Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit retains the #1 spot on our top 30 this week, while Toro Y Moi (pictured) tops our Adds list. Jazz and World music charts also follow. WORT top 30 for 7/11/17 Rank Artist Record Label 1 JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT The Nashville Sound [Advance Tracks] Southeastern 2 FLEET […]
WORT Charts Drive-By Trucker With The Nashville Sound
Here’s some of the music we played the most last week on the station, including jazz, world, metal and indie rock. Madison favorite Jason Isbell, a former member of Drive-By Truckers, races to the top of the charts with a new album from his band The 400 Unit. Also of note are new albums from Chuck […]
Rocket Bureau’s anxious basement anthems
On this week’s podcast, we’re revisiting a conversation we had in 2015 with Madison-based musician Kyle Urban, also known as Kyle Motor, about his latest musical project, Rocket Bureau. Urban is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and recording engineer. He’s also a bit of a stickler for power-pop—so of course he favors loud guitar hooks, classic song structures, […]
Lovely Socialite get leaner and louder
Lovely Socialite have embraced a few different kinds of maximalism since forming in Madison in 2009. The instrumental band’s initial name was Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps, eventually truncated to what people always call them anyway. All six members contribute to the band’s compositions, drawing on backgrounds and musical tastes that span jazz, rock, […]
Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach New Album Delights!
Waiting on a Song, the second solo album by Black Keys guitarist and songwriter Dan Auerbach (pictured), is the follow-up to 2009’s Keep It Hid. For this musical “love letter” to Nashville, Dan recruited some of the city’s most respected resident musicians including John Prine, Duane Eddy, Jerry Douglas, Pat McLaughlin, and Bobby Wood and Gene Chrisman […]
Turn Up The Charts and Light Up The Phones!
This week we’re posting some genre charts as well as our top 30, including the #1 Jazz release “Turn Up The Quiet” by Diana Krall (pictured), who performed a great show in Madison last Saturday night at the Overture Center. Boss Hog hangs onto the #1 spot for a 2nd week on the Top 30; debuts […]