Week #10: Deadline Sun 5/31 with winner selection Mon 6/1! Each entry helps support Lennon Bus. Enter this week’s STUCK AT HOME opportunity before the deadline (this Sunday 5/31 at midnight PST)! You will be eligible to win this week’s randomly-selected Stuck At Home studio prize package! A winner announcement will be made on Monday […]
Live Classical Music Online Events
Here’s a calendar of classical music performances compiled by our volunteer hosts Sarah Brailey and Alan Muirhead of Musica Antiqua (our Early Music program on Sundays 8-11 am.) Watch this space for updates! WORT Classical Calendar – Online Events (featured photo by Manuel Nägeli on Unsplash) Live with Carnegie Hall: Music has the undeniable power to […]
Stay IN & See A Show This Week!
Here are the latest updates for live-streamed music events. Submit your listings to musicdirector@wortfm.org to be included. ================================================================== MAY 11 GRFF Radio Songwriter #22, 5-6 pm Hosted by Great River Folk Festival This highlight show of our Songwriter finalists will feature a deep dive into David Nash’s “The Man in the Pines” and will start with […]
We Boomboxed The Lockdown!
Boombox the Lockdown was a virtual “simultaneous listening” event hosted by WORT that took place on Sunday, May 3 noon-5 pm. This was the 3rd Community Boombox event hosted by WORT, following Boombox the Wasteland in June 2011 and BBTW 2 in September 2013 which were co-produced and organized by musician, producer and community activist Wendy […]
Resources for Musicians & Fans
Great news this week for musicians, performers, and others who work as independent contractors: The CARES Act, a Federal Coronavirus relief law, provides some relief from gig cancellations and other impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. The Act will provide one-time payments of $1,200 per adult that most, if not all, local jazz musicians will receive, […]
Artist & Public Speaker Gaelynn Lea on Who Cooks For You?
She’s been described as “Velvet Underground meets Little House on the Prairie.” The Real Jaguar talks with musician & disability rights activist Gaelynn Lea on Who Cooks For You? Gaelynn Lea won NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Contest in 2016, and she’s been on the road ever since playing her unique mix of haunting original songs […]
