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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.

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!

Premiere Debut

November 19, 2021 by thom jones

Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins makes her Madison Symphony Orchestra debut with an exciting premiere of world-renowned Trumpeter and Composer Wynton Marsalis’s Violin Concerto. Ms. Hall-Tompkins is the winner of a Naumburg International Violin Competition Honorarium Prize, Concert Artists Guild Career Grant, and Sphinx Medal of Excellence. Madison Symphony Principal Organist and Curator of the Overture Concert […]

A Madison Symphony Christmas

November 15, 2021 by Sybil Augustine

It’s that time of year again! Join John DeMain and the Madison Symphony Orchestra in welcoming the holiday season with orchestral arrangements of nostalgic carols and classics of the holiday spirit. Alongside the orchestra are various appearances by the Mount Zion Gospel Choir, the Madison Youth Choirs, and the Madison Symphony Chorus, as well as […]

Mark Bridges spans the chamber and the electronic wilderness

July 26, 2018 by Tone Madison

High Plains, the duo of Madison-based cellist Mark Bridges and Canadian electronic musician Scott Morgan (best known for his solo project Loscil), released its debut album, Cinderland, in 2017. It’s a haunting, immersive release that combines Bridges’ patiently evolving cello melodies with Morgan’s dynamic approach to ambient music. The two played a show behind the album last […]

Samuel Hutchison, Madison Symphony Orchestra Principal Organist to Ret...

May 16, 2017 by Brian D. Johnson and Music Department

Principal Organist and Curator of the Overture Concert Organ, Samuel Hutchison, will retire from his current position after 16 years. “It has been the highest privilege of my career to serve as principal organist and curator for the Overture Concert Organ,” said Hutchison. “The inspiration of this experience, and of the great artists who have […]

Geoff & Kia play High Noon Saloon benefit for WORT

August 30, 2016 by Joseph Crawford Mrazek

Geoff Brady and Kia Karlen are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary by hosting a Musicians for WORT benefit this Thursday evening (9/1) at the High Noon Saloon, 701 East Washington Avenue in Madison. The music starts at 8:00 p.m. and features a bevy of bands, including such local stalwarts as The Tiny Band, Girls Are […]

Music Featured on the December 19, 2013 Edition of “Anything Goe...

December 14, 2013 by Intersections

5:09 am: Winter Solstice Mystery by Aldonis Kalniņš, performed by the New York LAtvian Choir and the Latvian NAtional Opera Orchestra, 5:58 am: The Madison Area Concert Handbessl perform :The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came”, a Basque carol arranged bt Michael Keller. 6:08 am: The Crossing performs “What Child is This?” arranged by Andrew Gand. […]

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