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January 2024 by Frederick Neely
Been a customer for many years Great place great people you can find hard records to find
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December 2023 by M L.
A wonderful selection of high quality records and CDs, new and used. Very well organized and priced fairly!
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April 2023 by Ron Lopez
Awesome place: home of Arhoolie Records, The Spot for Authentic Americana and hemispheric tunes .... plus rare and unusual Latin American, blues, zydeco, Cajun , and Tex-Mex recordings.... the very best. A hidden gem. When you go you will say, 'how did I never hear of this place before'? It WILL blow your mind!
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January 2023 by Rick Johnson
Absolutely love this place! Great collection of old records. Tons of CDs. If you come in looking for vinyl make sure you scan thru the new arrivals!
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January 2023 by Fernando Suarez
Used and New CD's, reasonable price and tons of music classified by artist, countries, etc, Also vinyl.
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January 2023 by Brandi Carroll
Great selection of oldies, classics, jazz, rock, r&b, 45s, cassettes, you name it.
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December 2022 by elle toro
all the best music on cd and vinyl and they have local kid's bands play sometimes- so rad
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November 2022 by Aaron K.
I came here a while back. Personally I found this place to be a little gem. Rasputin in Berkeley has a bigger selection in genres; at the same time DHM carries items that are very rare to find in the area (both new and used). I actually found rare copies of two different jazz albums on CD that I love (still sealed even though I didn't need to buy them) so that says a lot to me. Also, I noticed that they're products are overall pretty reasonably priced. I don't care for Vinyl, but I noticed they have a big section for that that in there too. They even sell live music performances DVD's that might interest you even if you're into Rock mostly (which is not the highlight of this store). I walked out with a brand-new copy of Kenny Burrell's Midnight Blue for a friend, and I am grateful for the owners allowing me to browse in peace. Would definitely come back again.
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November 2022 by Chris Ebert
Small, delightful music store, great staff. Vinyl and CDs, some memorabilia. Jazz, folk, blues are what I go for, but there's other stuff too. Can listen to CD there, probably the records too. Love this place.
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September 2022 by e l
Great selection and prices. Large vinyl newly arrived used section with some hard to find items. I usually shop the rock, soul, and world sections. There is also a great selection of Jazz and Blues and more. Massive CD selection new and used with out of print stuff and great compilations. Friendly service, always good music playing.
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June 2022 by Rob Bunting
Pretty vast selection of records. New arrivals seem priced a bit on the high side, but I did find some jems and a clutch of well-priced LPs in the 2nd/main LP room. Super friendly staff.
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June 2022 by Bob S.
Somewhere between a museum and a trade mart is what this is. Museum if you've just heard a few names and want to see what the fuss is about, but likely won't buy anything. Trade mart if you've been listening to everything from country blues to world music since... well for a long time anyway, and want to fill out your collection in some new way. Chris Strachwitz the owner has been awarded lots of commendations for his work in recording numerous artists while they were still around, creating the Arhoolie label. He's a bit like John Goddard, a similar character over in Mill Valley who operated Village Music for years. Except that Chris took it on the road for years, re-discovering musicians who had folded their tent after years of practically giving their music away meanwhile living in poverty. To describe the extent of music you can browse at Down Home would be a waste of time which is to say impossible, just say if you've got any interest in blues, jazz, country, celtic, African, Carribean, or just about any other music from various periods of time, from most other places in the world where music happens, you really need to drop in here. Things don't last forever, just ask those of us who frequented Village Music for years and then now we can't anymore.
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April 2022 by Filthy Rich Boneman
This place rules, it’s the best record store in the Bay Area, the only real one left, besides all the other ones.
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March 2022 by Nina Costales
Love their eclectic music selection
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December 2021 by Ross Y.
This review is long, long, long overdue! They may not have what you originally wanted when you made the trek there (which was the case when I headed over one rainy night a couple years ago), but they are guaranteed to have something you forgot you wanted or weren't expecting to have. The place is huge and their main focus seems to be classic rock, soul, and Americana. They have a treasure trove of 78's lining one wall and an international and cajun/zydeco section, which is unique compared to alot of record stores I've visited. Should be in the rotation of shops for any self-described Bay Area vinyl aficionado, if you're not focused on just hip-hop records.
