Music

The music industry has gone through some major changes over the past five years. In just a short time, we've gone from LPs, to CDs, and now MP3s. The iPod has become the dominant media for listening to music.

As a small bookstore/cafe, we don't see the need to reinvent the wheel or change the course of musical history. We just know good music when we hear it, and look for the best way to get it into your hands and ears. You won't necessarily find every album available, but we hope you'll find music in our store that you haven't heard before, or a long lost classic that stands the test of time.

For us, it's still easiest to display CDs, but we also understand that your tastes vary, so you'll find an eclectic selection of jazz, world, rock, classical, reggae, folks, and even soundtracks that speak to your inner muse. We're also looking for ways to let you bring in your iPod and simply download what you like if you can't find it on our shelves.

So let your tastes wander, and uncover something that moves you.

Album of the Month:
Greg Laswell: Three Flight From Alto Nido

Singer-songwriter Greg Laswell's third album, THREE FLIGHTS FROM ALTO NIDO, continues the San Diego native's taste for elegant, mature, and commercial pop music with echoes of Coldplay, Ron Sexsmith, and Aimee Mann. Largely based on his own acousticguitar and piano, but incorporating banjo, harmonium, and other textures (the multi-instrumentalist Laswell plays nearly everything but the drums), these 11 songs include two tracks with haunting harmonies by singer-songwriter Molly Jenson.

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