This splendid little neighbourhood record store could be classed as a boutique, were the staff not so wonderfully lacking in pretension (tiny handwritten...

For a taste of incense-burning, multiculti Berkeley grit, stop at the Berkeley Flea Market, conveniently located at the Ashby BART station parking lot, at...

Casa Bonampak is a must-see shop where you can pick up all your Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) supplies. It also sells excellent compilation CDs and...

It stocks didgeridoos and African drums, sure, but Clarion takes them as a starting point before heading into truly exotic waters: affordable H'mong jaw...

Vinyl heaven - at least if your tastes don't run far beyond the 1970s. The store is packed with oddities and curios, including tons of old soundtracks,...

A stop-off for local musos and visiting musicians, this shop sells new and second-hand instruments, microphones, mixers, amps and sheet music.

A lovingly assembled collection of CDs and DVDs is crammed into the tiny space here. The range meanders wildly across the decades and genres, with...

If you look outside, you'll find handprints of Latin stars like Celia Cruz and Ricky Martin. Within, friendly staff can guide you to their recorded works,...