All are welcome to enjoy free live music in the bookstore! We are very excited to have Forced to Joust and Maria Mienzi perform 2pm-4pm on Sunday, November 22nd.

Forced To Joust is the musical world of songwriter and visual artist Andrew Robinson — a place where off-center pop songs meet quiet landscapes, wandering melodies, and cinematic imagery.

Drawing from baroque pop, indie folk, and the strange poetry of everyday life, Robinson builds songs that feel both intimate and expansive. Recorded and produced largely in his own creative orbit, the music pairs mellotron strings, wandering guitars, and curious lyrics with a sense of discovery — as if each song is trying to invent a new language for familiar feelings.

Beyond the recordings, Forced To Joust lives in the spaces Robinson inhabits: forests, lakesides, empty beaches, and impromptu outdoor performances captured on film. As a photographer, filmmaker, and marathon swimmer, Robinson approaches music as part of a larger act of exploration — an attempt to document fleeting moments of wonder before they disappear.

The result is a body of work that invites listeners to step briefly outside the noise of the world and into something quieter, stranger, and a little more beautiful.

Maria Mirenzi is an indie rock singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Philadelphia. Her debut EP "All's Well" is approaching its one year anniversary and features poignant songs about heartbreak, anxiety and moving on. Her vocals are at once growling yet soothing as she screams into the wind, hoping you can relate. Her writing style is vulnerable and whimsical, often breaking traditional songwriting forms and expectations. She's excited to play an intimate show at the Asbury Book Coop and to share songs from her EP as well as some soon-to-be recorded material. Maria draws inspiration from indie artists such as Madison Cunningham, Andy Shauf and Laura Marling.