Advertisement Do you like good music? Greg Laswell is good music.
Do you like cheap music? Greg Laswell is cheap music.
See the pattern here? Laswell has two CDs that you can get on Amazon.com for less than $2 a piece (plus shipping, which is usually $3 a CD). Both discs are so enjoyable I would recommend them at full price.
“How the Day Sounds” is a great EP with six songs, and if you like one of the them, odds are good you’ll like all of ’em. Laswell’s sound on this disc is striped-down crooning, which some might compare to Coldplay.
His cheap full album — “Through Toledo” — is a more pop version of his sound. Fast, catchy tracks are paired with slow ballads mixing for an end result of 11 songs that don’t disappoint.
In all, you could have 17 new songs for about $10. Good and cheap.
- Curt Trnka, La Crosse Tribune
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Suggested street price is $549.99 ($100 mail-in rebate offer through the end of April), www.epson.com.
- Gregg Ellman, McClatchy Newspapers
