Central Park Sessions to benefit WORT & Project 1808

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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!

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.

Please join us this Thursday for the inaugural event of Central Park Sessions, a concert series to celebrate the opening of Madison’s new Central Park location, 215 South Brearly Street at Ingersoll just off Willy St. in the Marquette Neighborhood.

The first Session is a night of African music to benefit WORT and Project 1808, which gives community aid to Kabala, Sierra Leone, the home of WORT programmer Alhaji Njai. Project 1808 staff and volunteers, directed by Mr. Njai and his Panafrica co-host Linda Vakunta, work to improve educational opportunities in Kabala.

Madisonian by way of Mali, local favorite Tani Diakite and his Afrofunkstars will start the evening off with great dance music. The second act is Mokoomba, who are rising stars from Zimbabwe, and the grand finale features Wake Up Madagascar with the legendary “King of Salegy” music, Jaojoby performing with guest stars including wonderful singer and activist Razia Said and guitarist Charles Kele. WORT will broadcast and stream the full five-hour PanAfrica Session via a live remote with Linda and Alhaji on-site to spin dance music between sets, pre-empting our regular programming.

There will be a nice selection of food and drink each evening and chairs and tables will be set out on the Great Lawn of the new park. You can bring your own chairs but please, no carry-ins; admission is free and all ages, and food and beverage sales help keep it that way. In addition, WORT and the Urban League have partnered with Greater Williamson Area Business Association and will benefit from the proceeds of refreshments and raffle tickets sold at the concert series. Come find a WORT volunteer and get your raffle tickets today, and don’t forget to join us in person and/or listen to the live remote broadcast this Thursday!

That’s the WORT-FM & Project 1808 benefit concert from 5-10 pm on Thursday, 7/31/14. Call 608-241-7143 or visit
www.marquettemusicfestivals.org for more information.

Thursday, July 31st– PanAfrica Session
5:00- 6:00 pm– Tani Diakite & the Afrofunkstars (Madison/Mali)
6:30- 7:45pm– Mokoomba (Zimbabwe)
8:30- 10pm — Wake Up Madagascar featuring Jaojoby and Razia Said

Upcoming sessions:
Thursday, August 7th — Blue Moon
5:00- 6:00 pm– John Primer & Chicago/Madison All-Stars
6:30- 7:45pm– Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound (Milwaukee)
8:30- 10pm — Robert Randolph and the Family Band

Thursday, August 14th — Don’t Mess With Texas
5:00- 6:00 pm– Cris Plata and Extra Hot (San Antonio/ Sun Prairie)
6:30- 7:45pm– Jon Dee Graham (Austin)
8:30- 10pm — Grupo Fantasma (Austin)

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