Public Domain 4u is committed to music art not music $

Music is an Art for everyone to appreciate

Public Domain is the state of belonging to the public and therefore not subject to copyright

Copyright law protects songwriters/record companies/musicians

All copyrights expire

@ Publicdomain4u.com this recorded music belongs to the public
We link to sites that respect copyrights and the public’s ownership

Music is timeless

The roots of today’s music belongs to the public

About

Public Domain is long overdue in the USA!

We offer a link to a FREE listen to music that we like.

Everyone should know about the beginnings of music they love.

This site was designed to find this music and share it

No one profits from this site’s MUSIC but YOU!

Find MUSIC U LOVE from others.

Knowledge is power!

Testimonials

I built this site to help keep this gr8 music alive. Enjoy. Matthew King Kaufman

I found some real musical nuggets here. Eric Din

Very Good Collection! Joel Selvin

Really Good Music! I learned plenty and enjoyed every moment at this wonderful resource. Lou Parmelee

What a fine idea! Great music too. Biba Katz

What We Do

Search the WWW for music and post the results

Identify music in the Public Domain worthy of your time

Post Links to Music

How It Works

Music Lovers/collectors have preserved these musical gems.

Then these recordings are converted to digital files, some of these files are make accessible for free to the public.

@publicdomain4u.com we post a link to a piece of music history you should know about.

These posts contain a short description about their relevance from the poster.

Examples of Music You’ll find here

The Mississippi Sheiks – “Please Baby”

by publicdomain4u | Apr 23, 2014 | Free Listen

The Mississippi Sheiks from Bolton, Mississippi were a popular band in their time, and their recorded songs have been covered by an impressive list of artists that includes Howlin' Wolf, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Harry Belafonte and Bob Dylan. Three of the Sheiks...

Ephraim Woodie & The Henpecked Husbands – “Last Gold Dollar”

by publicdomain4u | Apr 16, 2014 | Free Listen

"Last Gold Dollar" is the first of several sides Ephraim Woodie and the Henpecked Husbands recorded for the Columbia label in 1929. Led by Ephraim Woodie's affecting vocal, this North Carolina group featured Clay Reed on fiddle and multi-instrumentalist Edison...

The Blue Boys (Hayes and Prater) – “Easy Winner”

by publicdomain4u | Apr 4, 2014 | Free Listen

Guitarist Napoleon "Nap" Hayes and mandolinist Matthew Prater recorded this instrumental gem in Memphis, Tennessee in February of 1928. "Easy Winner" combined elements of ragtime and blues into a string band format, borrowing freely from Scott Joplin's most famous...