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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.

2019-2020 Tandem Press Friday Jazz Series

September 17, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Join us at Tandem Press for our annual Friday Jazz Series featuring students from the UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program, led by Johannes Wallmann, the John and Carolyn Peterson Chair in Jazz Studies. The 2019-2020 series includes three concerts during the fall season and three in the spring. Enjoy some great […]

emerson hunton trio with sarah clausen & jakob heinemann

September 30, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

bluestem jazz presents a killer trio of progressive musicians with power-house saxophonist sarah clausen

Mr. Chair Triple Vinyl Album Release Show

August 14, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Farley’s House of Pianos Giant Jones Brewing Company Buttonhill Music Studio Audio for the Arts & Tadada Scientific Lab Present Mr. Chair Thursday, September 5 at Majestic Madison Doors 7PM | Show 8PM All Ages $15 ADV | $20 DOS On Sale Now ➤ bit.ly/MRCHAIRMAD MR. CHAIR http://www.mrchairmusic.com Mr. Chair looks like a jazz quartet, […]

Ben Phillips’ Scorpio Moon

January 13, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Scorpio Moon, a Chicago based Jazz trio led by trumpeter and Madison native Ben Phillips, with Jakob Heinemann (bass), and Lucas Gillan (drums) plays moody, thoughtful compositions, but also draws on pop culture with tunes like ‘Space Oddity’ by David Bowie and music from Twin Peaks, among others. Scorpio Moon aims to combine acoustic and […]

Dave King Trio + Major Vistas

December 12, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

Perhaps you know Dave King as the drummer in The Bad Plus, or any number of avant-improv/indie-rock/Americana/electronic experimental bands rooted in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. But somewhere in that mix is a deep fondness for the jazz tradition. The Dave King Trio, featuring a rhythm section of pianist Matt Mitchell and bassist Billy Peterson, investigates […]

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 […]

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