This morning, I was talking on the phone with a friend about the new music he liked. Within seconds, I started playing the full length albums on his list. I love this!

If one of your great joys is discovering new music, playing old favorites or making mixes for friends, check out Rhapsody. Each time I use it, I feel like I walked into Amoeba (record store) with a gift certificate in the amount of “carte blanche.”

For free, you can listen to 25 tracks/month. When you want to hear more (and it’s likely you will), get a subscription for $10/month.* A small popup web player is all you need to listen.

Here are artists & albums that have caught my ear lately. Play the music for free. Check out what Rhapsody has to offer.

By the way, Rhapsody is the music engine for A Sound Match. Insert your own “live” playlists to your profile and emails.

Lynne’s 10 Blog Songs (click to play or download the web player)

[You can play one, stop the player, and move on to search for your own tracks to play for free on rhapsody.com]

Jose Gonzalez-Slow Moves
Pinback-Seville (demo)
Pop Levi-(A style called) Crying Chic
Rodrigo y Gabriela-Diablo Rojo
The Avett Bros-Matrimony
The Features-Walk You Home
The Shins-Sea Legs
Elbow-Leaders of the Free World
Gotan Project-Mi Confesion
Cal Tjader(Verve Remixed)-Los Banditos

*[Note: Get it now to lock in $10. Sadly, the fee increases to $12.99/mo as of June 1. It's Mac + PC-friendly. For a bit more, you can also put the music on your mp3 player and take it with you anywhere.]