Thursday, December 29, 2016

The Top 14 Places to Listen to Free Music Online Free Music for Anyone to Stream Online

The Top 14 Places to Listen to Free Music Online

Free Music for Anyone to Stream Online

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Updated November 11, 2016

There are more websites than ever that offer free music online and it can be a little daunting when you're looking for some free online music that you can play right now. I've made it easy and reviewed the top 14 places to listen to free music online so you can get to enjoying your music right now.

These free online music sources all work a little bit differently and all have many different features. You'll basically find music databases where you can search for an artist or song and listen to it on-demand or online radio stations which work more fluidly. They all have their bells and whistles giving you just what you want.

Tip: Although these websites are all great places to listen to free music online, many are advertised based so you'll need to listen to ads every once in awhile. There are also sometimes rules on how often you can skip songs within a playlist or radio station. Be sure to read each website's FAQs to find out all the details.

These websites offer free music online but if you want to keep the music you hear, you'll want to find out where you can download free music. You also might like to know where the best places online are to watch free music videos and the best free music apps.

Spotify

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Spotify is an awesome free music streaming website with millions of songs available for you to listen to whenever you want and as many times as you want.

Spotify acts as a radio, which means you'll hear songs from artists you've heard of and what to listen to.

The free music online through Spotify is played through a web browser, mobile device, or desktop manager that you can download to your computer.

Once you're up and going you can search and listen to your favorite music, create playlists, and share the music you love with all your friends. More

Pandora

Pandora is a great place to listen to free music online from your favorite artists but an even better place to discover new music that you're sure to like as well.

Enter an artist, genre, or composer into Pandora and they'll create an online streaming radio station based on what you like. As you listen to your radio station you'll hear songs and artists that are similar to one's you already like. You'll then be able to tell Pandora if you want to hear more like what you're listening to or move in a different direction.

You're not limited to the free online music of one radio station either - you can create up to 100 unique stations that only contain music that you love.

Besides listening to the free music online that Pandora offers, you can also download a free Pandora app for your mobile device.

Pandora One is the ad-free version of Pandora that includes a desktop program and higher audio quality for a monthly fee. More

TuneIn Radio

TuneIn Radio is probably the best place to listen to live radio stations over the internet. It's dead simple to find the stations local to your area but also ones from anywhere else on the globe.

Radio stations can also be browsed by music, sports, news, and talk genre so you can find anything from rock, ambient, and religious music to tennis stations, business news, and travel radio stations.

TuneIn Radio works from both a web browser on a computer as well as through mobile apps, and you can store your favorite stations in your account to have access to them on all your devices. More

iHeartRadio

iHeartRadio combines a live radio app and a custom music streaming service into one awesome website and app.

You can listen to live radio stations by choosing the city and genre that you like, and iHeartRadio will display all the stations that match your search criteria, after which you can begin listening immediately.

If you'd rather not listen to the radio, you can build your own custom stations that's like a radio station but is instead built around the songs and artists you already know you like. This works by telling iHeartRadio what you want to listen to, and it will play songs similar to the ones you define.

The iHeartRadio mobile app supports a sleep timer so you can listen to music as you fall asleep, as well as an alarm to automatically begin playing any of your favorite stations in the morning. More

Last.fm

Last.fm is a great all around music site for both listening to free music online and downloading free music.

Enter artists that you like into Last.fm and they'll provide radio stations that include that artist and other artists they think you'll like.

You can also download Scrobbler on your computer or mobile device, which will keep track of the music you listen to and then send that back to Last.fm so they can make recommendations based on that.

Last.fm can also work along with Spotify making it a powerhouse of a program for listening to music. There are also Last.fm apps for your smartphone, tablet, and Xbox. More

SoundCloud

SoundCloud works by users and artists uploading music for you to freely listen to, so there's both up-and-coming and homemade audio that you can find here.

You're able to explore the site through genre like Disco, Electronic, Country, and Ambient, among others, as well as by what's trending. There's also a search tool so you can quickly find artists, tracks, bands, and even podcasts.

Following users lets you stay on top of their new releases, and you can like tracks and playlists to store them in your personal music collection.

Free mobile apps are also available with SoundCloud. More

Dash Radio

Dash Radio is another internet radio website that has dozens of free stations in lots of different genres.

Find a station by genre or through the search to start streaming music immediately. You can add any station to your dashboard for easy access in the future, and you can share them with others over social media websites and email.

