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 week ending on Sunday, March 19th, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, March 28th.
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March 20th through March 26th, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | IRIS DEMENT | Workin’ On A World | Flariella |
| 2 | LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER | Falling Forward | Self-Released |
| 3 | SLAID CLEAVES | Together Through The Dark | Candy House |
| 4 | KARAN CASEY | Nine Apples Of Gold | Crow Valley |
| 5 | MARGO PRICE | Strays | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 6 | NATALIE MACMASTER AND DONNELL LEAHY | Canvas | Self-Released |
| 7 | MIGHTY POPLAR | Mighty Poplar | Free Dirt |
| 8 | TAJ MAHAL | Savoy | Linus/Stony Plain |
| 9 | ANGEL OLSEN | Big Time | Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group |
| 10 | CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR | Remains To Be Seen, Vol. 1 | Self-Released |
| 11 | HEAVY HEAVY, THE | Life And Life Only | ATO |
| 12 | LUCINDA CHUA | “An Ocean” [Single] | 4AD |
| 13 | NICK SCHNEBELEN | What Key Is Trouble In? | Vizztone |
| 14 | PONY BRADSHAW | North Georgia Rounder | Soundly |
| 15 | ROSE CITY BAND | “Chasing Rainbows” [Single] | Thrill Jockey |
| 16 | SQUIRREL HILLBILLIES | Rhizomes | Self-Released |
| 17 | TODD RUNDGREN | Space Force | Cleopatra |
| 18 | U2 | Songs Of Surrender | Island/Universal |
| 19 | WILLIE NELSON | I Don’t Know A Thing About Love (The Songs Of Harlan Howard) | Sony |
| 20 | PINK SKY | Total Devotion | Self-Released |
| 21 | YVES TUMOR | Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) | Warp |
| 22 | NOAH DERKSEN | Sanctity Of Silence | Overdraft |
| 23 | CURSE OF KK HAMMOND | Death Roll Blues | Self-Released |
| 24 | NICK WATERHOUSE | “Hide And Seek” b/w “The Fooler” [Single] | Innovative Leisure |
| 25 | MARC BROUSSARD | SOS IV Blues For Your Soul | KTBA |
| 26 | WHITE OWL RED | Running Blind | Bourgeois Dawg |
| 27 | ZOMBIES, THE | Different Game | Cooking Vinyl |
| 28 | CLIFF HILLIS | Be The Now | Self-Released |
| 29 | HOLD STEADY, THE | “Sixers” [Single] | Positive Jame/Thirty Tigers |
| 30 | NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE | “Really Really Light” [Single] | Merge |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AUDIO SCIENTIST LABORATORY, THE | “That Girl” [Single] | Collective Consciousness |
| 2 | DEBBY FRIDAY | GOOD LUCK | Sub Pop |
| 3 | SUZANNE BRINDAMOUR | Family And Shaded By Trees | Strange Garden |
| 4 | BLUENEVADA | Moonlight Melon [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | CABELA AND SCHMITT | Game Is On | Self-Released |
| 6 | LIZ MILLER | Lucky Me | Best East West |
| 7 | NICK MARECHAL | “Brightest In The Dark” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | RASMUS BIRK | Cult Of Rasmus | Black Cottage |
| 9 | STEVE POWER | The Earl Sessions | One Man & His Dog |
| 10 | WHITE OWL RED | Running Blind | Bourgeois Dawg |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | COMMONHEART, THE | For Work Or Love | Julian |
| 2 | GAULWAY RAMBLERS, THE | The Gaulway Ramblers | Self-Released |
| 3 | MARY BETH CARTY | Crossing The Causeway | Self-Released |
| 4 | ELLA AND THE BOSSA BEAT | In The Moment | Self-Released |
| 5 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FLAMENCO FUSION | Living In A Daydream | Self-Released |
| 6 | REGINALD POLICARD AND RICHARD BONA | “Melancolia” [Single] | Encuentro |
| 7 | IFIHADAHIFI | The Dryad | Naked Muse |
| 8 | KIMI DJABATE | Dindin | Cumbancha |
| 9 | ACID ARAB | Trois | Crammed Discs |
| 10 | JACKIE MENDOZA | Galaxia De Emociones | ZZK |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AESOP ROCK AND BLOCKHEAD | “Pumpkin Seeds” feat. Lupe Fiasco [Single] | Rhymesayers |
| 2 | LATTO | 777 (Seven Seven Seven) | RCA |
| 3 | WAX TAILOR | Fishing For Accidents | Lab’oratoire |
| 4 | LITTLE SIMZ | NO THANK YOU | Forever Living Originals/AWAL |
| 5 | SEUN KUTI AND BLACK THOUGHT | African Dreams [EP] | SKE80 |
| 6 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ CU4TRO | Jewel Runners/BMG |
| 7 | SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS | I’m Good, HBU? | Distorted Muse |
| 8 | DE LA SOUL | 3 Feet High And Rising | AOI/Chrysalis |
| 9 | YOUNG FATHERS | Heavy Heavy | Ninja Tune |
| 10 | ATMOSPHERE | “Okay” [Single] | Rhymesayers |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JULIAN LAGE | The Layers [EP] | Blue Note |
| 2 | MAKAYA MCCRAVEN | In These Times | Intenational Anthem/Nonesuch |
| 3 | RICKIE LEE JONES | Just In Time | Self-Released |
| 4 | SAMARA JOY | Linger Awhile | Verve |
| 5 | YELENA ECKEMOFF | I Am A Stranger In This World | L And H |
| 6 | PLANET D NONET | Blues To Be There, A Salute To Duke Ellington | Eastlawn |
| 7 | DARMON MEADER | Losing My Mind | Self-Released |
| 8 | 3D JAZZ TRIO | 9 To 5 | DIVA Jazz |
| 9 | MR CHAIR | Better Days | Self-Released |
| 10 | ELLA AND THE BOSSA BEAT | In The Moment | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PINK SKY | Total Devotion | Self-Released |
| 2 | EARTHEN SEA | Ghost Poems | Kranky |
| 3 | MISS GRIT | Follow The Cyborg | Mute |
| 4 | SAM RUFFILO | Brooklyn Tapes Remix [EP] | Toy Tonics |
| 5 | FEVER RAY | Radical Romantics | Mute |
| 6 | KELELA | Raven | Warp |
| 7 | WAX TAILOR | Fishing For Accidents | Lab’oratoire |
| 8 | NOSAJ THING | Continua | LuckyMe |
| 9 | ACID ARAB | Trois | Crammed Discs |
| 10 | WEVAL | Remember | Technicolour |
Electronic / Dance “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AUDIO SCIENTIST LABORATORY, THE | “That Girl” [Single] | Collective Consciousness |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AUDIO SCIENTIST LABORATORY, THE | “That Girl” [Single] | Collective Consciousness |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ASTROCOLOR | Moonlighting – AstroJazz Vol.1 | Amelia |
| 2 | CANADIAN JAZZ COLLECTIVE | Septology: The Black Forest Session | HGBS Blue |
| 3 | JANE IRVING | Don’t Quit Now | Self-Released |
| 4 | JEFF RICHMAN | XYZ | Blue Canoe |
| 5 | LIZ MILLER | Lucky Me | Best East West |
| 6 | MICHAEL DEASE | The Other Shoe: The Music Of Gregg Hill | Origin |