing the wind instrument on 28 Jethro Tull albums, he’d been using the wrong technique. “I’d say 80 percent of my fingering was incorrect,” says the…
