Why can't I listen to my music on my Windows 8.1 phone (HTC) without connecting to WiF?

[Windows Central Question]

I've bought some music over the last year on my Windows 8.1 phone, their new way via XBox, which is annoying enough, but now I find I can't listen to it unless I'm connected to WiFi! In other words, this music that I paid for is somehow not on my phone but in the cloud somewhere. The exact times I want to listen -- on the subway, on an airplane -- are when I can't. Obviously something's wrong. I've tried synching etc. but nothing works. Can anyone guide me? Thanks.

 

[Windows Central Question]

Why can't I listen to my Windows phone 8.1 music unless I'm connected to WiFi?

(Sorry if this is a duplicate; I think I posted it wrong the first time but maybe not.)

I've bought some music over the last year on my Windows 8.1 phone, their new way via XBox, which is annoying enough, but now I find I can't listen to it unless I'm connected to WiFi! In other words, this music that I paid for is somehow not on my phone but in the cloud somewhere. The exact times I want to listen -- on the subway, on an airplane -- are when I can't. Obviously something's wrong. I've tried synching etc. but nothing works. Can anyone guide me? Thanks.

 

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