When a rocker reaches the latter stages of his or her career, the choices on how to pursue same become limited. One can endlessly climb aboard a tour bus and spend their remaining days playing the county fair and casino circuit, making bank on nostalgia. They can call it a day. Or, they can continue to press on as an artist, doing their best to stave off the detrimental effects of years and mileage while letting their muse travel where it may. Veteran artists are no longer beholden to the sales chart as a measure of success. Instead, it becomes solely the art that matters. Such is the case with English progressive rockers Jethro Tull, led by Ian Anderson, who, on March 7, 2025, released “Curious Ruminant.”
Anderson, who for all intent and purpose is Jethro Tull, the band, is 77 and makes no…
