
If you're into music discovery, there are plenty of services that can help. But if you're looking for a specific song, few services can oblige. There's something about being a "music on demand" service that rubs the RIAA the wrong way. Songza, a new Web jukebox that lets you play essentially any song or songs from any artist you can think of, fills that need.
The beauty of Songza is that you can listen to almost anything you're interested in just by typing in the name of a song or the artist. I couldn't stump the service with artist names, no matter how obscure I tried to get. The service is incredibly simple--there's less actual discovery involved because you have to know what you're looking for in order to use Songza. Unlike a lot of music discovery services, there are no categories on the front page, no genres to select, and no guiding hand to suggest featured tunes or artists. When you visit Songza you're presented with a search box and a search button.

Songza is a jukebox in the truest sense of the word. Type in what you want to hear and Songza will find it for you, along with any similar songs or artists. If you find a song you'd like to play, just click to play it right there in your browser.

The embedded player at Songza is in Flash, so there's no downloading, and the song stays safely behind the scenes at Songza. Even though you can't download the song, you can ...