Entries by Roger Smith

Jackie Tohn appeared on American Idol a while back - making it into the "Top 36" round.  She's also an actress who has appeared in "The Nanny," "The Sopranos," "It's Always Sunny in Philidephia," and a few feature films.  She recently appeared in an episode ("One Night of Sin") of the new TNT series "Memphis Beat." Jackie played a country singer named Delilah Boswell.  She sings a duet with Dwight Hendricks (Jason Lee) at the end of the show.

Jackies albums are available on iTunes, but you can listen to some of her songs for free on her MySpace page.

Most Internet radio sites tailor the music to your tastes.  Often all you have to do is enter the name of an artist you like and the site will create a music stream with you in mind.

Pandora - Expert Selections: One of the most interesting Internet radio sites is Pandora. At Pandora, trained music experts categorize each song using up to 400 different attributes. When you tell the site the name of an artist it picks songs that match attributes of songs by that artist.

Slacker - High-Quality Sound: Slacker sets itself apart by offer "CD-quality" sound - better than most of the other free services. 

Last.fm - Tailored to Your Tatstes: Last.fm compares your favorites and playlists to those of others to determine songs you will enjoy. Last.fm supports more music players (both software and hardware) than most of the other services.

Soundclick hosts pages for hundreds of independent singers and bands.  Most artists offer a number of songs which you can listen to online or download as MP3 files.  Soundclick includes automatically-generated "charts" allowing you to quickly sample the most-popular songs on the site.

>>> Visit Soundclick <<<

The Internet Archive contains a large number of "open source" audio files you can download and use under the Creative Commons License license.

>>> Visit the Internet Archive <<<

Amazon.com offers a wide selection of MP3 album and song downloads.  All of the files are "DRM-free" which means it is easy to play them on your portable MP3 player, your computer, and in your car.

You can find out how easy it is to purchase and download MP3s from Amazon for free.  The link below will take you to the Amazon MP3 page listing downloads which are free. 

>>> Free MP3 Song Downloads from Amazon <<<

You'll have to set up an Amazon account if you don't already have one, but the songs will be free.