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Tomahawk is a social music player that plays from numerous sources

26 July 2012, Software Publisher

TomahawkIf you are a music fan, you’ll undoubtedly have an extensive collection of MP3s and other music files on your hard drive. It is also likely that you listen to music on Spotify and Sound Cloud, and perhaps watch the occasional music video on YouTube. Tomahawk is a music player that enables you to access all of this and more in one handy application but there is a social focus to the player that opens up some interesting options.

Software that broadcasts information about the music you are listening to is nothing new, but this is a feature that you will find in Tomahawk. The program will scour your hard drives for music files and create a library for you. As you listen to your collection, Tomahawk enables you to view artist information and discover related artists that you may be interested in. This is all well and good, but it is the social aspect of Tomahawk that is especially interesting.

Tomahawk

Tomahawk

As well as enabling you share details of the music you are listening to with your friends – and seeing what they are listening to – Tomahawk gives you the option of browsing through your friends’ music collections. Establish a connection to other Tomahawk users through Google Talk, Jabber and Twitter and you can take a look at other people’s libraries and listen to music together.

Other options available in the program include the ability to create playlist that include music from numerous sources. You can use drag and drop to add your own music tracks, music from the likes of Spotify and Rdio to create your own radio station. There is integration with the related Toma.hk service which can be used to search for music online and discover the hottest new artists. The program is available for both Windows and OS X and a growing collection of plugins in available to help you to expand the already impressive capabilities of the software

You can find out more and download a free copy of the app by paying a visit to the Tomahawk review page.

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