Hi,
I took my spotify playlist and downloaded it all in mp3, because it doesn’t change very much and I would like to do away with even a free, arr, spotify.
When I was younger I got my music from the radio, so I am checking that vector, any recommendations?
I found https://radio.garden/ which is a good start I think.
As a side note, publicity in foreign languages goes so much better on my ear, even American English, “buy this medicine”, “contact this lawyer” lol! but it is of course even better with no publicity at all.
Thank you!
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I really love WFMU in New Jersey. Of course they broadcast on FM, but they have four live streams (I especially like the ‘Give the Drummer Radio’ stream https://wfmu.org/drummer). Take a look at the schedules - you’ll find lots of music that you won’t hear on mainstream radio, across a wide range of different genres, and all of it is archived so you can listen to past shows and see the playlists for each one. It’s listener supported, so there are no adverts except for their own WFMU fund raising. My favourite shows:
- Continental Subway with David Dichelle, on the Drummer stream, playing music in many languages - https://wfmu.org/playlists/CW
- This is the Modern World, with ‘Trouble’, on the main WFMU stream. Incredibly eclectic - https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/LM
https://fip.fr/ 's main and Jazz radio. fm4 ORF Also France Musique.
Use RadioDroid on F-Droid if you use Android.
radiparadise.com is curated and cute
KEXP.org - public indie radio out of Seattle. Has good shows over the course of the day. I really like the afternoon show (1 pm pacific time) on Thursday. The DJ does “OG Thursday” where he picks a group or artist and highlights songs that sample them.
Thecurrent.org - kinda the same deal out of Minneapolis, but also different
Both available on their website or through the https://www.radio-browser.info/ database
The two ancient stalwarts are still up and running:
Icecast directory: https://dir.xiph.org/
Shoutcast directory: https://directory.shoutcast.com/
Note that these are sites containing links to online radio stations not a statement about the quality of what might be available. Shoutcast has the better website, but is also slightly more oriented towards commercial content. Given that you say you like ads from other countries, maybe that’s the one you’d want to try first.
https://wxpn.org/ - community-funded, all kinds of shows playing all kinds of music
Edit:
Bonus! It’s an actual radio station :)
Love wxpn, I was pleasantly surprised when I went to a new dentist and they had it playing too. They are responsible for a great many new artists in my favorites playlist. The current is a good station too, it’s out of the midwest, good vibes.
Awesome! Nice to meet another fan of the station :)
And we’re both Joe!
Now kiss
LoFi Girl if you’re looking for real downtempo background noise. Lived on it when I was doing Uni.
If you’re the patient and organized type, you can download their entire library from their main site. The advantage here is that the livestream gets a little repetitive after a while.
I discovered a lot of interesting new music through BBC Radio 6 Music.
Been listening to Soma.fm for a long time. Groove Salad and Indie Pop Rocks. Sometimes they play really strange stuff on one or the other, so that’s about when I will switch channels.
