Richard Thompson‘s brand new album shoots straight to the top this week, and soon he’ll be here in town to showcase these tunes live! Other notable additions to our playlists include the latest from longtime indie darlings Low, a star-studded tribute to Roger Miller (who wrote “King of the Road” and other hits,) a striking new […]
20 Years of Something Wonderful on WORT!
Ryan Parks, the wonderful host of Something Wonderful, an exploration of electronic music, celebrated his 20th anniversary with WORT during his Monday, September 17 show from 8–11 pm. He’s on again tonight to raise more funds in support of community radio during the last few days of our fall fundraiser. The traditional 20th anniversary gift […]
Listeners Wanted: The Graveyard Shift (Inquire Within)
At witching hour it approaches, cloaked in lustrous darkness: goth. Although oft-maligned, and typically mistaken for it’s younger, mall-lurking cousin, goth is ubiquitous. The Mountain Goats‘ Goths addresses “a subject closer to [Peter Hughes’] heart perhaps than that of any…album previous,” Dan Bejar‘s Ken is “definitely the most goth [Destroyer] record you’re going to hear,” and Princess Nokia is carving out a space […]
WORT Charts for the week of May 15
We’re catching up with some charts from the past few weeks, as time has just sped by this month! You’ll hear a lot of great new music on WORT from bands coming to town this summer, and some have CDs available as thank-you gifts for your pledge of support – please call or pledge online […]