One of the main benefits of using players such as XBMC and Kodi are the numerous plugins that puts a world of entertainment at your fingertips. Do you want to watch the latest movies? You got it. Or how about catching that big football game? No problem. However, quite possibly the most popular plugins in the XBMC and Kodi landscape is the music streaming plugins. No matter what your taste in music, you will no doubt be able to find something for you.
Here are my top 5 XBMC/Kodi music streaming plugins
RadioTunes plugin (formerly Sky.fm)
What used to be known as Sky.fm has now rebranded to RadioTunes.com, and people that want a lot of musical choice are in for a real treat when they download this music streaming plugin.
There are many different streaming radio channels such as jazz, 80’s and the top 40, which means you should get hours of entertainment out of the plugin. Give it a try.
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Songza music plugin
If you have heard of the website Songza.com the you are no doubt aware of the broad range of music they offer.
Fortunately, you can get just about everything with this music streaming plugin, and although it is by no means complete, it’s still possible to do things such as browse by musical category, find songs from the popular charts, create user playlists, and even search for your favorite artist.
Best of all, the plugin is constantly being updated which means things are only going to get better.
JazzRadio plugin
Another XMBC music streaming plugin that has become quite popular is JazzRadio. This takes music from Jazzradio.com and gives you access to countless jazz radio stations that play the best music 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Just like the Songza music plugin, there are plans to update the plugin in the near future, so anybody having technical problems should soon see those eliminated. Also, you might be pleased to hear that it will be shortly be available to users who are running Frodo and Gotham.
Rdio plugin
As you are no doubt aware, Rdio is a subscription service to do a variety of cool stuff such as manage playlists, sync music to different devices, and discover new music that your friends and followers might be listening to.
This is certainly a “must have” service, which is why you will be pleased to hear that it is available on the XMBC network as a music streaming plugin.
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8tracks plugin
If you’ve never heard of 8tracks.com before then get ready for a real treat. Basically, the site allows you to discover loads of cool music that you may have never heard before, and everything is categorized for your convenience.
The 8tracks music streaming plugin is not completely finished at the time of writing, although many of the features such as the ability to skip songs, search for mixes by artist, and continuous play are fully functional.
Conclusion
So there we have it, the top 5 XBMC/Kodi music streaming plugins available right now. Listening to music will never be the same again!
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Definitely RadioTunes addon for me. 🙂
IMHO there should be 3 basic plugins here 1 a simple player to play the music that I have locally basically a winamp. 2 play music stations similarly to pandora. 3 play radio stations from all over the place. I am trying to find an app that will allow me to listen to some college baseball here in a couple of months. I currently have tunein which came preinstalled or was part of my auto configuration. However the favorites before I ever added a single station had pages and pages of stations. Granted there are many other nooks and crannies for other apps to fit into and particular tastes as well but I think you wiffed on 2 of the 3 here.