regardless of who/what I search for there is always a list of 30+ wma files which bear no relation to the search criteria in any shape or form.

so of the 300+ results you get only about a dozen are the artist you are searching for.

add .wma to your keyword filter together with other keywords that keep popping up.

Step 4 in this guide:

How to find music - Link

thanks for that, but, being a mac user no tools options for me!

You still have options, it's just called preferences or something like that.