Spoken Music

Wikipedia: Spoken word (CC BY-SA)

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Spoken Music

The Free Music Archive catalogues 423 tracks in the Spoken genre, produced by 144 independent artists.

Scale of the Spoken Archive

Tracks and artists

423 tracks distributed across 144 artists are catalogued under Spoken in the Free Music Archive's open metadata.

Leading Artists

Top 10 by track count

  1. 74
    Jad Fair
    tracks
  2. 23
    Frump! Strumpet! Strife!
    tracks
  3. 22
    Andrew Walton
    tracks
  4. 18
    Bennett / Bravo / Mehrl / Olivera / Taveira / Italiano
    tracks
  5. 10
    The Black Square (■)
    tracks
  6. 10
    Zach Dorn
    tracks
  7. 9
    Dan Gleason
    tracks
  8. 8
    Audiobooks
    tracks
  9. 7
    Mrs. Grossman (& Monty)
    tracks
  10. 7
    Irene Moon
    tracks

Genre Context

Why this genre matters to the archive

Spoken represents one of 16 top-level genres catalogued in the Free Music Archive, a curated open repository of CC-licensed music founded by WFMU.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Spoken tracks are in the archive?

The Free Music Archive catalogues 423 Spoken tracks.

How many artists publish in Spoken?

144 distinct artists are catalogued under Spoken in the archive.