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, May 5th, 2020 (Cinco de Mayo)!
Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) / weru.org
April 20th – 26th, 2020
Top Thirty Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AUBRIE SELLERS | Far From Home | Soundly |
| 2 | GORDON THOMAS WARD | Eiderdown | Trespass |
| 3 | JOHN MORELAND | LP5 | Thirty Tigers |
| 4 | KATIE PRUITT | Expectations | Rounder/Concord |
| 5 | LILLY HIATT | Walking Proof | New West |
| 6 | LONE BELLOW, THE | Half Moon Light | Dualtone |
| 7 | NATHANIEL RATELIFF | And It’s Still Alright | Stax/Concord |
| 8 | NORA JANE STRUTHERS | Bright Lights, Long Drives, First Words | Blue Pig |
| 9 | ALANIS MORISSETTE | Such Pretty Forks In The Road [Advance Tracks] | Epiphany/Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | BALLROOM THIEVES | Unlovely | Nettwerk |
| 11 | BARBARA BERGIN | Blood Red Moon | Little White Hen |
| 12 | BETTY FOX BAND | Peace In Pieces | Self-Released |
| 13 | BOB DYLAN | “I Contain Multitudes” [Single] | Columbia |
| 14 | BOB DYLAN | “Murder Most Foul” [Single] | Columbia |
| 15 | BRIAN FALLON | Local Honey | Lesser Known/Thirty Tigers |
| 16 | CASEY JOE LAMBERT | Casey Joe Lambert [EP] | Sound Emporium |
| 17 | CASEY VAN BEEK AND THE TULSA GROOVE | Heaven Forever | Little Village |
| 18 | CHARLIE BEDFORD | Good To Go | Blue Heart |
| 19 | CHRIS MOYSE | Bitter Ballads & Cynical Prayers | Self-Released |
| 20 | CHRIS TITCHNER | Already Gone | Bridgefolk |
| 21 | CRYSTAL SHAWANDA | Church House Blues | True North |
| 22 | DAVID ALLEN | Regrets And Retribution | Self-Released |
| 23 | ELIZA GILKYSON | 2020 (Twenty Twenty) | Red House |
| 24 | FIONA APPLE | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Epic |
| 25 | GLENN JONES | Ready For The Good Times | Self-Released |
| 26 | HARPER AND MIDWEST KIND | Rise Up | Access |
| 27 | HOLY HIVE | Harping [EP] | Big Crown |
| 28 | JACKSON BROWNE | “A Little Soon To Say” [Single] | Inside/ADA |
| 29 | JASON LEE MCKINNEY BAND | Pieces | Bonfire |
| 30 | JAY BROWN | Can’t Help But Wonder | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | IAN CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON | Dyersburg [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | WILD RIVERS | Songs To Break Up To | Nettwerk |
| 3 | DAVID HAERLE | “The Free Show” [Single] | Edendale/CMH |
| 4 | STEVEN DAYVID MCKELLAR | Ethio | Sonic Ritual |
| 5 | DREAM SYNDICATE, THE | The Universe Inside | Anti- |
| 6 | TOWER OF POWER | Step Up | Mack Avenue |
| 7 | WILMA ARCHER | A Western Circular | Weird World |
| 8 | PRINCE JOSH | The Joy | Hand Drawn Dracula |
| 9 | FLYTRAPS, THE | Wild Card | Burger |
| 10 | FRITZ HUTCHINSON | Wide Wild Acres | Center Cut |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SANTANA | Africa Speaks | Concord |
| 2 | SERGIO MENDES | In The Key Of Joy (Deluxe Edition) | Concord |
| 3 | JAH9 | Note To Self | VP |
| 4 | ANTIBALAS | Fu Chronicles | Daptone |
| 5 | SOTOMAYOR | Orígenes | Wonderwheel |
| 6 | SUNNY JAIN | Wild Wild East | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 7 | YORKSTON/THORNE/KHAN | Navarasa : Nine Emotions | Domino |
| 8 | HAILU MERGIA | Yene Mircha | Awesome Tapes From Africa |
| 9 | LIDO PIMIENTA | Miss Colombia | Anti- |
| 10 | SULTANS OF STRING | Refuge | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DJ SHADOW | Our Pathetic Age | Mass Appeal |
| 2 | DARRELL KELLEY | “The Coronavirus” [Single] | Viral |
| 3 | KASSA OVERALL | I Think I’m Good | Brownswood |
| 4 | DENZEL CURRY AND KENNY BEATS | Unlocked | Loma Vista |
| 5 | RUN THE JEWELS | “Ooh LA LA” b/w “The Yankee And The Brave” [Single] | Jewel Runners |
| 6 | KOOL KEITH | Saks 5th Ave | Beast Van |
| 7 | STRO | Back On Saratoga | Mass Appeal |
| 8 | CHILDISH GAMBINO | 3.15.20 | RCA |
| 9 | THUNDERCAT | It Is What It Is | Brainfeeder |
| 10 | HALEEK MAUL | Errol | Lex |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JAIMIE BRANCH | Fly Or Die II: Bird Dogs Of Paradise | International Anthem |
| 2 | PAT METHENY | From This Place | Nonesuch |
| 3 | SCOTT BROWN AND DAVID SCHLOSSBERG | Far Out Exchange | Far Out Exchange |
| 4 | LARA DRISCOLL | Woven Dreams | Self-Released |
| 5 | SETH WEAVER BIG BAND, THE | Truth | Outside In |
| 6 | MABEL KWAN | Trois Hommages | Kairos |
| 7 | ENRIQUE HANEINE | Unlayered | Elegant Walk |
| 8 | SIMONE KOPMAJER | My Favorite Songs | Lucky Mojo |
| 9 | TROY ROBERTS | Stuff I Heard | Toy Robot |
| 10 | FRANK COLON | Latin Lounge | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DJ SHADOW | Our Pathetic Age | Mass Appeal |
| 2 | DARRELL KELLEY | “The Coronavirus” [Single] | Viral |
| 3 | CARIBOU | Suddenly | Merge |
| 4 | WAJATTA | Don’t Let Get You Down | Brainfeeder |
| 5 | TOKIMONSTA | Oasis Nocturno | Self-Released |
| 6 | MILD MINDS | MOOD | Foreign Family Collective/Counter |
| 7 | EMANCIPATOR | Mountain Of Memory | Loci |
| 8 | GRIMES | Miss Anthropocene | 4AD/Beggars Group |
| 9 | BIG GIGANTIC | Free Your Mind | Counter |
| 10 | YPPAH | Sunset In The Deep End | Future Archive |
Heavy “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | A KILLER’S CONFESSION | “Last Chance” [Single] | Wake Up! Rocks |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TOWER OF POWER | Step Up | Mack Avenue |
| 2 | PERIPHERAL VISION | Irrational Revelation | Self-Released |
| 3 | SONGS OF TALES | Life Is A Gong Show | Self-Released |
| 4 | LAUREN HENDERSON | The Songbook Session | Brontosaurus |