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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!

2020 Jazz Retrospective Part 2 on Strictly Jazz Sounds

January 27, 2021 by Steve Braunginn

This week Strictly Jazz Sounds continues its exploration of some of the hottest jazz and jazz musicians of 2020 with historical recordings from John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk and Ella Fitzgerald. Solo Flight: State of the Baritone, Vol. 4, the latest work from Madison-based baritone saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator Anders Svanoe, was recognized […]

Las Cafeteras: Music, Change and Black/Latinx Unity

January 24, 2021 by Global Revolutions

Music and culture played an essential role in inspiring and mobilizing communities of color during the 2020 election. One of the most active bands in these efforts is the L.A. based activist and cultural heritage band Las Cafeteras. Rooted in Mexican Son Jarocho from the State of Veracruz, Las Cafeteras incorporates hip-hop, rock, and reggae […]

Music Specials Week of Jan. 16-22

January 23, 2021 by Sybil Augustine

Wow! Thanks for your great response to our shows this week, like the Dan Dieterich tribute with D.J. el Serpentine on Friday On My Mind as The Rattlesnake Shake. Check out our archives page to hear him profile Dan, a local rock figure, frantic frontman and vocalist with bands like Mad Trucker Gone Mad, TED, Clip The […]

Kayla Kush Talks Women in Reggae Music

January 17, 2021 by Sybil Augustine

Kayla Kush of 2-Dub, a writer herself as well as a WORT DJ spinning reggae, ska, dub and related music Saturday nights 10 pm to midnight was spotlighted in online Italian music blog Musical Mind, a “space dedicated to music lovers.” was recently asked to discuss women in reggae. Read more about Kayla’s musical journey […]

Hottest Jazz of 2020 on Strictly Jazz Sounds

January 13, 2021 by Music Department

This week on Strictly Jazz Sounds, host Steve Braunginn features some of the hottest jazz for 2020 including 2021 Grammy Award nominees Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Arturo O’Farrill, Terri Lyne Carrington and Maria Schneider. Discover and learn about top jazz recordings, artists and trends in this week’s edition starting at 2 pm Thursday, January 14. […]

Global Revolutions Interview with Estrella Acosta from Cuba

January 11, 2021 by Dan Talmo

Hear Dan Talmo‘s exclusive interview with Cuban artist and Amsterdam resident Estrella Acosta, which aired on Global Revolutions Mon. Jan. 11, 2021. In August of 2020 Estrella released a new album of traditional Cuban songs, a tribute to her motherland and its great troubadours. (Album art […]

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