Uwe Hermann | A slightly paranoid Debian developer

Blast from the past - here's a nice instrumental song from the 1920s. Enjoy!

(via Starfrosch)

Song: William H. Reitz - Dill Pickles Rag (Xylophone Solo) (2:30 min, 2.3 MB)
License: Most probably Public Domain, as the song is from 1922. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Source: archive.org
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One for the night: a nice, mellow, orchestral piece called "Sindomine", performed by Galdson.

Song: Galdson - Sindomine (2:48 min, 3.9 MB)
License: CC-by-sa 2.5
Source: opsound.org
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Andrew K. Stone is the author of two books, but has also created this nice pop/rock song you're probably listening to right now... After an email conversation he kindly agreed to license his songs under a Creative Commons license and uploaded them to archive.org. Thanks Andrew!

Song: Andrew K. Stone - Talk About The Love (3:29 min, 3.2 MB)
License: CC-by-nc-nd 2.5
Source: archive.org
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cold_elf, a.k.a. Mark Shepherd, has released quite a bunch of good songs on opsound.org. Check them all out! Here's one of my favorites: "Driving with air and whiskey".

Song: cold_elf - Driving with air and whiskey (3:02 min, 4.2 MB)
License: CC-by-sa 2.5
Source: opsound.org
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And now: fine instrumental music with a good portion of percussion and violins, performed by Hans Christian.

Song: Hans Christian - Tears for Ma (6:07 min, 5.7 MB)
License: CC-by-nc-sa 1.0
Source: magnatune.com
Purchase from: Artist | Magnatune