"He'll be 78 this year, but Ian Anderson is on something of a later-years creative roll.": Jethro Tull lean into the

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twilight on inspired and poignant 24th album Curious Ruminant

https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/jethro-tull-curious-ruminant-album-interview

They apparently put a typo in that link. This is a review, not an interview.

He’ll be 78 later this year, but with European tour dates ongoing and his third Tull album in under four years, Ian Anderson is on something of a later-years creative roll.

Anderson’s solo album scheduled for 2017 emerged as Jethro Tull’s The Zealot Gene in 2022. The following year’s RökFlöte made the British Top 20. While both albums missed both guitarist Martin Barre and a certain sparkle, neither gave serious cause for concern.

This time the Barre-shaped gap is filled by Jack Clark, a man just past his thirtieth birthday. For all the injection of new blood, though, such is Anderson’s dominance of this flute-heavy record that Clark has little opportunity to shine. The same could be said of the similarly airbrushed drummer Scott Hammond, keyboard player John O’Hara and bassist David Goodier. Indeed, while it’s a reminder of the intricate delights of Tull’s quieter moments, Curious Ruminant is an Ian Anderson solo album in all but name.

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Elsewhere he’s typically wordy, whether mulling over Jerusalem in Over Jerusalem (wisely, it’s not wholly clear where he stands), or being vaguely ecological on Savannah Of Paddington Green. Yet he’s never sounded as kind as he does on the relatively rumbustious The Tipu House, a mostly lovely evocation of Barcelona community bustle: ‘Someone has to fix the plumbing, or at least give it a try.’ And like so many of his peers, Anderson is contemplating mortality, here on the acoustically backed spoken-word poem Interim Sleep, the most poignant he’s been in years.

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A bit more at the link, including a music video for the album's title track.

And here's the video for the other new track I found on.YouTube, The Tipu House, mentioned above (and I just searched and saw that Sewa posted this on Feb. 8):

The title track, the video with the article:

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1. I always love his music....

A little tidbit detail....his daughter is married to Andrew Lincoln.... also known as Rick Grimes from the Walking Dead....my current favorite binge series.