Audio and Music Search Engines

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Grooveshark: See also Search Help.
Yahoo! Music: Search tip: Music only plays for users in the United States. See also Search Help.
Playlist.com: See also Search Help.
Deezer: See also Search Help.
Rhapsody: Search tip: Music only plays for users in the United States. See also Search Help.
SoundClick: See also Advanced Search and Search Help.
Midomi: See also Search Help.
Pandora: Search tip: Music only plays for users in the United States. Pandora is a music recommendation service which creates a personalized radio station. See also Search Help.
Last.fm: Search tip: Last.fm is a music recommendation service. See also Search Help.
UpTo11.net: Search tip: Type in a list of artists separated by semicolons (;) to get recommendations. Only previous are available. See also Search Help.
Audiobaba: Search tip: Search for an artist or track to get recommendations based on acoustic similarity. Only previous are available. See also Search Help.
SpinXPress: Search tip: This searches several sources including the Internet Archive, Magnatune, and others.
Dewey Music: Search tip: This is another interface for music in the Internet Archive
ccmixter: Search tip: Music here is available free to use for noncommercial and sometimes even commercial purposes.
Jamendo: Search tip: All music is licensed under a Creative Commons license.
Sing365.com: See also Advanced Search.
Lyric Wiki: See also Advanced Search and Search Help.
Get Lyrics by name: Search tip: Search here by artist, album, or track name. See also Advanced Search.
Get Lyrics: Search tip: Use this to search directly within the text of lyrics, (i.e. not the song titles). See also Advanced Search.
Discogs: See also Search Help.
MusicMoz: Search tip: Even includes information on instruments, styles, events, and more. See also Advanced Search.
freedb.org: See also Advanced Search and Search Help.
MusicBrainz: See also Advanced Search and Search Help.
Songfacts: See also Search Help.
Songplaces.com: Search tip: Search for songs to find the places they mention.
WWW Music DB: See also Advanced Search.
MusicBrainz: See also Advanced Search and Search Help.
WWW Music DB: See also Advanced Search.
MusicBrainz: See also Advanced Search and Search Help.
WWW Music DB: See also Advanced Search.
Artistfacts: See also Search Help.
ChoralWiki: See also Search Help.
Podcast Directory: Search tip: Includes both audio and video. See also Advanced Search.
PodBean.com: Search tip: Includes both audio and video.
Podcast Alley: Search tip: Includes both audio and video.
Podfeed.net: Search tip: Includes both audio and video.
iPodder: Search tip: Includes both audio and video. Human-curated, it may be better to browse than search.
Podcast Search Service: Search tip: Includes both audio and video.
Get A Podcast: Search tip: Includes both audio and video.
DailySplice: See also Advanced Search.
Digital Podcast: Search tip: Includes both audio and video.
Miro Guide: Search tip: Includes both audio and video.
Podseek.net: Search tip: Includes both audio and video. See also Advanced Search.
Internet Archive: Search tip: Over 200K free recordings including alternative news, Old Time Radio shows, book and poetry readings, popular and original music.
FindSounds: See also Search Help.
Freesound Project: See also Advanced Search.
Macaulay Lib. -animals: Search tip: This library is part of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (birds) but also includes media from many other groups of animals. See also Advanced Search and Search Help.
Internet Archive: Search tip: Includes LibriVox as well as some smaller collections.
LibriVox: See also Advanced Search and Search Help.

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