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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!

Down from the Hills Bluegrass at the HOP Garden

January 29, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

Super Saturday afternoon Bluegrass inside at the Hop Garden Tap Room in Paoli WI. Good Craft brews and Good Music.

David Greely, Louisiana Fiddler, House Concert

November 4, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

House Concert. Thursday, November 7, 2019. Doors open at 7:00. Concert at 7:30. Contact Karen Holden at 608-238-6039 for house concert details . David Greely, of Cajun and Irish ancestry, is best known for his Cajun music, which he learned on dance hall stages throughout South Louisiana, in the archives of Cajun and Creole music […]

Cajun Spice

October 8, 2018 by Music Department

Cajun Spice will be playing at Chocolatarian Cafe on Saturday, Oct. 13 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm pm, free Chocolatarian Cafe is at 6637 University Ave, Middleton. Stop by for the music, chocolate desserts, food and drinks. Cajun Spice is a 4 piece with guitar, fiddle, accordion and percussion playing Cajun standards with country, blues, […]

Sugar Maple Music Festival

March 21, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

Presented by the Four Lakes Traditional Music Collective, the Sugar Maple Music Festival is a two-day outdoor festival in Madison that celebrates American roots music and dance through performances, educational workshops, and interactive jam sessions. This family-friendly festival offers entertainment for people of all ages. The diversity of performances invites people of all backgrounds and […]

Blake Miller and the Old-Fashioned Aces

June 15, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

A young group playing some of the finest traditional Cajun music, the band features one of the best young Louisiana accordion players and fiddlers, Blake Miller (also of the Revelers), with two former Wisconsinites, Amelia Biere, guitarist and singer from Dodgeville, and AJ Shrubas, from DePere, who’s one of the hottest fiddlers around. Don’t miss […]

Prairie Bayou Cajun Band & The Poor Hearts

April 3, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

Prairie Bayou Cajun Band is a five-member, all women band, playing the dance music out of Southwestern Louisiana. Patty Jensen on button accordion and Cynthia Moore on fiddle play the traditional Cajun two-step and waltz tunes backed up by Stephanie Ramer on guitar, Karen Holden on electric bass and by Kathy Helm on a multitude […]

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