480,724 itemsWelcome to Audio Archive

Welcome to the Archive's audio and MP3 library. This library contains over two hundred thousand free digital recordings ranging from alternative news programming, to Grateful Dead concerts, to Old Time Radio shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music uploaded by our users. Many of these audios and MP3s are available for free download. Check our FAQ for more information.

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Audio Books & Poetry Listen to free audio books and poetry recordings! This library of audio books and poetry features digital recordings and MP3's from the Naropa Poetics Audio Archive, LibriVox, Project Gutenberg,...	4,951 items
Computers & Technology Computers, technology, and science are the topics featured here. Listen to weekly interviews with leading scientists and technologists in the Berkeley Groks collection; or explore issues related to...	510 items
Grateful Dead Welcome to the Grateful Dead collection. Here you will find both: Downloadable Shows (typically, Audience recordings), and Stream-Only Shows (typically, Soundboard recordings). At this time, the...	7,315 items
Live Music Archive Welcome to Internet Archive's Live Music library. etree.org is a community committed to providing the highest quality live concerts in a lossless, downloadable format. The Internet Archive has...	73,799 items
Music & Arts The audio Music collection features nearly 600 virtual record labels found in the Netlabels collection, the unique contemporary compositions and performances found in the Other Minds collection, and...	2,146 items
Netlabels Welcome to the Netlabels collection at the Internet Archive. This collection hosts complete, freely downloadable/streamable, often Creative Commons-licensed catalogs of 'virtual record labels'. These...	23,295 items
News & Public Affairs Alternative independent radio news programming is featured here. In addition to a host of intriguing radio news shows, this collection features the Presidential Recordings collection of historical...	6,148 items
Non-English Audio Non-English language collections contributed to the Open Source Audio collection are featured here.	559 items
Open Source Audio You are invited to view or upload audios to the Open Source collection! These thousands of audios were all contributed by Archive users and community members. Please select a Creative Commons License...	360,395 items
Podcasts Diehard podcasters are featured here! These podcast collections were all created from user contributions to the Open Source Audio collection. A great resource for podcasters: the Creative Commons...	17,914 items
Radio Programs If you're looking for advice about raising your child, conversations about personal change, a forum for transgender issues, or want to listen to an Old Time Radio show: the Radio Programs collection...	2,054 items
Spirituality & Religion Listen to sermons and lectures concerning religion and spirituality here.	1,488 items