Greetings, music fans! After a bit of holiday hiatus, we’re happy to report it’s another Free Music Monday for your listening pleasure. If you’ve tuned in previously you’ll know we’re celebrating the #musicmonday tradition on Twitter.

We pick 10 tracks from around the web and offer you either links to the downloads or streams, or embed the streams when possible. Our last feature was a special Video Edition, and this week we’re catching up on the backlog of all your great submissions. Each entry this week includes at least one free MP3 download for your listening pleasure.

1. Brian Ray: “I Found You” — When not busy touring with Paul McCartney’s band, guitarist, bass player, songwriter and native Californian Brian Ray pens solo rock tunes like this. Stream it for free from the previous link and snag a free download too (right-click to save it to your desktop).

2. Róisín Murphy: “Momma’s Place” — Irish producer and singer-songwriter Róisín Murphy is perhaps best known as the former frontwoman for electronica duo Moloko, and has gone on to a critically acclaimed solo career. Right-click for a free download of her latest single, out now with an EP of remixes on iTunes [iTunes link].

3. Impediments: “You Want a Square” — Four teenagers from Oakland are responsible for this fun post-punk garage rock song with surf and psychedelia highlights. Snag a free download by right-clicking, grab another track from the Free Music Archive and check out the band on MySpace.

4. Jump Clubb: “A Frozen Hug” — A little bit of techno, a little bit of disco, a little bit of electropop and some various genres to taste. Grab two free MP3s from their site.

5. Matt McCloskey: “These Times Won’t Last” — Get Austin singer-songwriter Matt McCloskey’s full album as a free download for a limited time — just enter your e-mail address to receive the download link.

6. Milkman: Lactose and THC — San Diego-based mashup artist and producer Milkman has his sophomore release up for sale, but is offering his debut album for free streaming and download.

7. Kirsten DeHaan: “1984″ — Indie singer-songwriter Kirsten DeHaan offers Mashable readers a free download: right-click to snag the MP3 for “1984.” This New York-based artist recently put out the Thorns on a Crown EP, available from her website.

8. Elspeth: “Old Age” — Irish rockers Elspeth are a five-piece indie group who have been gigging widely in the UK since coming together in March 2009. Right-click for a free download of the “Old Age” MP3 and check out more about the band on their MySpace page.

9. Caroline Herring: “Tales of the Islander” — The fourth album from Atlanta-based Mississippi native Caroline Herring invokes Americana roots and iconic folk females with a mix of originals and covers showcasing Herring’s strong and complex vocals. She offers Mashable readers a free download of “Tales of the Islander” (right-click to snag it).

10. The Brothers Streep: “Anna Paquin” — Equal parts humorous and harmonious, The Brothers Streep serve up this tribute to the True Blood and X-Men star for your free download pleasure (right-click to get it). More free tunes are available on their website.

As always, thanks for tuning in! If you like Free Music Monday, please give us a push by sending it to your music-loving friends. You can find the latest edition of this feature by hitting up the Free Music Monday tag page, so please check back. We’ve appended the list of past Special Edition themed Free Music Mondays at the end of this post in case you missed any of the back catalog.

Thanks huge to everyone for the great submissions we’re getting. If you sent us tracks and we haven’t featured them yet, stay tuned for a future Free Music Monday. If you’d like to submit tracks for yourself or an artist you represent, give us a shout at barb AT mashable DOT com. Be sure to send us either a link to an embeddable stream or an MP3 or two we can use (no more than 25MB file size total please) and/or let us know which track(s) you’re willing to provide as a free download. Thanks everyone!

Free Music Monday Back Catalogue

– Alternative Rock Edition
– Covers, Remixes, and Mashups Edition
– Electronica Edition
– Hip-hop Edition
– Labor Day Edition
– Live Edition
– Rock and Pop Edition
– Singer-Songwriter Edition
– Video Edition
– Your Submissions Edition

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