IPhone 6 Plus Storage Mystery

Here's the scoop: I've got an iPhone 6 Plus. I can find NO audio files anywhere on it. I stream my music using either iTunes Match or Rdio. I've perused settings > general > usage > manage storage, looked in every app listed and there are NO audio files. Anywhere (that I can find)! So, how--or more precisely WHERE-- could I possibly have 22 audio files taking up 4.1 GB of storage (see image below)?! And, how could 22 audio files eat up that much space anyway?! They're not in Podcasts, the Rdio app (I don't download), or Music. I have no audio books. The app taking up the most storage are Messages, and it's currently only using 471 MB; s a matter of fact, I added up all the apps and they're only using 5.7GB. So, what's using up all this storage and, more importantly, how the heck to I get rid of those unwanted, phantom 4.1 GB of 22 phantom songs?!

Thanks to both of you for your help.
@ sberman-- neither music tab showed any songs. The iPhone music tab showed that iTunes match is on w/the sync voice memos box unchecked. The My Device music tab showed no music at all.
The mystery continues: when I synced the phone this evening, the phantom 22 songs were gone but now the "Other" is eating up over 6 GB--the manage storage settings are the same as last night. I'm just going to restore the phone from the backup. I had the same issue on my iPhone 4, and that would always do the trick. Wish Apple would come up with an easier way to clear that "Other" storage--seems to be an ongoing issues.
Thanks again.

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