The best thing ever, Pandora Radio.
Especially if you have an iPhone or iPod touch (with internet connectivity).
For the iPhone and touch you download the app free from iTunes, sign up (email and password) and then select an artist, song or composer you like. I started with Willie Nelson, but experimented with Mozart, Bach, Corinne Bailey Rae, Bob Marley, Keren Ann and Billie Holiday. The service (which is free at present) relies on The Music Genome Project® to find similar tracks. It even tells you how — in brief very general terms — each track fits).
So Corinne Bailey Rae leads to Norah Jones leads to John Mayer leads to Sade back to Corinne back to Norah to India Arie to Amy Winehouse and so on. Along the way you can vote thumbs up or down to further refine your interests. (And you can click to buy the song from iTunes.)
What a great way to enjoy great music and find similar sounds too.
Apparently Pandora also works with Sprint and other AT&T phones — and, of course, in any browser.
Amy Winehouse gave way to Nelly Furtado.
Keren Ann lead to Bavarian Fruit Bread back to Keren Ann then on to Hem then to Holly Brook.
Take a look at last.fm
I probably won’t get a darn thing done today cause I’ll be playing with Pandora Radio. Started with Jimmie Dale Gilmore, next up was Junior Brown. Perfect
I’ve been in love with this for months. The only complaint is that I’ve been trying to influence it to play a specific song, and haven’t been successful yet.
This may be the coolest thing since the introduction of fudgsicles.
I started a stream with The Duhks and Adrienne Young came up next, followed by Nickel Creek.
Excellent!
Anyone who likes rootgrass music will adore The Duhks. Who else could have me singing Camptown Races in my head while I’m working?
Funny, I was listening to Pandora as I was reading this post. My favorite “station” is the New Radicals.