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 the music. We currently 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 do have a growing digital library. Please send your music (full-length CD or vinyl preferred) 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.

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.

Global Revolutions

Folk music from the world over, with an emphasis on workers' and rebel songs and local political music.

El Septeto Santiaguero Live on WORT

August 14, 2017 by WORT Music Department

The Central Park Sessions continued Thursday, Aug 10 with the Cuban band El Septo Santiaguero headlining. They were kind enough to stop by our studios for an exclusive live session to share some of their music with us last Monday morning on Global Revolutions. Have a listen and enjoy the beautiful music of Cuba!

Interviews from Festival International de Louisiane

May 11, 2017 by Global Revolutions

While at one of the largest international music festivals in the US, Global Revolutions host Dan Talmo sat down with members of three headlining bands: Abajo del Agua, Dengue Fever, and Las Cafeteras. These conversations give insight into what makes world music so relevant today. Listen to the interviews posted below:

WORT at WOMEX 2016

October 23, 2016 by Global Revolutions

By Dan Talmo The 2016 edition of WOMEX (World Music Expo) opened in Santiago de Compostela, Spain on October 19th. WOMEX is an annual international meeting of world music artists, agents, venue representatives, national cultural organizations, and press, all for the purpose of promoting live world music performances around the globe. Although Santiago de Compostela […]

A Walk Down Penny Lane

October 1, 2016 by Global Revolutions

Dan Talmo, co-host of Global Revolutions, takes us along again on some European adventures. First stop, England: My wife and I have arranged a somewhat lengthy European tour based around the upcoming WOMEX conference (World Music Expo) in Spain in mid-October. In a few weeks, I plan to report on happenings at WOMEX 2016. Meanwhile, we make […]

Madison World Music Festival Kicks Off (by Dan Talmo)

September 16, 2016 by Global Revolutions

The 2016 Madison World Music Festival kicked off fabulously last night with the Enyedi-Salamon Ensemble from Hungary. Fronted by newlyweds Ágnes Enyedi (vocals) and Soma Salamon (accordion), the youthful quartet played traditional music from Hungary and of the Hungarian minorities in Transylvania and Moldva, Romania. Salamon also doubled on flutes. His medley of tilinko (overtone flute) […]

WORT at WOMEX (Part Last)

November 4, 2015 by Global Revolutions

by Dan Talmo, at WOMEX 2015 (World Music Expo) in Budapest, Hungary With over 2,500 attendees from 90 countries, WOMEX is mostly a giant networking opportunity for bands promoting themselves, agents promoting artists, venues looking for artists, and agents seeking new artists to represent. National and regional arts groups from several countries also represented a large number of […]

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