About

I’m Gary Moskowitz and I’m a journalist, journalism educator, and musician based in San Francisco.

I write about music, arts, and culture for GRAMMY.com, Reverb.com, KQED, and other publications. I also write the MUSIC NERD newsletter.

I tweet @BLOGOWITZ

I’ve written about music, the music industry, music tech, and arts & culture for The Economist and Red Bulletin Magazine.

For TIME Magazine, I’ve written about digital music royalties, video stores, Afrobeat, Berlin Techno, and Hyperlocal news sites.

I wrote about finding Run-DMC in Iowa for Radio Silence Magazine, Craigslist musicians and Hip Hop for The Atlantic, suburban punk rock Millennials for The San Francisco Chronicle, and Burning Man for the Village Voice.

I’ve covered noise ordinances and the San Francisco Entertainment Commission for San Francisco Weekly, bike polo and British burritos, busking, and colicky babies for The New York Times, and other bits of culture for The Daily Telegraph, Newsweek, Mother Jones Magazine, and other publications.

I’ve taught journalism writing and reporting courses at UC Berkeley, San Francisco State University, UCLA, Cal State East Bay, City University London, and the London School of Journalism.

I play trumpet in RADIO VELOSO. I previously played trumpet in an 11-piece London Afrobeat band, an Oakland punk-soul band, a San Francisco fazz-junk quintet, a Los Angeles roots ska band, a Florida ska band, and others. I’ve toured throughout the United States and Europe.

Before pursuing journalism, I was a flower delivery van driver, a Greyhound Bus terminal attendant, a ski lift operator, prep cook, dishwasher, and a Starbucks comment card evaluator.

To contact me, email moskowitz.gary [at] gmail.com

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