Free Music APIs

Bandsintown provides programmatic access to music events via REST API.

Gaana is an unofficial API wrapper for the popular Indian music streaming platform Gaana.

Genrenator is a fun, no-auth API that generates random music genre names on demand.

iTunes Search provides programmatic access to software products via REST API.

JioSaavn is an unofficial API wrapper for the popular Indian music streaming service JioSaavn.

Lyrics.ovh is a simple, no-authentication API that returns song lyrics given an artist name and song title.

MusicBrainz is a free, open music encyclopedia that provides detailed metadata about artists, releases, recordings, and labels.

Openwhyd is an open-source music curation platform that lets users bookmark and share streaming tracks from YouTube, SoundCloud, and other sources.

Radio Browser is a free, community-driven database of internet radio stations from around the world.

Songsterr provides programmatic access to provides guitar, bass and drums tabs and chords via REST API.