[Closed] Music for Android phone - luddite content

The only way I can think of that’s free, and has no adverts, is to load your own music onto it.
FWIW, I use Apple Music, which I get as part of my Cloud subscription, which allows me to either stream or download music to my phone; Spotify requires a subscription, or else you get ads, and I’m sure all other online sources are the same. Having Apple Music has been a boon, because my computer has gone on the fritz, and may not be repairable now, I bought it in 2010, so I can’t rip and copy across any more music, for the time being at least.
Sorry, I’m whittering on, trying to think of a solution, but music from your computer loaded onto your phone does seem to fit all your requirements.

WCA - what you're asking for, I think, is a streaming service: these do all the things you're suggesting, but are not free.
Your alternative is something like YouTube, which comes with lots of adverts if you don't subscribe, and doesn't really "push" music to you.
Otherwise, it's digital radio (obviously this won't "learn" your preferences) or loading music into your phone yourself, which I suspect you don't especially want to do.
My suggestion, given your requirements, is to subscribe to something like Spotify, which fulfils all your criteria except the "FREE" one. Unfortunately, all these providers are businesses of one sort or the other, and these require payment!

For free I think you're looking at internet radio, but that won't use your preferences. Installing the Tunein Radio app and searching by genre would bring up any number of stations to try.

Free Spotify doesn't have that many adverts & they aren't really long & annoying like commercial radio.
And it's free to try, so why not just download it & give it a whirl?

BBC Sounds & you can stick the radio on?

I take it you do not have any MP3s you could copy onto the phone & play?

Try the Fip radio app.

BBC sounds is good

Thanks - I don't actually own any music. Not quite true but the last thing I bought was Pulp - Common People on CD when it first came out, possibly an Oasis CD and then we are back to tapes for The Primitives, The Stranglers and Transvision Vamp so not exactly an avid collector.

I will try free Spotify and live with the adverts to start with

Thanks

Common people was released in 1995...

Are you telling my you've either:
-not listened to any music for 26 years
-only listened to Pulp - common people, for 26 years...???!!!

DrP

Spotify meets your criteria.

Are you telling my you’ve either:
-not listened to any music for 26 years
-only listened to Pulp – common people, for 26 years…???!!!

DrP

Also wondering this...

Does your local library lend out cds. You could convert these to mp3 and put them in your phone. This is not legal

You can buy cds very cheaply and convert to mp3

Sound cloud is free and ad free. No big names but I bet it's full of great music

In the unlikely event you have amazon prime that includes a few million tracks

BBc sounds app has some good stuff on it and is free

There are these things called radios in my other cars. It is just the latest truck which doesn't have one.

No, I don't listen to music other than when stuck in the car. MrsWCA has some CDs but I am not sure if I still have the couple I bought

I found loads of new music when I first started using Spotify, based on it's suggestions of things I might like

Does your local library lend out cds. You could convert these to mp3 and put them in your phone. This is not legal

My library in Oxford said there was no problem as they pay so much extra licencing fee for each CD or vinyl they had that it covered the use by all the borrowers.

Is the copyright of music up to the library? Thats like me lending you a CD and saying its ok to rip it… it’s not my decision, surely.

DO you have Amazon prime delivery? That includes a free sub to their music player which is OK.

I use Google YouTube Music, but not sure what the limitations are on the free version.