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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!

Mr. Chair with Special Guests Dave Cooper and Chris Bucheit

January 20, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

Madison-based Mr. Chair are joined by Dave Cooper (Trumpet) and Chris Bucheit (Guitar) for a night of genre-blending original music. Mr. Chair’s affinity for collaboration with astonishing artists means no two shows are alike. Don’t miss this incredible night of music! ————————————- Mr. Chair looks like a jazz quartet, sounds sometimes like a rock group, […]

Father Sky

July 16, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

ALL presents the trio Father Sky, featuring Milwaukee-based singer/pianist/composer Anthony Deutsch, bassist John Christensen, and drummer Devin Drobka. Father Sky’s simple and beautiful lyric-based songs are composed by Deutsch in a “bluesy-gospel” style. The trio’s music deals with human nature and Nature itself, conveying both wisdom and vulnerability.

Devin Drobka’s Bell Dance Songs

July 15, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

On Saturday, August 5, Devin Drobka returns to ALL with a new program. Bell Dance Songs is this drummer/composer’s outlet for his original compositions. Inspired by the works of Keith Jarret, Paul Motian, and rubato time, Bell Dance Songs offers a new sonic landscape in which song and improvisation blend and dance with the ever […]

HASSLES: KEN VANDERMARK, TERRIE EX, PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE & NORWEGIAN ...

December 1, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM

On Friday, January 12, 2018, at 8pm, Ken Vandermark returns to ALL with an exciting new ensemble. HASSLES is a brand new quartet built around a long list of histories: Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) and Ken (reeds) have been playing together as a duo for 15 years; Paal, Ken, and Terrie Ex (guitar) have been playing […]

SFYRIA TRIO: SAM DECKER, CHARLIE KIRCHEN, MATT CARROLL

November 30, 2017 by WORT 89.9FM

The Sfyria Trio, made up of Chicago improvisers Sam Decker (sax), Charlie Kirchen (bass), and Matt Carroll (drums), performs at Arts + Literature Laboratory on Friday, December 15, 2017, at 8pm (doors at 7:30pm). Tickets $8 in advance at https://sfyria.bpt.me or $10 at the door. Sfyria Trio is a free-improvising band comprised of Sam Decker […]

Nineteen Thirteen at ALL

October 26, 2016 by Saturday Night at Smokey's Joint

Took some time to chat with Janet Schiff and Victor DeLorenzo of Nineteen Thirteen as they prepare to put on two sets this coming Friday, October 28th at Arts & Literature Laboratory. As Halloween approaches, it will be quite the thrill to have the mystery and surprise of cello and percussion to hold your hand […]

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