In addition to listening to Dash Radio on your computer, you can download an app for Android and iOS. More

8Tracks

The free online music at 8Tracks is grouped into short playlists of 8 songs that are put together by you or by another 8Tracks listener.

It's a fun way you can become your own DJ or appreciate that someone else took the time to create the perfect mix for whatever mood you're in.

Free apps for iPhones and Androids are also available for 8Tracks. More

Incus Tunes

After creating a free account with Incus Tunes, you get instant access to tons of free music, and plenty of different ways to browse through them.

The main page shows the top several songs people are listening to on the website, but you can also browse by genre, public playlists, and artist.

If you create your own playlist, you can shuffle through the songs, embed it on your website or blog, or just make it private for yourself to use when you're on Incus Tunes. More

Slacker Radio

Slacker Radio is similar to some of these other music streaming websites in that it lets you create custom radio stations that are built around the songs, genres, and artists that you enjoy.

After choosing the type of music you like to listen to, Slacker Radio will stream music suggestions mixed in with the songs you told you like want to listen to.

Slacker Radio also lets you find stations that have already been put together, in the Featured and Recommended sections of the website.

This is a great way to discover new music while at the same time listening to the songs you probably already know you enjoy.

Slacker Radio also works from various mobile devices through their free app.More

Jango

Jango is another free streaming radio station and they make it super easy to listen to free music online from your computer.

You'll be creating your own custom radio station based on artists that you like and what you think of similar artists.

The aspect that makes Jango unique is that you can listen to other user's radio stations and they can listen to yours. More

AOL Radio

AOL Radio may not have all the bells and whistles of some of the other free online music sites but is incredibly easy to use and hassle-free.

Choose from thousands of their free online radio stations in all kinds of genres, and you'll be up and listening to music you love in just a matter of seconds. More

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Bobby O (Robert Michael Ormsby)

http://thebobbyoband.com/

VOCALS, GUITAR: Bobby O (Robert Michael Ormsby) – No doubt Bobby’s reputation as a fierce guitarist was a big reason why he’s been able to attract such a great touring group. He studied music at California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts) on a Vickie Carr Scholarship where he majored in musical composition. Along the way he opened shows for Canned Heat, Iron Butterfly and played with Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Hues Corporation, Ike Turner Revue, various members of the original Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, and many others. On being introduced to Buddy Arnold in the early 90’s and the Musicians Assistance Program, Bobby has dedicated himself to using his awesome musical talent to help others recover from the terrors of addiction and move on to lead successful, substance-free lives. In addition he became a popular and effective substance-abuse counselor, first for 17 years at Acton Rehab Center, and for the last 3 years at Warm Springs Rehab Center. More recently he’s made referrals and received them from Music Cares of NARAS

KEYBOARDS: David Lewis – David was born in Seattle, and moved to California at age 19 to attend Cal Arts, where he studied classical, jazz and modern piano. It was here that he and Bobby O first met. After his stint at Cal Arts he played with the well known jazz/fusion group Ambrosia and in 1989, he won a Grammy for “Best New Age Performance”. He was also a member of Shadowfax, where he was a major writing collaborator. He also played and recorded with musical luminaries like: Edgar Winter, Billy Preston, Al Stewart, Stephen Bishop, Gary Wright, Terry Sylvester (The Hollies), John Ford Coley, The Doobie Brothers, Michael Hedges and others.

BASS: Jesse Vasquez – provides the funky bass for the Bobby O Band. He’s played with The Coasters, The Platters, The Drifters, and recorded and toured with War, Tierra, Malo, El Chicano and been a session player with Natalie Cole and Eric Gale. He’s an all round great player with 35 years experience.

DRUMS: Joshua Eagan – Josh’s percussion/drum ability comes as no surprise given his father, Rudi Eagan, was guest conductor for Count Basie’s Orchestra, and also worked with Sammy Davis Jr., Louie Prima and Sarah Vaughan amongst many others. Josh played/recorded with Masami Okui, along with Billy Sheehan and Steven Lukather. He’s also played/recorded with Pink and Bernard Fowler (Rolling Stones). Josh now holds down the beat for the Bobby O Band.

