Thursday's A Big Day for Jam Music Fans

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.

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, )

Digital Production Director: Aaron Scholz – aaron@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 live music fans have a big night ahead of them this Thursday, February 10. Rapidly-rising band Goose will be making their Madison debut at The Sylvee, while hometown heroes The Pine Travelers will be hosting free shows both before and after at the High Noon Saloon.

Hailing from Norwalk, Connecticut, Goose has been gaining ground quickly as a major touring act, with an aggressive schedule of shows from coast to coast. Bringing together guitarist Rick Mitarotonda, bassist Trevor Weekz, drummer Ben Atkind, percussionist Jeff Arevalo, and Peter Anspach on keys and guitar, Goose brings a high-energy, genre-fluid sound.

Their ability to patiently build to exquisite musical peaks has set off heated debates about the appropriateness of comparisons to other jam band stalwarts. After making their Wisconsin debut in 2021 at a pair of sold-out shows at The Pines Music Park in Eau Claire, expectations are high for this show, with many fans traveling long distances to help celebrate their first time in town.

Meanwhile, Madison’s own Pine Travelers will give people the opportunity to warm up and cool down their dancing legs with a free show at the High Noon Saloon with sets both before and after the activities at The Sylvee. Working hard across an ever-expanding list of Midwest venues, the Pine Travelers fuse roots in folk and rock with a musical curiosity that dips into other genres such as funk. Formed in 2015 around the songwriting of guitarists Nick Clutter and Alex White, the Pine Travelers are bringing new energy and excitement to the Madison jam band community.

On the February 5th edition of the XL II 90 Live Music Radio Hour, NuFone Rick previewed this exciting night of music. He also got the chance to chat with guitarist Nick Clutter and bassist Caleb Hopwood of the Pine Travelers, who talked about the origins of the band and what folks can expect at their upcoming show. Beginning with selections from the Pine Travelers including a 2019 performance at the Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, IL, the show then turned to tracks from Goose’s 2021 shows in Eau Claire, before closing out the show with three hot off the presses tracks from Goose’s well-regarded West Coast run from earlier in the week.