live 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.

Aaron Brenton Trio at Bos Meadery

January 16, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

Come listen to FREE live jazz and support your fellow musicians. feat. Matvei Mozhaev on piano and Samwise Baker on drums

Viking Church at Bos Meadery

January 16, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

Join the congregation for VIKING CHURCH – Bos Meadery’s unholy celebration of all things HARD & HEAVY! This month we’ll bang our heads to: Morpheus Black, Not the Cops, and Birth of Tragedy All VIKING CHURCH shows are FREE and EARLY (because late-night masses are only for Christmas): 6:00pm – 9:00pm. Grab a horn of […]

90’s Throwback Night w/ Star 67

January 14, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

Don’t miss Madison’s most exciting throwback cover band, Star 67. Guaranteed to put on an entertaining and high energy show, playing nothing but crowd favorites from the 90s and early 00s! Donations suggested.

6.4.Sunday & Punk Ass Unicorns

January 16, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

6.4.Sunday is a rock band made up of women who met at Ladies Rock Camp Madison playing a variety of classic & country rock as well as original songs written by the band or band members. Punk Ass Unicorns are four cool ass people who met at Ladies Rock Camp here in Madison and decided […]

Gary David & The Enthusiasts

January 16, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

Gary David & the Enthusiasts are a rock & roll band from Madison, WI. Playing originals and covers. Their hybridization of psychedelic rock, funk, and blues is unmistakable in the mid-western jam band scene. Donations suggested. http://garydavid.net

The Dead Johnnys + Butter Brick

January 16, 2020 by WORT 89.9FM

The Dead Johnnys are a Madison, WI area cover/tribute band focusing on The Clash and other early punk bands. Butter Brick is three piece power trio of buttery goodness churning from the dairy capital of the world: Madison, Wisconsin. Donations suggested.

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Gary David & The Enthusiasts

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