Music Department, Author at WORT 89.9 FM

WORT Music Playlists

What was that song I heard? Who was the artist, what is the album title, where can I get it? Where can I find the entire playlist for a show?

Click on the Playlists button to bring up a calendar where you can choose any date to find the playlists for that day. If you can’t find the right playlist or the song you’re looking for, your best bet is to call the station the next time that program’s on and ask the host yourself. If that’s not possible we may be able to help you, but please have as much information as possible at hand when you contact us, such as: approximate day and time the music was played, what type or genre of music it was, who hosted the show and any other information you remember about the selection and we’ll do our best to track it down.

Once you figure it out, there’s a “Buy It!” link next to each track in online playlists that leads you to a place where you can buy songs and albums, and by doing it that way a small portion of each purchase goes to support WORT.

Contact Information

Music Director: Sybil Augustine – musicdirector@wortfm.org (for music submissions, charts and tracking, promotional exchanges for music events and following up on volunteer applications or other requests. Please include specifics in your subject line, such as “Hiphop Music Submission” etc, )

Music Assistant: Aaron Scholz – musicass@wortfm.org (for record donations and sales, promos recording volunteers, etc.)

Music Calendars: Submit your events online here or send by email to calendar@wortfm.org

How do I get my music played on WORT?

We accept submissions in most genres and styles of music, focusing on noncommercial, out-of-the-mainstream, independent releases (check out our playlists and music charts for more information.) It may take up to a few weeks for us to review and process your submission so we appreciate your patience, and feel free to contact us to follow up. Please send your music, indicating any tracks with language that needs to be aired after 10 pm and including a one-sheet description and any biographical and tour information, to WORT Music Director, 118 S. Bedford St, Madison, WI 53703 and/or to musicdirector@wortfm.org.

We do accept digital files on .wav or mp3, but currently we still prefer CDs to digital submissions because it’s the quickest way to get it into the hands of our programmers and onto the airwaves, though we have a growing digital library. Digital submissions should be .wav or other lossless files, or high quality mp3s [128-320 kbps.]

You can follow up or “track” your submissions by email, or call 608-256-2001 on Wednesdays between 1-4 pm CST to ask if we received it, has it been reviewed, has it been added to our library, and what kind of airplay it’s getting—e.g. light, medium, heavy or charting. Thanks and we look forward to hearing your music!

Madison Jazz Fest Stars on Strictly Jazz Sounds

June 16, 2021 by Music Department

This Thursday’s edition of Strictly Jazz Sounds features Roscoe Mitchell and Marquis Hill as they close out this year’s Madison Jazz Fest. Multi-saxophonist and woodwindist Roscoe Mitchell, a Madison area resident, is an NEA Jazz Master, renowned international composer, conductor and bandleader while trumpeter Marquis Hill is a growing force on the international jazz scene. […]

Johannes Wallmann Quintet Premier Broadcast on SJS

May 18, 2021 by Music Department

Strictly Jazz Sounds presents a premier broadcast of the pandemic-inspired live-streamed concert of the Johannes Wallmann New Quintet, originally recorded on October 23, 2020 at UW Memorial Union Shannon Hall. This broadcast features the JW quintet including Sharel Cassity (alto/soprano saxophone), Mitch Shiner (vibraphone), Nick Moran (bass) and Devin Drobka (drums). Strictly Jazz Sounds host […]

Harmonious Wail Marks 1 Year of Backyard “Quarantini” Concerts

March 26, 2021 by Music Department

Normally, Madison’s own Harmonious Wail would be on the road touring year-round, bringing their swinging jazz with smoldering vocals and infectious energy to listeners across the country and around the world. As we all know, 2020 was far from normal. Due to the pandemic forcing clubs, bars and venues everywhere to shut down from March […]

Double Feature on Strictly Jazz Sounds!

March 24, 2021 by Music Department

This week’s edition of Strictly Jazz Sounds celebrates Women’s History Month, spotlighting Asian women jazz artists including pianist and NEA Jazz Master Toshiko Akiyoshi, Linda May Han Oh, Miki Yamanaka, Yasuko Hayakawa and Junko Onishi. Also featured is drummer Rodrigo Villanueva-Conroy, a professor of Jazz Studies at Northern Illinois University who teaches jazz drumset and […]

Exclusive Interview: Sarah Brailey, Grammy-Winning WORT Host

March 15, 2021 by Music Department

The 2021 GRAMMY® for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album was awarded to The Prison, a choral symphony by Dame Ethel Smyth that features soprano Sarah Brailey along with bass-baritone Dashon Burton and James Blachly conducting the Experiential Orchestra and Chorus. WORT listeners will know Sarah as a co-host of Musica Antiqua, but she is involved […]

Strictly Jazz Sounds Plays “Live at the Village Vanguard”

March 10, 2021 by Music Department

The Thursday March 11 pledge drive edition of Strictly Jazz Sounds features recordings from the iconic New York jazz club the Village Vanguard. This sonic adventure into NYC’s longest existing jazz club includes historical recordings from John Coltrane, Betty Carter, Bill Evans, Geri Allen, Charlie Haden, Dexter Gordon and Art Pepper and others. We will […]

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