Fans of local music, would you like to seek out and share the best of our scene with radio and online listeners? Apply to be a host of our monthly Friday night local music hour! Deadline is Aug. 10 — see more details below. WORT LOCAL MUSIC SHOW: HOSTS/PRODUCERS WANTED TIME SLOT AVAILABLE: First Friday […]
Musicians For WORT Sat. July 14 at Harmony Bar!
Join us for a Musicians For WORT benefit at the Harmony Bar on Saturday July 14 featuring The Civil Engineers and Swamp Thing! Swamp Thing was a mid-80s Madison band known for playing danceable songs about animals, food, banana republics, and beautiful communists. Fronted by WORT’s own Jonathan Zarov (host of the Friday 8 O’Clock […]
The Posies Live from the WORT Studios
Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow, the founders of veteran indie rock band The Posies, stopped by the WORT studios on Sunday, June 23 to play an acoustic set ahead of their show that night at the High Noon Saloon. The band is celebrating their 30th anniversary with a worldwide tour featuring many of their ’90s “alternative” […]
Wheelhouse Featured at East Side Club “Music on the Lake” ...
Madison-based Wheelhouse plays some 220 bluegrass gigs a year around the country. Their next gig, Thursday June 28, 6-9pm, happily coincides with the next WORT 89.9 Social Club, where you can meet many of your favorite WORT volunteers, on-air and off-air, at the East Side Club on the shores of lovely Lake Monona. The show […]
Exclusive Videos Live from Blue Ox Festival!
Red-winged blackbirds sing back up for Pert’ Near Sandstone, Them Coulee Boys, Charlie Parr, Trout Steak Revival, Laska, and White Iron Band in this exclusive look behind the scenes at 2017’s Blue Ox Music Festival!! See and hear all six videos by clicking here. Video: Austin Duerst, Peter Allen Audio: Peter Allen Edited: Peter Allen Special […]
Curley Taylor & Mokoomba Live from Pursuit of Happiness Festival
The first Pursuit of Happiness Session took place on Sun. June 3 in Madison’s McPike Park. WORT hosted a live broadcast of wonderful zydeco & African music by Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble and Mokoomba. Whether you were at the event at all, heard it on the radio, or missed it completely, now you can listen to […]