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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.

People sing and play instruments outside
Posted inAround the Bay, Culture, Music, Religion

Sacred jam sessions in East Bay braid religions and cultures

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert October 6, 2025October 7, 2025

Updated on Oct. 7 It was a Wednesday night in Berkeley, and the momentum was starting to pick up for the dozen or so musicians at the Sacred Music Fellowship’s weekly jam. A slow and slightly off-kilter rendition of the early Eagles hit “Peaceful Easy Feeling” got the evening started, segueing into Neil Young’s “Heart […]

Posted inAround the Bay, Books, Culture

Steven Pinker reflects on his Maimonides moment in a new book

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert September 25, 2025September 25, 2025
Dmitri Gaskin
Posted inAround the Bay, Culture, Music

KlezCalifornia reboots with a young leader and a big, new festival in Berkeley

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert September 8, 2025September 9, 2025
Posted inIsrael, Culture, Music

Israel Philharmonic to return to San Francisco with deeply personal program 

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert February 27, 2025March 3, 2025
A black woman sings with a choir in robes behind her
Posted inCulture, Music, Religion

San Francisco’s Glide church may be the ‘only place where a Jewish girl can run the gospel choir’

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
And old man sits smiling and holding a pair of drum sticks
Posted inCulture, Music

Nothing can stop the 99-year-old drummer behind the Holocaust Survivor Band

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert November 8, 2024November 8, 2024
Posted inCulture, Dance, Music, On Stage

Techniques from Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company infuse ‘Harawi,’ opera premiering in U.S. at UC Berkeley

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert September 18, 2024September 23, 2024
Reider sits playing the accordion. The album cover is superimposed to his left.
Posted inCulture, Music

Oakland composer Sam Reider puts Jewish folklore’s most famous monster to music 

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert August 23, 2024September 23, 2024
Posted inCulture, Music

Sherith Israel’s historic pipes will offer majestic welcome to organist convention

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert June 21, 2024January 30, 2025
Posted inCulture, Music

Harmonica ace Rick Estrin started in S.F. as ‘almost a novelty — a white guy who plays blues’

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert March 14, 2024March 14, 2024

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