WERU sends weekly reports to the music industry representatives which keeps new music flowing into the station. Below are our most recent top recording reports for the past week. Our next airplay chart will be computed and posted on Tuesday, March 26th, 2019!
For Tuesday, March 26th, 2019
Top Thirty Most-Played Recordings Overall
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CACTUS BLOSSOMS, THE | Easy Way | Walkie Talkie |
| 2 | KURT VILE | Bottle It In | Matador |
| 3 | TIM O’BRIEN BAND | Tim O’Brien Band | Howdy Skies |
| 4 | PATTY GRIFFIN | Patty Griffin | Thirty Tigers |
| 5 | STEVE EARLE AND THE DUKES | Guy [Advance Tracks] | New West |
| 6 | DELLA MAE | The Butcher Shoppe [EP] | Rounder/Concord |
| 7 | ELI PAPERBOY REED | 99 Cent Dreams | Yep Roc |
| 8 | JANE KRAMER | Valley Of The Bones | Self-Released |
| 9 | MANDOLIN ORANGE | Tides Of A Teardrop | Yep Roc |
| 10 | MOLLY TUTTLE | When You’re Ready | Compass |
| 11 | FRANK LEE AND ALLIE BURBRINK | Roll On, Clouds | Baketone |
| 12 | JS ONDARA | Tales Of America | Verve Forecast |
| 13 | HAYES CARLL | What It Is | Dualtone |
| 14 | MERCURY REV | Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta Sweete Revisited | Partisan |
| 15 | SCREAMING ORPHANS | Life is a Carnival | Tir Chonaill |
| 16 | BETTER OBLIVION COMMUNITY CENTER | Better Oblivion Community Center | Dead Oceans |
| 17 | DIRTWIRE | Road Goes All Night | Beats Antique |
| 18 | DR DOG | Critical Equation | We Buy Gold/Thirty Tigers |
| 19 | KARINE POLWART | Laws of Motion | Hudson |
| 20 | LULA WILES | What Will We Do | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 21 | MAYA DE VITRY | Adaptations | Self-Released |
| 22 | MEL PARSONS | Glass Heart | Cape Road |
| 23 | MIGHTY MIKE SCHERMER | Bad Tattoo | VizzTone |
| 24 | OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS | Songs Of Our Native Daughters | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 25 | REESE WYNANS AND FRIENDS | Sweet Release | J&R Adventures |
| 26 | ROB HEATH | Ticket To Everywhere | Self-Released |
| 27 | RYAN BINGHAM | American Love Songs | Axster Bingham |
| 28 | SARAH BURTON | Give Me What I Want | Self-Released |
| 29 | SHARON VAN ETTEN | Remind Me Tomorrow | Jagjaguwar |
| 30 | SHOOK TWINS, THE | Some Good Lives | Dutch |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, THE | Rise Sun [Advance Tracks] | Tape Time |
| 2 | ROBIN TROWER | Coming Closer To The Day | Provogue/Mascot |
| 3 | JONATHAN BAUER | Walk Don’t Run | Slammin’ |
| 4 | STEVE LIPMAN | Hats Off | Self-Released |
| 5 | MARTON JUHASZ | Discovery | Self-Released |
| 6 | JOE CON | Lightwork | Self-Released |
| 7 | BOBBLEHEADS, THE | Myths And Fables | Self-Released |
| 8 | FAINT, THE | Egowerk | Saddle Creek |
| 9 | TACOCAT | “Grains Of Salt” [Single] | Sub Pop |
| 10 | ALLISON DE GROOT AND TATIANA HARGREAVES | Allison De Groot And Tatiana Hargreaves | Free Dirt |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SCREAMING ORPHANS | Life is a Carnival | Tir Chonaill |
| 2 | VISHTEN | Horizons | Productions Takashoun |
| 3 | AHMOUDOU MADASSANE | Zerzura (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Sahel Sounds |
| 4 | DE TEMPS ANTAN | Consolez-Vous | L-Abe |
| 5 | KIRAN AHLUWALIA | 7 Billion | Self-Released |
| 6 | LE TRIO JOUBAN | the long march | Cooking Vinyl |
| 7 | MDOU MOCTAR | Ilana (The Creator) [Advance Tracks] | Sahel Sounds |
| 8 | MIMMO EPIFANI | Putiferio | Finisterre |
| 9 | SPICE | Captured | 21st Hapilos Digital |
| 10 | TAJ WEEKES AND ADOWA | To All My Relations | Jatta |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BLACK MILK | FEVER | Mass Appeal |
| 2 | MASTA ACE AND MARCO POLO | A Breukelen Story | Fat Beats |
| 3 | CANTRELL | Stardust 2 Angels | Mass Appeal |
| 4 | DEM ATLAS | Bad Actress | Rhymesayers |
| 5 | FOUR FISTS, POS, ASTRONAUTALIS | (Six Six Six Six) 6666 | Doomtree |
| 6 | MASS APPEAL STARTING 5 | VARIOUS ARTISTS [EP] | Mass Appeal |
| 7 | SHAD | A Short Story About A War | Secret City |
| 8 | DARRELL KELLEY | Unity | Viral |
| 9 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Evil” [Single] | Viral |
| 10 | MALIBU KEN | Malibu Ken | Rhymesayers |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TYRONE MR SUPERFANTASTIC | Long Road | Can Do |
| 2 | SIMONE KOPMAJER | Spotlight On Jazz | Self-Released |
| 3 | GARY DEAN SMITH PROJECT | Awakening | Malibu Films |
| 4 | STEVE DAVIS | Correlations | Smoke Sessions |
| 5 | ANDREW LAWRENCE | Trialogue | Self-Released |
| 6 | JACK KILBY AND THE FRONT LINE | Love Is A Song Anyone Can Sing | Shack |
| 7 | CORY WEEDS QUINTET | Live At Frankie’s Jazz Club | Cellar Live |
| 8 | DOUG MACDONALD QUARTET | Organisms | Self-Released |
| 9 | JUNE BISANTZ AND ALEX NAKHIMOVSKY | Love’s Tango | EH2U |
| 10 | CATHY SEGAL-GARCIA | Dreamsville | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LADYTRON | Ladytron | !K7 |
| 2 | BIG WILD | Superdream | Counter |
| 3 | NICOLA CRUZ | Siku | ZZK |
| 4 | TORO Y MOI | Outer Peace | Carpark |
| 5 | BRAINFEEDER X | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Brainfeeder |
| 6 | LOUIS FUTON | Way Back When | Self-Released |
| 7 | TOURIST | Everyday | Monday |
| 8 | LCD SOUNDSYSTEM | Electric Lady Sessions | Columbia |
| 9 | SAGE CASWELL | Evil Twin | 2MR |
| 10 | HANS BERG | Sounds Of The Forest Forgotten | 2MR |
World “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DEXTER STORY | Bahir | Soundway |
| 2 | BUDDAHFLY | Ancient Fire [EP] | Roots Musician |
| 3 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Doko Mien | Merge |
Hip Hop / R & B “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BUDDAHFLY | Ancient Fire [EP] | Roots Musician |
| 2 | RITE HOOK | Modify | Leedz Edutainment |
| 3 | JOE CON | Lightwork | Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HERLIN RILEY | Perpetual Optimism | Mack Avenue |
| 2 | NATIVE SOUL | What Is That Isn’t | Cellar |
| 3 | STEVE LIPMAN | Hats Off | Self-Released |
Electronic “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SPACER, THE | Origin Unknown | T-records |
| 2 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Doko Mien | Merge |