PanAfrica host Jeff Spitzer-Resnick had the opportunity to interview Jenny Cathcart, author of "Notes from Africa-A Musical Journey with Youssou … [Read More]
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Music Highlights the week ending May Day
Friday April 30 at midnight on XLII90 Live Music Radio Hour, Nufone Rick ended up switching it around at the last minute. Tony Markellis, bassist for … [Read More]
“New Needles” Host Sounds Off!
Update! Harry Rag interviewed host Reasonable Facsimile, with fascinating results. Follow this link to stream it on demand and please feel free to add … [Read More]
Music Highlights April 17-24
Here's a look back at WORT's Music Week in Review and some highlights from our music programming over the past 7 days. On Sattaday, April 24 from … [Read More]
Virtual Wisconsin Flute Festival Brings a “Rockstar Lineup” to Your Screen
As they struggled to adapt a beloved musical event to the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers of the Wisconsin Flute Festival made two big … [Read More]
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Governor Tony Evers And Democratic Lawmakers Endorse UW-Health Nurse Union
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Governor Tony Evers And Democratic Lawmakers Endorse UW-Health Nurse Union Nurses, lawmakers, and healthcare workers gathered … [Read More]
“Save The Farm” pushes ahead with effort to purchase historic Voit Farm
Voit Farm on Madison's east side sits on 65 acres of prime property. It’s surrounded by residential neighborhoods and an Amazon distribution center, … [Read More]
Desire Lines: Pet Cemetery
The Westport Pet Memorial near Waunakee is the final resting place of beloved pets. Pet dogs, police K-9s, cats, birds, bunnies, and even horses are … [Read More]
New Domains: Memes and Milk-Chugging Teens Shape Culture at UW Madison
In 2017, one UW Madison student created a Facebook group for students to share their own comedic jabs at campus life through memes. Today, the group … [Read More]
Amid protests, budget committee shreds Evers’ proposals
As the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee was poised to strip hundreds of Governor Evers' proposals from the next state budget today, folks from … [Read More]
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Coulee Creek Celebrates Bluegrass Pioneers Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
pacificanetwork · Coulee Creek Celebrates Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard In the summer of 2020, a group of musicians met in an open-air pavilion in a small town along the banks of the Mississippi. The musicians, of the band Coulee Creek, … [Read More...]
Jeff Kannel, “Make Way For Liberty: Wisconsin African Americans in the Civil War”
Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Stu Levitan welcomes Jeff Kannel, author of Make Way For Liberty: Wisconsin African Americans in the Civil War from our very good friends at the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. When the civil … [Read More...]
Beth Kille of Gin Chocolate and Bottle Rockets on their Mother’s Day concert
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Beth Kille of Gin Chocolate and Bottle Rockets on their Mother's Day concert Gin Chocolate and Bottle Rockets' Beth Kille talks to Friday Buzz host Jonathan Zarov about their upcoming Mother's Day concert at Olbrich Botanical … [Read More...]
Manika Agarwal & Sanjay Gupta of Covid Care are Raising Money for Oxygen Concentrators for India
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Manika Agarwal & Sanjay Gupta of Covid Care are Raising Money for Oxygen Concentrators for India Manika Agarwal and Sanjay Gupta of Covid Care join Friday Buzz host Jonathan Zarov to talk about India's Covid-19 crisis and … [Read More...]
