When you travel, are you the type that takes the official tour, or do you like to get in where the tourists don’t go and see how the people really live? Even if you can’t afford to be a world traveler, you have the same choice on the internet, with internet radio stations big and small. With live music streaming, you can tune into internet radio stations from around the world. Some are meant for a world audience, but many of them are out of the way places with communities mostly talking and playing amongst themselves.
Whatever your interests, you can find music from the hills of Ireland to the Mosques of the Muslim world. Where small radio stations used to be for the community only, many offer live music streaming for those who are just outside of range, with the side effect of making their broadcasts available to the whole world! Others have the intention all along to share their local talent with the whole world. Radio has become a completely different animal with the advent of the internet.
There are also a great number of “internet radio” stations that never broadcast at all. Real radio stations have a little more credibility, because it takes some doing to set up a real radio station, but many internet radio stations have a great deal to offer. There are also many internet television stations where you can pick up broadcasts of live and pre-recorded musical performances.
On these tv and radio stations, beyond music, you can hear great talk shows. You can learn about the music you’re listening to, and about the culture from which the music comes. You can take a tour around the world right from your favorite desk chair.
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