Rhythmbox doesn't add/import MP3s from ~/Music on Ubuntu Gnome 14.04

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I just installed Ubuntu Gnome 15.04, all my music is located in /home/user/Music/, e.g. /home/user/Music/Back to The Future. I run Rhythmbox and try to import all MP3s to the player, but nothing happens. I selected the path /home/user/Music/, but Import x listed tracks remains disabled. I checked the preferences, the parameter Music files are placed in has the right value: file:///home/user/Music. Why can't Rhythmbox just import my MP3s? What should I do in order to see these files inside Rhythmbox library? All needed codecs are installed already. When I click on MP3-file it's opened with video player and played there. I paid attention that Gnome Music also doesn't display MP3s inside of ~/Music, probably, there is the same root of these two problems. Execution of ls -l ~/.local/share/rhythmbox Returns: total 132 -rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 1386 May 3 22:20 playlists.xml -rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 0 May 3 21:31 podcast-timestamp -rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 129653 May 3 22:16 rhythmdb.xml rhythmbox  music  15.04  mp3  ubuntu-gnome share improve this question edited May 4 at 17:09 asked  May 3 at 19:16 Mike B. 143 7

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Based on our discussion, I assume that the database was corrupted. Delete it: rm ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/rhythmdb.xml or rename it: mv ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/rhythmdb.xml ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/rhythmdb.xml.bak And start the import again.