If you haven’t been to Noisetrade, you should go there soon. There is tons of music that you can get for free just buy giving them an email address. The email address gets put on the email list of whatever artist you downloaded but that’s a small price to pay for great music. Recently, I’ve gotten some really great music, all for free. Here are some of the links. Enjoy!

Amy Ray
Brandi Carlile
The Civil Wars
Marketa Irglova from Swell Season
Rosie Thomas

and a bunch of other awesome music.

Marketa Irglova- Go Back
Sandra McCracken- Gravity
Charity Chapman- One Plus One
Lindsay Fuller- Everything I Ever Had
Madi Diaz- Heavy Heart
Beth Bombara- Don’t You Know
Meghan Cary- I Might Miss You
Of Monsters and Men- King and Lionheart

Thanks to Ariel Publicity / Cyber PR for some of the tracks.
Also, check out some of these artists on Noisetrade and get some free tracks!

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The Civil Wars are creating quite a buzz. They released their debut album Barton Hollow
in February 2011 and have gotten nothing but acclaim since then. They have close harmonies with a folky, country feel and are in a word, amazing.

Now, where’s the free music you promised me??
Their second performance ever was opening for Will Hoge at Eddie’s Attic which a renowned music venue in Decatur, GA. The performance was recorded and the whole thing is available for download without so much as needing to give them an email address. it includes Poison and Wine, which is the first song to get them attention when it was featured on Grey’s Anatomy in 2009.
Get it free here

I think most people like free music. I know I do!

This morning, I saw that Agnes Obel had a free cover of a John Cale song posted on Facebook. It’s a wonderful cover. Check it out here.

And since I’m sharing that, I thought I would share one of my favorite places to download free music. It’s called Noise Trade. All you need to do to get free music is provide an email address. And yes, you do get put on the artist’s mailing list but you get free music. The artists that come to mind that I have downloaded recently are Bess Rogers, The Civil Wars and Elizabeth and the Catapult among others. Exchanging an email address is a small price to pay for some awesome music.

These are some new albums that are coming out this week. The links are a mix of free downloads (usually with an email address) or streaming the full album. Trying before you buy is a good thing…

Asobi Seksu- Fluorescence
Full Stream of album

Free MP3

Cowboy Junkies- Demons
Full Stream

La Sera- self titled

Free MP3

PJ Harvey- Let England Shake

Full Stream

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I love Sarah Jaffe and I know that I make no secret about that. Something else I love is free music!

Check out free MP3s of Sarah Jaffe’s Daytrotter session.

Daytrotter Sessions