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Andrew Gilbert writes a weekly music column for Berkeleyside. Andy, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, covers a wide range of musical cultures, from Brazil and Mali to India and Ireland. A Berkeley-based freelancer, he contributes features on jazz and international music to numerous publications, including the San Jose Mercury News, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times and Los Angeles Times. His column covering the Bay Area dance scene, Dance Card, runs monthly in the Contra Costa Times. And his CD reviews air regularly on KQED’s “California Report.”

The vibrant SF Brazilian Day and Lavagem at Berkeley’s BrasArte moves online

by Andrew GilbertSeptember 3, 2020September 15, 2020

The Sept. 6 event features Bay Area acts like SambaDá and the forró combo Dona Francisca and some of Brazil’s greatest musicians performing from the northeastern states of Pernambuco and Bahia.

Give it up for 92-year-old jazz master Richard Hadlock

by Andrew GilbertMay 21, 2020September 15, 2020

How do you keep (live) music playing in the age of social distancing?

by Andrew GilbertMay 7, 2020September 15, 2020

Playing the long game with Ellen Fullman

by Andrew GilbertApril 21, 2020September 15, 2020

Local musicians pivot to being ‘artists in residence’ — literally

by Andrew GilbertApril 9, 2020September 15, 2020

A day of their own at Berkeley High

by Andrew GilbertMarch 5, 2020September 15, 2020

In Berkeley: Multi-instrumentalist Rumen ‘Sali’ Shopov and Ethio-jazz patriarch Mulatu Astatke

by Andrew GilbertFebruary 28, 2020September 15, 2020

The Afro-Brazilian side of Kenya Moses

by Andrew GilbertFebruary 19, 2020September 15, 2020

Berkeley Law puts Shylock in the docks

by Andrew GilbertFebruary 13, 2020September 15, 2020
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The many fashion-forward hats of Myra Melford

by Andrew GilbertFebruary 6, 2020September 15, 2020

Berkeley’s soundtrack for Black History Month: Our 10 picks

by Andrew GilbertJanuary 31, 2020September 15, 2020

Nora Stanley steps out in Berkeley and the bay

by Andrew GilbertJanuary 23, 2020September 15, 2020

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