
Andrew Gilbert
Music Writer at Freelance
Correspondent at East Bay Times
I write about jazz, roots & international music for the San Jose Mercury News, SF Chronicle, San Francisco Classical Voice, https://t.co/9URyFuOVx5, and others...
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4 days ago |
sfcv.org | Andrew Gilbert
In the summer of 1980, on his first visit to the United States, British-born record collector Bob Bell realized his obsession had taken an unreasonable turn as he loaded his guilty acquisitions onto a bus. Following a tip from a friend, he’d wandered into the back room at Village Music Record Store in Mill Valley, where he was quickly overcome by a feverish mania reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart striking a vein of gold in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. CDs?
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1 week ago |
berkeleyside.org | Iris Kwok |Andrew Gilbert
Never miss local events! Sign up for Berkeleyside’s arts and culture newsletter, The Scene. And check out our roundup of affordable things to do anytime in Berkeley. 🎷 The Bay Area Jazz Society’s ongoing Thursday jam session at North Beach Pizza, designed to provide a space where junior high and high school musicians can sit in with seasoned pros, takes a Latin turn with a house combo that includes guitar master Ray Obiedo and percussionist Jon Benditch. Thursday, May 29, 6-9 p.m.North Beach Pizza.
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2 weeks ago |
mercurynews.com | Andrew Gilbert
When faced with the prospect of replacing an irreplaceable member of the band, Kneebody found a singular solution to the conundrum. Over the past two decades the Grammy-nominated group established its own musical niche with a protean chamber improv aesthetic defined by crackling indie rock energy, funky electronica and subtle but conspicuous production concepts inspired by 1990s hip-hop, all filtered through masterly jazz chops.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Andrew Gilbert
2 hours agoKneecap fans turned out in force on Friday to support the Irish-language hip-hop trio at their biggest ever festival headline gig, which came just days after a band member was charged with a terror offence. Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh was charged by the Metropolitan Police for having allegedly displayed a …
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2 weeks ago |
mercurynews.com | Andrew Gilbert
When it comes to bragging rights over graduation gifts, no one is going to top Belmont’s Nathan Tokunaga. The Carlmont High School senior, a precociously gifted clarinetist and saxophonist who played his first professional gig at age 14, had the good fortune of coming under the wing of pianist and Microsoft engineer Charles Chen.
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