Saturday, September 10, 2016

Joan Leslie

Date of Birth	26 January 1925, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Date of Death	12 October 2015, Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth Name	Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel
Height	5' 4" (1.63 m)

Mini Bio (1)

Joan Leslie was born in Detroit and began acting as a child performer. She was never able to escape the good girl role in her early work. She married Dr. William Caldwell in 1950. She quit her acting career to raise her identical twin daughters Patrice and Ellen. Both daughters are now Doctors teaching at universities.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

Spouse (1)

Dr. William G. Caldwell	(17 March 1950 - 5 April 2000) (his death) (2 children)

Dr. William G. Caldwell

(17 March 1950 - 5 April 2000) (his death) (2 children)

Trivia (10)

Performed under her real name, debuting in Camille (1936), until adopting "Joan Leslie" for High Sierra (1941).

Her sister, Mary Brodel, had a short career in the 1940s, as did her other sister, Betty Brodel.

Mentioned in The Andrews Sisters' song "Corns for My Country": "We're not petite like Joan Leslie".

Has resumed her acting career since her daughters have grown up. [1996]

First appeared on stage at the age of two. Subsequently became part of a vaudeville act with her older sisters, touring extensively through Canada and the U.S. East Coast.

A devout Catholic, she was heavily involved in charitable works and was named 'Girl of the Year' in 1948 by the Catholic Youth Organisation.

In the early 1940's Joan had a pet terrier named "Microphone", which she called "Mike" for short.

Hobbies included reading, badminton and horseback riding.

Joan Leslie was an accomplished piano player.

Gave birth to her 1st and 2nd children at age 25, twin daughters Ellen Marie and Patrice Joan Caldwell on January 5, 1951. Children's father was her husband, Dr. William Caldwell.

Personal Quotes (3)

[on making Man in the Saddle (1951)] Randolph Scott was a joy to work with, elegant, such a gentleman, and so devastatingly good looking. A charmer with beautiful eyes. I compare him to Gary Cooper, but Cooper had more versatility. Randy was so at ease on the set.

[on working with James Craig in Northwest Stampede (1948)] He was a pill . . . not easy to work with. He seemed to have a chip on his shoulder and it showed in everything he did.

Gary Cooper gave me a doll on the set [of Sergeant York (1941)]. That's how he saw me.

Sergeant York - English Version - 1941 - Gary Cooper - SDC Films from brtiAmerica on Vimeo.

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Heart Returns with New Album ‘Beautiful Broken

Heart Returns with New Album ‘Beautiful Broken,’ Featuring Metallica’s James Hefield: Exclusive Premiere

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Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Heart will release their 16th album, Beautiful Broken, on Friday, but Billboard is premiering it exclusively below. The band’s Concord Records debut and first new release in four years features new songs written by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, revisiting some of their favorite catalog tracks in fresh recordings and a title track with guest vocals from Metallica‘s James Hetfield.

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“There is really a seventies feel to this record both in the sound, and the way we got to the emotional core of each song,” Nancy Wilson said in a statement. “We picked songs that we always wanted to re-do, plus we’ve added three new tracks. On both new and old, we have the band playing together the way we used to. This is classic Heart.”Watch Heart’s Ann Wilson Cover John Lennon’s ‘Isolation’ for ‘The Kate’: Exclusive

Among the previously released songs they’ve gone back and reworked are “City’s Burning,” “Down on Me” and “Sweet Darlin’,” tunes the band often performs live, but which featured production they wanted to tweak. Two tracks were pulled from the albums Passionworks (1983), Private Audition (1982) and 1980’s Bebe Le Strange. The title track was originally a bonus song on Heart’s previous album, Fanatic, but the new version is an almost entirely new song with vocals and some new lyrics from Hetfield. Listen to the exclusive premiere of Beautiful Broken below via Billboard:http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7430331/heart-beautiful-broken-album-premiere-exclusive

“It blows the previous version out of the water,” Nancy Wilson said. “James just took the song on, and what he added was perfect with a bite and a rock accent.” The album was co-produced by Nancy Wilson with Heart bassist Dan Rothschild, with Rothschild saying his goal was to recapture the band’s live feel in the studio. “On these classics, some of which had suffered from eighties-era over-editing-production-curse, we stripped the paint off and found the beauty underneath,” he said. Four of the songs feature string arrangements from Paul Buck master (The Rolling Stones, Elton John).

Ann Wilson Sizzles on Solo Dates, Continues with Heart

Heart is currently on a headlining tour with fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame membersJoan Jett andCheap Trick.

by “Kiss On” Entertainment
Billboard.com
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