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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!

Alice Bag Comes to Madison

July 11, 2018 by WORT Music Department

Alice Bag was the front person for L.A. punk band The Bags. She played in numerous projects during the Hollywood punk scene and has continued to make music through the ensuing decades. In the past few years she’s written two memoirs and has released her first two solo albums, off Don Giovanni Records. She’ll be […]

2018 Wisconsin Flute Festival to Highlight National, Local Artists

February 20, 2018 by WORT Music Department

WORT’s Peter Haney interviews Danielle Breisach, a flute instructor at UW Stevens Point and Madison Flute Club member about the 2018 Wisconsin Flute Festival, which will be held March 10th at UW Whitewater. Breisach is among the festival’s organizers. UT-Austin flute professor Marianne Gedigian headlines this year’s festival. The festival has grown remarkably in popularity […]

Back in Madison, Nathaniel Bartlett Talks Electronic Music at WORT

January 31, 2018 by WORT Music Department

Local percussionist, composer, software engineer, and electronic music artist Nathaniel Bartlett discusses his work with WORT’s Peter Haney on Back Porch Serenade. A Madison native, Bartlett received a DMA degree in composition from the UW School of Music and was a postdoctoral associate at the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery from 2011 to 2013. He has […]

Reflections on WOMEX17 World Music Fest

January 17, 2018 by WORT Music Department

Wandering WORT world music host Gloria Hays shared her experiences at this year’s WOMEX festival on Jan. 13-14 during our Panafrica and On The Horizon shows. Listen to them on-demand here, and read on to learn more about her musical travels! Roma meets Scandanavia at a booth in the Expo Center (with WORT volunteers Dan Talmo […]

WORT broadcasts live from La Fete de Marquette Friday night

July 15, 2016 by WORT Music Department and Joseph Crawford Mrazek

WORT is broadcasting live from La Fete de Marquette this Friday night, July 15th. Tune in to our special audio remote for a pair of eclectic bands from New Orleans. Laissez les bon temps roulez, eh? At 7:15 p.m. Friday WORT will interrupt the Blues Cruise in order to present a live performance by bilingual […]

Show Lady P some love on The Dusties Storm this Saturday

June 15, 2016 by WORT Music Department and Joseph Crawford Mrazek

Tune in to a special “show Lady P some love” edition of The Dusties Storm on WORT this Saturday morning (8:00 till 10:00 a.m.). Host Lady P will be taking financial pledges and offering thank-you gifts to listener-sponsors. This “bonus track” to the 2016 Summer Pledge Drive will allow Lady P’s loyal fans to support WORT […]

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