Andrew Gilbert
SF Chronicle
Berkeley, CA, United States
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Slovenian composer Karmina Šilec explores the frontiers of female identity
A collaboration with Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble, 'Baba: The Life and Death of Stana' is inspired by the lives of 'sworn virgins,' women in the Balkan highlands who live as… → Read More
Bobby McFerrin on a lifetime of breaking into new musical universes
The vocal virtuoso is in the midst of a startling renaissance that unfolds most Monday afternoons at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage. → Read More
Monterey Jazz Festival's Tim Jackson plans his last set, will step down after 30 years
Jackson will continue to run Kuumbwa Jazz Center, the Santa Cruz organization he co-founded in 1975. → Read More
Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin hits the road with Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour
As a new face, the 40-year-old joins the collective, a high-profile showcase designed to celebrate the world’s longest continuously running jazz event. → Read More
S.F. revue ‘Very Jewish Christmas’ salutes composers who gifted us with holiday hit parade
A one-night variety show at the Fillmore celebrates, both musically and educationally, the Eastern European immigrants who wrote endearing yuletide classics. → Read More
Onetime jazz capital North Beach gets its licks back with a new club
Keys Jazz Bistro is set to open Thursday, Nov. 10, restoring the sound to what once was the wild-and-woolly Barbary Coast. → Read More
Always-prescient cabaret star Meow Meow finds last century's apocalypse still relevant
Post-postmodern N.Y. diva set to kick off the Bay Area Cabaret season at the storied Venetian Room. → Read More
Cultural spelunkers remember singer Jewlia Eisenberg with career-spanning ‘Fierce as Death’
The numerous aspects of the brilliant Bay Area polymath come together in art and song at the Contemporary Jewish Museum. → Read More
Jazz Master Charles Lloyd, in a late-career resurgence, brings ‘Trio of Trios’ for S.F. residency
The saxophonist/flutist, 84, is releasing new live albums and taking up a four-night residency — including Bill Frisell and Zakir Hussain — at SFJazz Center. → Read More
Samara Joy, a singer with momentum, brings velvety sound to Monterey Jazz Festival
The New York singer, only 22, has played major festivals and theaters around North American and Europe. → Read More
Jazz conservatory's music still hitting its mark after 25 years
The California Jazz Conservatory celebrates a quarter century of making music history with an eye toward expansion. → Read More
Jazz is dead? Concert tour, recording project argues otherwise
The Jazz Is Dead experience rolls into the Bay Area showcasing jazz legends collaborating with a new generation keeping the music alive. → Read More
Natalie Douglas gets all dolled up for S.F. tribute show to Dolly Parton
The New York cabaret queen celebrates the music of Dolly Parton in her latest show. → Read More
East Bay musician and father finds strength in numbers in 'Black Daddy: The Movie'
Damon Jamal Taylor, a.k.a. “Dame Drummer,” gives men the opportunity to let their guard down and talk about relationships as sons and as dads. → Read More
Bay Area singer draws from deep well of musical tradition in 'Daughters of the Delta'
Michelle Jacques' program of spirituals, gospel, jazz and blues kicks off SFIAF’s summer concert series Saturday, June 11, in Oakland. → Read More
How the blues and its Black pioneers shaped San Francisco in the ’60s
In “Born in Chicago,” Bob Sarles documents how Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and others shared their music with white artists and helped spread the blues. → Read More
Mickey Hart teams up with old friends for first Planet Drum show in 15 years
The Grateful Dead alum teams up with former bandmate Bobby Weir for a double bill at Stanford University’s Frost Amphitheater. → Read More
West African luminary Angélique Kidjo confronts slavery's legacy in groundbreaking show
The musical, which comes to Berkeley for one night only, is a fully staged work that recasts the slave trade as a parable about gods and humans. → Read More
Star-studded NEA Jazz Masters show to bring national spotlight to SFJazz
Packed house expected for event honoring Billy Hart, Stanley Clarke, Donald Harrison Jr. and Cassandra Wilson after two years of online-only celebrations. → Read More
Filmmaker pushes to recognize Oakland blues artists before their final curtain call
A concert for late guitarist Sonny Rhodes and new albums celebrating the sounds of Oakland are part of a movement to honor elders in the Black music community. → Read More