What popular music streaming services give you for free

The limitations vary and you may bump up against more than mentioned below, but free is free. And you can test-drive the services to see which one is music to your ears. 10 MUSIC STREAMING

SERVICES WITH FREE TIERS 1. AMAZON MUSIC FREE. No Amazon Prime membership needed. Thousands of free stations and playlists and podcasts based on your likes. Curated playlists available on

demand for smartphone users. NOT INCLUDED: full catalog, high-quality audio, more than one device at a time, offline listening. SUBSCRIPTION for Amazon Music Unlimited is $10.99; Prime is

free with Prime membership. 2. APPLE MUSIC. Listen to ad-supported Apple Music radio stations and Beats 1 audio, follow a musician’s Connect stream and listen to any music you’ve bought or

uploaded to your device. NOT INCLUDED: Apple Music Sing lyrics, full catalog, high quality audio, unlimited skips, your purchased and uploaded library duplicated on iCloud. SUBSCRIPTION 

$10.99 to $19.95 a month. 3. DEEZER. More than 120 million songs, concert recommendations and podcast episodes that are surfaced based on your identification of at least three favorite

artists and a mood. Plus lyrics, a sleep timer and SongCatcher music identifier. NOT INCLUDED: downloads, high quality audio, unlimited skipping. SUBSCRIPTION $11.99 to $19.99 a month. 4.

IDAGIO. Streaming classical music service with more than 2 million tracks, 50 percent off for classical music students. NOT INCLUDED: connection to high-end speakers, high quality audio,

Idagio concerts, offline playback. SUBSCRIPTION $9.99 to $16.67 a month. 5. IHEARTRADIO. Live radio stations from around the country, music and podcasts with ads. NOT INCLUDED: downloads,

play of specific song or album, unlimited skipping. SUBSCRIPTION $4.99 to $12.99 a month. 6. LIVEONE. Audio stations, live concerts and festivals, original shows and podcasts, music videos.

NOT INCLUDED: high quality audio, offline and on-demand play, unlimited skipping. SUBSCRIPTION $2.99 to $9.99 a month. 7. PANDORA. Radio-like service you rate with a thumbs-up 👍 or

thumbs-down 👎 to personalize. NOT INCLUDED: creating or sharing playlists, downloads, more than six skips an hour. SUBSCRIPTION $10.99 a month.  8. SOUNDCLOUD. Listen to independent artists

and bands, including many exclusive DJ mixes. NOT INCLUDED: full catalog, high quality audio. SUBSCRIPTION $4.99 to $9.99 a month.   9. SPOTIFY. Simple interface, AI-assisted playlisting.

NOT INCLUDED: play of specific songs on app; downloads; high quality audio; more than six skips an hour. SUBSCRIPTION $10.99 a month. 10. YOUTUBE MUSIC. Log in with your Google account, view

YouTube music videos. NOT INCLUDED: downloads, listening with your screen off to save battery power. SUBSCRIPTION $10.99 to $16.99 a month. _This story, originally published Oct. 4, 2021,

has been updated and recast to focus on free music streaming._