Best Internet Radio Stations by Genre
One or two stations for every genre on muso.fm: the ones we'd play first. Every station is free to listen to live in your browser, with no sign-up and no app needed.
Updated November 2026.
Jazz
FIP Jazz
Radio France's jazz channel: classic and new jazz, sequenced with FIP's ear, no ads and no talk.
Radio Swiss Jazz
Swiss public radio's jazz stream: standards, swing and bebop, steady enough to work to all day.
All 40 jazz stations →The best jazz internet radio stations →
Ambient
Ambient Sleeping Pill
Beatless, deep and slow: made for sleep, and the most visited ambient station on muso.fm.
Ambient (Drone Zone - SomaFM)
SomaFM's long-running drone channel: atmospheric textures with almost no beats.
All 31 ambient stations →The best ambient & chill radio stations →
Downtempo & lofi
Lofi Girl
The lofi beats stream everyone knows, for study, work and late nights.
Chill (Groove Salad - SomaFM)
SomaFM's flagship: downtempo beats and grooves, a little livelier than ambient.
All 21 downtempo & lofi stations →The best ambient & chill radio stations →
Electronic
Dublab
LA's community-supported station: DJs and artists playing the far edges of electronic music.
NTS (stream 1)
London's NTS: live shows around the clock, from club music to the very left field.
House
Foundation FM
House, garage and bass from a women and queer-led London collective.
Radio Raheem
Milan's independent station at the Triennale: house and club sounds from local and visiting DJs.
Techno
Lyl Radio
Live from bars in Lyon, Paris and Brussels: techno and club music from the French scene.
Dub
King Dub Radio
From the French King Dub label: roots, dub and digital dub, non-stop.
Dr. Dick's Dub Shack
Versions, dubs and 12-inch mixes, broadcasting from Bermuda since 1999.
Reggae
Alpha Boys' School Radio
From Kingston's Alpha Boys School, where so many of Jamaica's greats learned to play: ska, reggae and jazz.
FIP Reggae
Radio France's reggae channel: roots to dancehall, no ads.
Dubstep & grime
Sub.FM
Community-run bass music since 2004: dubstep, garage and grime.
Experimental
Cashmere radio
Berlin's community station for experimental broadcasting, live from Lichtenberg.
WGXC
"Radio for open ears" from New York's Hudson Valley.
Hip-hop
FIP Hip-Hop
FIP's hip-hop channel: golden era to now, French and international, no ads.
Soul
Le Mellotron
Paris station that started as a blog: soul, jazz and electronic, chosen by people with great taste.
Radio Nula
Classic soul, funk and disco from Ljubljana.
Funk
FUNKY RADIO - Only Funk Music
Only funk: 60s to 80s classics and rare cuts, no commercials.
Radio Meuh
France's first independent web radio, from the Alps: funk, soul and everything with a groove.
Blues
Aardvark Blues FM
Classic and modern blues around the clock, from Houston.
WWOZ
New Orleans' community station: blues next to jazz, R&B and brass bands.
Rock
Flower Power Radio
The 60s and 70s, 24 hours a day.
Morow
Prog rock from Paris: long songs, odd time signatures and Mellotrons.
Alternative
FM4
Austrian public radio's alternative station: indie and electronic, presented in English.
Alternative (BAGeL Radio - SomaFM)
SomaFM's alternative channel: four decades of post-punk, indie rock and noise pop.
Punk
4ZZZ
Brisbane's independent community station: underground and local music since 1975.
Metal
Metal Messiah Radio
Metal around the clock, with DJs from all over the world.
Psychedelic
Krautrock World
Krautrock, psychedelic and progressive rock from Hamburg.
Folk
Folk (Folk Forward - SomaFM)
SomaFM's folk channel: indie folk, alt-folk and the occasional classic.
American Roots (Boot Liquor - SomaFM)
Americana and roots music, from SomaFM.
Celtic & Irish
CeolFM
Traditional Irish music: jigs, reels, hornpipes and session tunes.
Celtic (ThistleRadio - SomaFM)
Celtic roots and branches, with music director Fiona Ritchie.
Country
Bluegrass Country
Listener-supported bluegrass from Washington DC, around the clock.
Classical
Linn Classical
From the Glasgow hi-fi maker: classical music streamed in high quality.
Concertzender - Baroque
A Dutch independent station's baroque channel: lesser-known works and period performance.
World
WorldWide FM
Gilles Peterson's station: music from every corner, with jazz and electronic close by.
Quiet Village Radio
Exotica, Hawaiian and lounge: the soundtrack for a tiki bar.
African
Le Grigri
Paris station for jazz and the music born in Africa.
Oroko Radio
Live from Accra, Ghana: African music and club sounds.
Latin & Brazilian
Blue Bossa Nova Radio
Bossa nova, samba-jazz and standards from Rio.
Rádio Batuta
Non-commercial Brazilian music from the Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro.
Synthwave & vaporwave
Plaza One
Free vaporwave and future funk, 24/7.
Pop
Groovy Reflections
Pop, rock, folk and soul from the 60s and 70s, from Palm Springs.
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