African Music Archives - WORT 89.9 FM

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!

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.

Enjoy Audio & Video from Madison World Music Fest!

September 13, 2019 by Sybil Augustine

Enjoy music from unique and unexpected parts of the world and a celebration of cultures, with artists performing at the UW-Memorial Union Terrace.

Disaster Passport

November 30, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

Disaster Passport is an eclectic, instrumental-only band that has been writing and performing in Madison since last winter. The quartet features two banjos played through effects and delay. Andy Moore (Winn Dixie) plays one of the five strings in a straight Appalachian style. Colin Crowley, who recently moved his family to Madison from Kenya, overlays […]

Trio Mokili

December 12, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

Trio Mokili Join us for Trio Mokili on Friday, December 14, 2018 at 8pm. Tickets are $20 in advance online at http://triomokili12.bpt.me until 1 hour before the performance. Tickets $25 at the door starting at 7:30pm. The ALL Jazz Series is sponsored in part by Dobhan Restaurant, Alchemy, and Heid Music. Trio Mokili play roots […]

International Party Exchange w/ DJ B-Kem

July 3, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

Don’t miss this special event coming to Madison every 1st Friday of the month at Nomad World Pub! DJ B-KEM will be mixing the hottest Afrobeats, Dancehall, Latin, Reggae, Soca, Top 40 and more!! * FREE ENTRY * FREE Street and Lot Parking * Music Starts at 10PM * Open to Public * 21+ * […]

Curley Taylor & Mokoomba Live from Pursuit of Happiness Festival

June 7, 2018 by Music Department

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 […]

Listen Live: Daby Touré & Fatoumata Diawara from Central Park Se...

August 18, 2016 by WORT 89.9FM and Music Department

In case you missed our live remote on August 12, 2016 from the Central Park Sessions (or you just want to hear it again or share it with someone else), here are the broadcasted sets from the bands Daby Touré and Fatoumata Diawara! The first set, Daby Touré, was interrupted and cut short, due to […]

Now Playing

Contact Information

How do I get my music played on WORT?

WORT Music Playlists

Canopy Doesn’t Get Alcohol License

Members of Palmyra-Eagle School Board Step Down

Game On: What Makes a Good Coach?

Defense Analyst Pierre Sprey Voices Opposition to the F-35s

The Student-Led Fight for Menstrual Equality with Bleed Shamelessly

Report out from the 2019 State Water Quality Task Force

Undecided? Learn about the Candidates for Governor on Aug 8

Dane County DA Defends Record, Elected Seat

Would New State Funding Formula Help Or Hurt Ailing UW System?