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, April 17th, 2022. Our next airplay chart will be computed on April 26th, 2022!
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April 11th, 2022 through April 17th, 2022
Top Ten Blues Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KEB MO | Good To Be | Rounder |
| 2 | KENNY “BLUES BOSS” WAYNE | Blues From Chicago To Paris | Stony Plain |
| 3 | DUKE ROBILLARD | They Called It Rhythm & Blues | Stony Plain |
| 4 | POLLY O”KEARY AND THE RHYTHM METHOD | 50 (Fifty) | Self-Released |
| 5 | BUFFALO NICHOLS | Buffalo Nichols | Fat Possum |
| 6 | DEBRA POWER | I’m Not From Chicago | Self-Released |
| 7 | JOHN MAYALL | The Sun Is Shining Down | Forty Below |
| 8 | PROFESSOR LOUIE AND THE CROWMATIX | Strike Up The Band | Woodstock |
| 9 | LEW JETTON AND 61 SOUTH | Deja Hoodoo | Endless Blues |
| 10 | VANEESE THOMAS | Fight The Good Fight | Blue Heart |
Top Thirty Most-Played Overall Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
PM WARSON |
True Story |
Légère |
2 |
RUPERT WATES |
For The People |
Self-Released |
3 |
COWBOY JUNKIES, THE |
Songs of the Recollection |
Latent |
4 |
KENNY “BLUES BOSS” WAYNE |
Blues From Chicago To Paris |
Stony Plain |
5 |
KEB MO |
Good To Be |
Rounder |
6 |
PROFESSOR LOUIE AND THE CROWMATIX |
Strike Up The Band |
Woodstock |
7 |
DUKE ROBILLARD |
They Called It Rhythm & Blues |
Stony Plain |
8 |
ELI PAPERBOY REED |
“Mama Tried” [Single] |
Yep Roc |
9 |
JEREMY IVEY |
Invisible Pictures |
Anti- |
10 |
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND |
Get Yourself Outside |
Frog Pad/Thirty Tigers |
11 |
ALDOUS HARDING |
Warm Chris |
4AD |
12 |
CAT POWER |
Covers |
Domino |
13 |
DEBRA POWER |
I’m Not From Chicago |
Self-Released |
14 |
EELS |
Extreme Witchcraft |
E Works/PIAS |
15 |
HOLLIS BROWN |
In The Aftermath |
Cool Green |
16 |
HURRICANE RUTH |
Live At 3rd & Lindsley |
Self-Released |
17 |
JAKE XERXES FUSSELL |
Good And Green Again |
Paradise Of Bachelors |
18 |
KAREN MORAND AND THE BOSCO BOYS |
Ghost Hotel |
Trespass |
19 |
LANDON LLOYD MILLER |
Light Shines Through |
Twin Mesa/Soundly |
20 |
SARAH SHOOK AND THE DISARMERS |
Nightroamer |
Abeyance/Thirty Tigers |
21 |
WILDER BLUE, THE |
The Wilder Blue |
Soundly |
22 |
ARCADE FIRE |
“The Lightning I” b/w “The Lightning II” [Single] |
Self-Released |
23 |
SALLY SHAPIRO |
Sad Cities |
Italians Do It Better |
24 |
DANIELIA COTTON |
Good Day |
Self-Released |
25 |
HOLLIER |
“Reckless Love” [Single] |
Dash Go |
26 |
LARRY MCCRAY |
Blues Without You |
KTBA |
27 |
SULLY BAND (THE) |
Let’s Straighten It Out |
Belly Up |
28 |
PETER CURTIS |
Pete’s Pandemic Playlist |
Bella Barktalk |
29 |
VOLEBEATS, THE |
“Diamond Ring” [Single] |
Mad Bunny |
30 |
ACCIDENTALS, THE |
Time Out (Session #2) |
Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MY IDEA | CRY MFER | Hardly Art |
| 2 | BRONZE | Absolute Compliance | Castle Face |
| 3 | EDGAR WINTER | Brother Johnny | Quarto Valley |
| 4 | JASON ERIE | Tiny Fires | Wirebird/Erie St. |
| 5 | SAVAK | Human Error/Human Delight | Peculiar Works |
| 6 | BRUNETTE | Brunette [EP] | Self-Released |
| 7 | NOT LEAVING SOBER | Not Leaving Sober [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | WOLF AND CLOVER | Twelvemonth & A Day | Self-Released |
| 9 | JASON DAVIS BAND, THE | 1 Minute To Midnight | Self-Released |
