Wyoming Road Trip Playlist
Hours driving across vast plains must be accompanied by some seriously engaging tunes and this annual playlist offers summer road trippers the best soundtrack for their Wyoming adventures.
The Wyoming Road Trip Playlist is an annual release hosted on Spotify and promoted at high tourism areas across the state, such as at State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails, museums, and festivals. In addition to the promotion of the playlist, artists will receive featured pieces on their music through Wyoming Arts Council media channels. The Playlist is a part of the Arts Council’s Wyoming Independent Music Initiative (WIMI), working to build a robust music scene in Wyoming.
2025 Wyoming Road Trip Playlist for Musicians and Podcasters
Application window: March 18 – April 30, 2025
The Wyoming Arts Council and Wyoming Humanities are seeking tracks and podcasts from Wyoming-based musicians and podcasters for the 2025 Wyoming Road Trip Playlist. The application and additional information can be found on the Wyoming Arts Council’s Submittable page.
This is a statewide call open to independent musicians of all genres and producers of compelling storytelling podcasts.
The application deadline is April 30, 2025 at 11:59PM. Podcasts and songs must directly link to Spotify and each applicant will be limited to two submissions in either category.
2025 Jurors
Rachel Hergett is a writer, DJ, artist and educator from Bozeman, Montana. She is the arts editor emeritus at the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, and continues to write a weekly story highlighting music, theater, and arts and artists of all forms. She writes the A la Carte column in Explore Big Sky that features local restaurants as well as food memories and family recipes.
Rachel has been a DJ on alternative public radio station KGLT for more than 20 years, where she hosts the popular Magic Monday Show every Monday from noon to 3 p.m.
She has been pronouncer at the state spelling bee, writes and hosts a weekly trivia night, lends her costuming and artistic skills to local theater and arts organizations and occasionally plays handbells. She is also learning to weld.
Outside of the arts, Rachel leads freshman seminars in the Honors College at her alma mater, Montana State University, helping students develop critical thinking and discussion skills.
LaNaya Butler is a Ph.D. candidate in the Curriculum and Instruction (Teaching and Learning Sciences) program at the University of Denver Morgridge College of Education. She holds an M.A. in Conflict Resolution from the University of Denver Josef Korbel School of International Studies, as well as a dual B.A. in Africana Studies and Political Science from Rutgers University.
In her role as the Colorado Humanities Conversations Coordinator, LaNaya leads the Facilitator Trainings as well as the Community Conversations, United We Stand, The Five States of Colorado, Latiné Partnership, and Changing the Legacy of Race and Ethnicity (CLoRE) programs.
