musician 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.

Metadiscorse with Kat and The Hurricane, BLOTH, and Slayder Smet

December 9, 2019 by WORT 89.9FM

Tasteful alternative music from the heart of Wisconsin. Metadiscorse Kat and The Hurricane BLOTH Slayder Smet 21+ $5 at the door.

Festival Choir of Madison presents: “A Thousand Beautiful Dreams...

August 27, 2018 by WORT 89.9FM

“A Thousand Beautiful Dreams” Flint, Michigan has become a symbol of how social and environmental justice (and injustice) are intertwined. We welcome the University of Michigan-Flint Chamber Singers, under Dr. Gabriela Hristova, to join with us in presenting recent music that gives voice to the tragedies of the past and present, the promise of social […]

Madison-based Producer Son! to Release Debut EP

March 16, 2018 by 8 O'Clock Buzz

Over the past four years Daniel Kaplan has become Madison’s multi-genre producer for rising acts such as Trapo, Emily Massey (of Slow Pulp) and CRASHprez among others. As a graduate of UW-Madison’s First Wave Program, he’s now making music under the moniker Sonthingnew. His debut EP is Emotional Robots and will be released in April. […]

Ebony Expression: Black Woman Making Music

July 26, 2017 by A Public Affair

Today we end our monthly theme of Ebony Expressions: Art for Hope, Help and Healing with a bang. Three musical artists featuring a mixture of gospel, rap, R&B, and hip hop join the conversation: Roderquita Moore, Domi Lee, and Lo Key. Today we get the story behind the music. Roderquita Moore, a gospel artist, said […]

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