Music Directory 3

Radio & Streaming

  • Last.fm – Online music catalog with free music streaming, videos, photos, lyrics, charts, artist biographies, concerts and internet radio.
  • Yahoo! Music – Visitors may create a personal Internet radio station with Lauchcast and listen to music based on their own and other listener’s tastes.
  • ARTISTdirect Internet Radio – Internet radio stations featuring techno, pop, alternative, metal, hip-hop, rap, world, and electronica music via Windows Media Player.
  • Deezer – Offers online listening with the possibility to create playlists and send music.
  • Dublab – Live stream and monthly top ten, as well as archives of guest DJs, weekly shows, and events.
  • HotMix106 – Hot Mix 106 plays old and new rock and blues music
  • Libre.fm – A social music platform, Internet radio and music community similar to Last.fm, based on free software and open standards.
  • The Lost 45s – A radio program which features Top 40 hits from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Includes list of the hundred most requested songs, audio clips, and photographs of the artists.
  • Luxuria Music – A music lifestyle stream on the Internet, featuring a blend of jazz, lounge, latin, exotica, electronica, soundtracks, standards, surf and swing music.
  • RadioMaxMusic.com – Featuring a mix of country, soul, rhythm and blues, southern rock, rockabilly and original programming.
  • Rock3 Radio Network – Several streaming stations from the UK, including rock, seventies rock and seventies punk.
  • Solar Radio – Playing music from four decades of soul, funk and jazz. RealPlayer or Windows Media Player required for online listening.
  • Solid Steel – Webcast from Ninja Tune DJs and artists such as Coldcut, playing a variety of old and new music and other creations. Archives and current show available for listening in RealPlayer.
  • Spotify – Offers a desktop software to listen music by streaming with the possibility to create and share playlists.

Lyrics

Unsigned

  • About.com: Music Careers – Lengthy article about contracts, agents and managers, and finding musicians for bands.
  • Bandit A&R Newsletter – Monthly newsletter featuring companies looking for talent.
  • BandRadio – A musician’s resource site for all that is the music business. Includes a searchable directory.
  • Canadian Music Artists – Created to promote Canadian music artists for free, including musician resources such as production tutorials, articles on song writing, and royalty free samples.
  • EvO:R – Helps promote the music of its members. Bands information, reviews, and application information.
  • Funender – Provides MP3 music hosting and directory.
  • Generator – UK arts development organisation supporting musicians and other music businesses. Details of events, tours, newsletter and funders.
  • GigLeader.com – Provides a facility to search for bands in local area. United States only.
  • Grass Roots Entertainment – Providing reviews and resources for local and independent musicians.
  • Indie Link Exchange, The – Includes a list of music people who wish to exchange links with other music related sites.
  • The Music Biz Academy – A musician’s guide to promoting, selling and doing music business on the Internet, with promotion tips and links to other online resources.
  • Music Copyright Information – Music copyright information and advice for song writers and composers.
  • The Unsigned Guide – Music directory for unsigned bands and artists in the United Kingdom. Contains information on getting a record deal, where to practice, and get CDs copied.
  • Yahoo! Groups: BSharpNews – Monthly music industry newsletter published by Kenny Love, focused toward independent musicians.