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, June 2nd, 2024. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, June 11th, 2024!
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May 27th through June 2nd, 2024
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AVETT BROTHERS, THE | The Avett Brothers | Ramseur/American/Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | MY BLACK COUNTRY: THE SONGS OF ALICE RANDALL | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Oh Boy!/Thirty Tigers |
| 3 | MARK KNOPFLER | One Deep River | British Grove/EMI |
| 4 | ADEEM THE ARTIST | Anniversary | Four Quarters/Thirty Tigers |
| 5 | MAVERICKS, THE | Moon & Stars | Mono Mundo/Thirty Tigers |
| 6 | CHRIS SMITHER | All About The Bones | Signature Sounds |
| 7 | ELLIOTT BROOD | Town & Country | Six Shooter |
| 8 | KAIA KATER | Strange Medicine | Free Dirt |
| 9 | LARRY CAMPBELL AND TERESA WILLIAMS | All This Time | Royal Potato Family |
| 10 | CAMERA OBSCURA | Look To The East, Look To The West | Merge |
| 11 | BENNY BLEU | Banjo Meditations | Self-Released |
| 12 | BEYONCE | Cowboy Carter | Parkwood/Columbia/Sony |
| 13 | BLITZEN TRAPPER | 100’s Of 1000’s Millions Of Billions | Yep Roc |
| 14 | BANNED FROM EDEN | Annex ’23 (Live At The Annex, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 24, 2023) | Self-Released |
| 15 | CHARLEY CROCKETT | $10 Cowboy | Son Of Davy/Thirty Tigers |
| 16 | CHINA FORBES | The Road | Heinz |
| 17 | IRON AND WINE | Light Verse | Sub Pop |
| 18 | LOST DOG STREET BAND | Survived | Thirty Tigers |
| 19 | OLD 97S | American Primitive | ATO |
| 20 | PEACEFUL MEANS | Peaceful Means | Self-Released |
| 21 | PINE TREE FLYERS | Pine Tree Flyers | Self-Released |
| 22 | SIERRA FERRELL | Trail Of Flowers | Rounder/Concord |
| 23 | SUE FOLEY | One Guitar Woman | Stony Plain |
| 24 | WAXAHATCHEE | Tigers Blood | Anti- |
| 25 | WENDY GROSSMAN | The Last Trip Home | Riverlark |
| 26 | CHUCK STRANGERS | A Forsaken Lover’s Plea | Lex |
| 27 | CRUMB | AMAMA | Crumb |
| 28 | WISEBOY JEREMY | 635 [EP] | Self-Released |
| 29 | SIERRA GREEN AND THE GIANTS | “Break In The Road” [Single] | Serious Bob |
| 30 | LONESOME JOY | “Roll With The Thunder” [Single] | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BENNY BLEU | Banjo Jubilations | Circus Tent |
| 2 | BENNY BLEU | Banjo Meditations | Self-Released |
| 3 | MIKE JACOBY ELECTRIC TRIO, THE | Rocket Fuel Logic | Self-Released |
| 4 | CHARLIE DIAMOND | “Life To Live” b/w “On The Road” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | EDDIE | Grieving Hour | Self-Released |
| 6 | JOHN FISHELL | “Daisy Chains” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 7 | M WAGNER | We Could Stay | Extremely Pure |
| 8 | YOUBET | Way To Be | Hardly Art |
| 9 | KILLING BEES | Racing Towards Ruin | Tonequake |
| 10 | AMEN DUNES | Death Jokes | Sub Pop |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALTAN | Donegal | Compass |
| 2 | ANA TIJOUX | Vida | Victoria Producciones |
| 3 | ERWILIAN | Cascadia | Self-Released |
| 4 | IBA MAHR | “General” [Single] | Notis |
| 5 | MALIHEH MORADI AND EHSAN MATOORI | Our Sorrow | ARC |
| 6 | SKARRA MUCCI | Perfect Timing | Undisputed |
| 7 | MERIDIAN BROTHERS | “En El Caribe Estoy Triste” [Single] | Ansonia |
| 8 | YUKO ITO | Seduzir | Funny Baby Face New York |
| 9 | MAC GOLLEHON AND THE HISPANIC MECHANICS | Bite Of The Street | Nefarious |
| 10 | ALF JETZER | Unfolding | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHUCK STRANGERS | A Forsaken Lover’s Plea | Lex |
| 2 | WISEBOY JEREMY | 635 [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | BLACK MILK | Everybody Good? | Mass Appeal |
| 4 | MACKLEMORE | “Hind’s Hall” [Single] | Bendo |
| 5 | YOUR OLD DROOG | “DBZ” feat. Madlib [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | YOUR OLD DROOG | “Mercury Thermometers” [Single] | Rem-U-Lak |
| 7 | POTATOHEAD PEOPLE | Eat Your Heart Out | Bastard Jazz |
| 8 | SEAFOOD SAM | Standing On Giant Shoulders | drink sum wtr |
| 9 | YAYA BEY | Ten Fold | Big Dada |
| 10 | TOMMY RICHMAN | “Million Dollar Baby” [Single] | Pulse/Concord |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BRENDA EARLE STOKES | Motherhood | Self-Released |
| 2 | CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE AND EDGAR MEYER | But Who’s Gonna Play The Melody? | Mack Avenue |
| 3 | ERIC ALEXANDER | Timing Is Everything | Cellar |
| 4 | ISREA BUTLER | Congo Lament | Vegas |
| 5 | LAUFEY | Bewitched: The Goddess Edition | AWAL |
| 6 | STACEY KENT | Summer Me, Winter Me | Naiive |
| 7 | WILLOW | empathogen | Three Six Zero |
| 8 | YUSSEF DAYES | Black Classical Music | Brownswood/Cashmere Thoughts/Nonesuch |
| 9 | TROY ROBERTS | Green Lights | Toy Robot |
| 10 | LEIGH PILZER’S SEVEN POINTED STAR | Beatin’ The Odds | Strange Woman |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHRISTIAN LOFFLER | A Life | ki |
| 2 | MACHINEDRUM | 3FOR82 | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | NIA ARCHIVES | Silence Is Loud | HIJINXX/Island/Universal |
| 4 | POTATOHEAD PEOPLE | Eat Your Heart Out | Bastard Jazz |
| 5 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Pull The Rope | Merge |
| 6 | JUSTICE | Hyperdrama | Ed Banger/Because |
| 7 | LOGIC1000 | Mother | Because |
| 8 | VEGYN | The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions | PLZ Make It Ruins |
| 9 | ERIC HILTON | Sound Vagabond | Montserrat House |
| 10 | FOUR TET | Three + | Text |
Jazz “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | STEVE LUCIANO | Under The Covers | Self-Released |