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Andrew Gilbert

Andrew Gilbert

Los Angeles native Andrew Gilbert is a Berkeley-based freelance writer who covers jazz, roots and international music for publications including the Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, East Bay Express, San Francisco Classical Voice and Berkeleyside.

Frank London's “Ghetto Songs” will drop on April 19, coinciding with the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943.  (Photo/P. Romo)
Posted inMusic

All the world is a ghetto in Frank London’s ambitious new solo album

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert April 14, 2021
Jewlia Eisenberg, the musical polymath behind Charming Hostess, Book of J. and a million other projects, has passed away from a rare autoimmune disease at the age of 50.
Posted inObituaries

In memoriam: Jewlia Eisenberg, a shining star in the musical Jewniverse 

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert March 16, 2021March 16, 2021
Two journalists in love: Nellie Bowles (left) and fiancee Bari Weiss.
Posted inJewish Life

S.F.-raised journalist’s path to Judaism started on a date with Bari Weiss

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert March 2, 2021October 8, 2025
Eliyahu Sills and Rachel Valfer (Photo/Redwood Rose Photography)
Posted inCulture

Berkeley ensemble traverses Middle East in atmospheric new album

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert May 6, 2020May 6, 2020
Chloe Madeline on the cover of her new EP. (Photo/Jordan Zobrist-Courtesy InRage Entertainment)
Posted inMusic

Remember her name: Kehillah High teen Chloe Madeline is a pop star on the rise

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert April 28, 2020May 12, 2020
Nabeel Abboud Ashkar, one of the founders of the Polyphony Conservatory.
Posted inCulture

Arab and Jewish musicians find common purpose in Polyphony Quartet

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert November 11, 2019November 11, 2019
Gold waves to the crowd on the giant screen above the stage at a massive concert
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‘Be a mensch,’ says keyboardist for iconic rockers The Who

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert October 2, 2019

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