Soma FM - www.SomaFM.com

I am a senior, age 82, and never “into” music for the most part. Trying out a mini speaker to use with my iPhone and iPad i came across Soma FM. Excellent choice not only for the original purpose but for the extensive number of stations to choose from. Had “a taste” of all offered and have selected three or four that I plan to listen to on a regular basis. Has given me the opportunity to be exposed to music I never knew existed. Will send an email to family and friends and recommend the app.

A friend once referred to the type of music Groove Salad plays as, "Ambient Dance." That is spot on. I use it as my default background music in my office, It's low-key, unobtrusive enough to not be distracting while I work, but every once in a while I find myself dancing to it. It sneaks up on you. Lots of rhythms and layers.

No commercials, no stupid news, just good music.

SomaFM is one of the best internet radio stations I have ever listened to. For me, the top stations provided at somafm.com are Groove Salad, Secret Agent Radio, and Christmas Lounge (only available in the holiday season). I've been listening to them for years, and considering that I am only able to donate yearly, I am definitely getting a lot of great music listening in return. And when SomaFM became available on the iPhone... I just listened to it more! :)

SomaFM is the soundtrack to my workday. They have a large number of stations, all without commercials, playing 24/7 uninterrupted except by the occasional station ID. Groove Salad, Space Station Soma and Lush are my favourite stations, and can be heard humming away quietly in my headphones whenever I'm at my desk. SomaFM are entirely donation driven via their website, and even if you toss them $50/year, it's fantastic value for money in my opinion.

I discovered the SomaFM streams years ago when iTunes was fledgling. Most of my friends had no idea you could use your computer to stream radio. 'Secret Agent' and 'Mission Control' were the best ambient streams to fill your house with. Sooner than later, a few businesses began using SomaFM and the count of streams available increased.

All the cool kids were listening to Soma.

Now, though I still listen to my favorite stand-by streams, I tune into Doomed and Cover Me often enough to count as a fan. The amount of streams they have, there is no doubt something for everyone, and their broadcast is reliable.

There are a few other streaming radio station I listen to and most are interrupted too often with station identification of DJ's. If you want pure music, I suggest you tune in.

All the cool kids still listen to Soma.

Plain perfect !!

I love them

When i first found SomaFM, i clicked the Lush station and BOOM all my undiscovered favorites all in one place.

there is a taste for everyone, to smooth vocal ambient music to metal/covers

the great thing about SomaFM is that it doesn't play music that EVERYBODY has already hear a million times already, they play music that are from artists that are not very well known, which i think is great since that helps both the artist to get publicity as well as it helps listeners to discover new music that they probably would never find anywhere else in such a large scale.

SomaFM, is completely free(but it wouldn't hurt to donate once in a while)

as it is run by some very talented DJ's and ambitious people( you can read about who is running the show on http://somafm.com/about/ )

The quality of their streams are impeccable, and with so many choices

there are currently 20 channels(genres) with an average of 420 people listening to every channel 24/7. the only time i have noticed that they have had troubles was when they moved to their new location and had to move all the equipment, but even then the radio was still fully functional.

i will end this review the same way they end their about page

"Thanks for listening, and remember... SomaFM Loves You!!!!"

Thanks, Helge Sverre H. Liseth

http://cachedump.webs.com

SomaFM is one of the best Internet radios, and it is also free. It has twenty channels ranging from smooth lounge to dark electronic. The most popular one is Groove Salad, which plays chillout, trip-hop and similar styles. You can leave it playing round the clock and it will be a continuous source of pleasure. There are also more "alternative" channels, of which I strongly suggest the Sonic Universe (avant-garde jazz, including many ECM classics), Space Station Soma (ambient with beats), and Drone Zone (pure ambient). Highly recommended! Alejandro Frery (Macei , Brazil)

SomaFM.com is FREE, listener-supported Internet radio, based in San Francisco. Wow, where do I start? They have dozens of staions; from ethereal tones to trippy, trancy ambient electronica to electro-jazz/lounge, even to NASA inspired stations that include real radio transmissions from actual space travels - SomaFM.com is my current music LOVE. With links to stream AAC & MP3 formats via iTunes, Windows Media, player, etc., SomaFM.com is one of the BEST places to find music for emotional exploration, social enlightenment, and just to sit down with a glass of wine and groove, groove, groove. Thank you, SomaFM.com!