Take the time to explorer through amaroK, it has many many listing options. On the left-side tabs, there is your collection, your playlists, a media tab, and a file browser. You can drag and drop your files from any of these into your current playlist on the main center panel. If your songs don't show up in your collection, click on the Configure Folders button, at the top of the Collection panel. From there, you can check which folders to include in your collection. Note that there is a filter button at the top that allows you to filter your collection either by Artist, Artist/Album, by Album, by Genre, etc. I think by default it is set to filter by Artist/Album. If you don't have an album defined in your file information the songs won't show up, so change the filter to Artist. But, overall, don't be afraid to click buttons, and try it out. Explore. You'll discover how cool it is. The lyrics feature is cool too. There are plenty of tools to give you the most control and the best experience playing, displaying and filtering your music.
Have fun!
BTW: when you're a little more confortable with Linux, I'll tell you about Karamba! A DesktopX-like widget program. I have a widget that links to Amarok to play my music and display on the desktop the current song with the album cover. Very nice.
