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 12th, 2020!
Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) / weru.org
April 27th through May 3rd, 2020
Top Thirty Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CASEY VAN BEEK AND THE TULSA GROOVE | Heaven Forever | Little Village |
| 2 | GORDON THOMAS WARD | Eiderdown | Trespass |
| 3 | NATHANIEL RATELIFF | And It’s Still Alright | Stax/Concord |
| 4 | ELIZA GILKYSON | 2020 (Twenty Twenty) | Red House |
| 5 | JOHN MORELAND | LP5 | Thirty Tigers |
| 6 | KATIE PRUITT | Expectations | Rounder/Concord |
| 7 | LILLY HIATT | Walking Proof | New West |
| 8 | LONE BELLOW, THE | Half Moon Light | Dualtone |
| 9 | PUSS N BOOTS | Sister | Blue Note/Capitol |
| 10 | SECRET SISTERS | Saturn Return | New West |
| 11 | WAXAHATCHEE | Saint Cloud | Merge |
| 12 | ALIAS WAYNE | Snafu [EP] | Self-Released |
| 13 | ANDREW JR. BOY JONES AND KERRIE LEPAI JONES | Jr. Boy & Kerrie’s Blues | Galexc |
| 14 | ANNETTE WASILIK | Love & Fire | Azalea City |
| 15 | AUBRIE SELLERS | Far From Home | Soundly |
| 16 | AVEY GROUWS BAND | The Devil May Care | Self-Released |
| 17 | BARBARA BERGIN | Blood Red Moon | Little White Hen |
| 18 | BELL SYSTEMS | Three Songs To Dance To [EP] | Self-Released |
| 19 | BEN LEVIN | Before Me | Vizztone |
| 20 | BILL FAY | Countless Branches | Dead Oceans |
| 21 | BILL ORCUTT | Odds Against Tomorrow | Palilalia |
| 22 | BOB DYLAN | “I Contain Multitudes” [Single] | Columbia |
| 23 | BRAINSTORY | Buck | Big Crown |
| 24 | CHRIS MOYSE | Bitter Ballads & Cynical Prayers | Self-Released |
| 25 | CRYS MATTHEWS AND HEATHER MAE | “Six Feet Apart” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 26 | CRYSTAL SHAWANDA | Church House Blues | True North |
| 27 | DARLING WEST | We’ll Never Know Unless We Try | Jansen |
| 28 | DAVID ALLEN | Regrets And Retribution | Self-Released |
| 29 | ELECTRIC BONFIRE | “Come Alive” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 30 | FAT WHITE FAMILY | Serfs Up! | Domino |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAVID HAERLE | Death Valley | Edendale |
| 2 | SWEEPLINGS, THE | Losing Ground, Vol. 1 [EP] | Nettwerk |
| 3 | LUKAS ROSSI | “I’m Just Human” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | BECAUSE VILLAINS | Nesting Glitch Case [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | DEVON WORLEY BAND | Teatime For Thieves [EP] | Self-Released |
| 6 | NICK LENG | LEMONS | SOTA |
| 7 | NO SMALL MATTER | No Small Matter | Self-Released |
| 8 | TOM MISCH AND YUSSEF DAYES | What Kinda Music | Beyond The Groove/Blue Note/Caroline |
| 9 | LIDO PIMIENTA | Miss Colombia | Anti- |
| 10 | ANTONIO ANDRADE | Lucky In Love | Life Shakes |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALTIN GUN | Gece | ATO |
| 2 | JAH9 | Note To Self | VP |
| 3 | SERGIO MENDES | In The Key Of Joy (Deluxe Edition) | Concord |
| 4 | LIDO PIMIENTA | Miss Colombia | Anti- |
| 5 | SOTOMAYOR | Orígenes | Wonderwheel |
| 6 | ANTIBALAS | Fu Chronicles | Daptone |
| 7 | SUNNY JAIN | Wild Wild East | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 8 | HAILU MERGIA | Yene Mircha | Awesome Tapes From Africa |
| 9 | YORKSTON/THORNE/KHAN | Navarasa : Nine Emotions | Domino |
| 10 | TONY ALLEN AND HUGH MASAKELA | Rejoice | World Circuit |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARRELL KELLEY | “The Coronavirus” [Single] | Viral |
| 2 | DENZEL CURRY AND KENNY BEATS | Unlocked | Loma Vista |
| 3 | KASSA OVERALL | I Think I’m Good | Brownswood |
| 4 | RUN THE JEWELS | “Ooh LA LA” b/w “The Yankee And The Brave” [Single] | Jewel Runners |
| 5 | KOOL KEITH | Saks 5th Ave | Beast Van |
| 6 | SHABAZZ PALACES | The Don Of Diamond Dreams | Sub Pop |
| 7 | THUNDERCAT | It Is What It Is | Brainfeeder |
| 8 | RJD2 | The Fun Ones | RJ’s Electrical Connections |
| 9 | CHILDISH GAMBINO | 3.15.20 | RCA |
| 10 | NAYA ALI | Godspeed: Baptism (Prelude) | Coyote |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JIM SELF JOHN CHIODINI DUO | The Light Fantastic | Basset Hound |
| 2 | SETH WEAVER BIG BAND, THE | Truth | Outside In |
| 3 | CONST | New Point Of View | I You We |
| 4 | ENRIQUE HANEINE | Unlayered | Elegant Walk |
| 5 | HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTY PLAYERS | Gradient | Self-Released |
| 6 | TROY ROBERTS | Stuff I Heard | Toy Robot |
| 7 | JC HOPKINS BIGGISH BAND | New York Moment | Twee Jazz |
| 8 | WAYNE ALPERN | Standard Deviation | Henri Elkan |
| 9 | JEFF PIFHER SOCRATES TRIAL | Live at Bluewhale | Whaling City Sound |
| 10 | ANSON WRIGHT | Only Love | Saphu |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LANE 8 | Brightest Lights | This Never Happened |
| 2 | LAPALUX | Amnioverse | Brainfeeder |
| 3 | POLICA | When We Stay Alive | Memphis Industries |
| 4 | DARRELL KELLEY | “The Coronavirus” [Single] | Viral |
| 5 | CARIBOU | Suddenly | Merge |
| 6 | EMANCIPATOR | Mountain Of Memory | Loci |
| 7 | TOKIMONSTA | Oasis Nocturno | Self-Released |
| 8 | WAJATTA | Don’t Let Get You Down | Brainfeeder |
| 9 | THUNDERCAT | It Is What It Is | Brainfeeder |
| 10 | MILD MINDS | MOOD | Foreign Family Collective/Counter |
Hip Hop / R & B “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TOM MISCH AND YUSSEF DAYES | What Kinda Music | Beyond The Groove/Blue Note/Caroline |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MATTY STECKS AND MUSICAL TRAMPS | Long Time Rumble | Ropeadope |
| 2 | JOAN WATSON JONES | Choices | Self-Released |
| 3 | TNEK JAZZ QUINTET | Tnek Jazz Quintet Plays The Music Of Sam Jones | Self-Released |
| 4 | MIGUEL DE LEON | Malandro | Fina Flor |
| 5 | CORY WEEDS QUARTET | Day By Day | Cellar |
| 6 | NAAMA GHEBER | Dearly Beloved | Cellar Live |
| 7 | WAYNE ESCOFFERY | The Humble Warrior | Smoke Sessions |