| 10 | JON FULLER | When Did You Get So Damn Scared | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | WAYNE ALPERN | Secular Rituals | Henri Elkan |
| 2 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FLAMENCO FUSION | Veneta | Self-Released |
| 3 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Electricity | Merge |
| 4 | LOS BITCHOS | Let The Festivities Begin! | City Slang |
| 5 | DOWDELIN | Lanmou Lanmou | Underdog |
| 6 | COMBO CHIMBITA | Ire | Anti- |
| 7 | ROSALIA | MOTOMAMI | Columbia |
| 8 | IMARHAN | Aboogi | City Slang |
| 9 | ROKIA KONE AND JACKNIFE LEE | Bamanan | Real World |
| 10 | CEU | Um Gosto De Sol | Urban Jungle |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DREW LINES | “15 Minutes Of Fame” feat. Scotty Austin [Single] | Stryker |
| 2 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Insane In The Ukraine” [Single] | Viral |
| 3 | FLY ANAKIN | Frank | Lex |
| 4 | ROBERT GLASPER | Black Radio III | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 5 | DENZEL CURRY | Melt My Eyez See Your Future | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 6 | KOJEY RADICAL | Reason To Smile | Asylum/Atlantic |
| 7 | SAMM HENSHAW | Untidy Soul | Dorm Seven/AWAL |
| 8 | FKA TWIGS | CAPRISONGS | Young/Atlantic |
| 9 | KING KHAZM | Return Of A MAD | Fresh Chopped Beats |
| 10 | CENTRAL CEE | 23 (Extended) | Self-Released |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LE COQ JAZZ PRESENTS | The Jazz Allstars, Vol. 2 | Le Coq |
| 2 | PETER CURTIS | Pete’s Pandemic Playlist | Bella Barktalk |
| 3 | LE VENT DU NORD | 20 printemps | Self-Released |
| 4 | CHRIS TORKEWITZ | NY Ensembles | Goschart |
| 5 | DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA, THE | DIVA Swings Broadway | DIVA Jazz |
| 6 | DOUG MACDONALD | Overtones | Dmac |
| 7 | KENNY SHANKER | Vortex | Wise Cat |
| 8 | JIM SELF AND JOHN CHIODINI DUO, THE | Hangin’ Out | Basset Hound |
| 9 | SCOTT SILBERT BIG BAND | Jump Children | Self-Released |
| 10 | MARCELLO CARELLI | The Era | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SALLY SHAPIRO | Sad Cities | Italians Do It Better |
| 2 | LANE 8 | Reviver | This Never Happened |
| 3 | THOM YORKE | “5:17” [Single] | XL |
| 4 | CHARLOTTE ADIGERY AND BOLIS PUPUL | Topical Dancer | DEEWEE/Because |
| 5 | BOB MOSES | The Silence In Between | Domino/Astralwerks/Capitol |
| 6 | BONOBO | Fragments | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Electricity | Merge |
| 8 | MAYLEE TODD | Maloo | Stones Throw |
| 9 | TENSNAKE | L.A. Noir | True Romance |
| 10 | DRAMA | Don’t Wait Up [EP] | Self-Released |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RADHA BOTOFASINA | Carry On Spirituals Vol. 2 | Shaila |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SUSIE BLUE AND THE LONESOME FELLAS | Blue Train | Seraphic |
| 2 | GEORGE FREEMAN | Everybody Say Yeah! | Southport |
| 3 | DAVID LARSEN | G2 And You | G2 |
| 4 | DEANNE MATLEY | The Alberta Lounge | self released |
| 5 | MARCO PIGNATARO’S DREAM ALLIANCE | Awakening | Zoho |
| 6 | SOMI | Zenzile: The Reimagination Of Miriam Makeba | Salon Africana |
| 7 | WAY NORTH | New Dreams, Old Stories | Roots2Boot |
| 8 | AARON BAZZELL | Aesthetic | Self-Released |
| 9 | CHRIS MONDAK | Glass Spheres | Summit |
| 10 | HARRY SKOLER | Living In Sound: The Music Of Charles Mingus | Sunnyside |