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. The next new airplay chart will be computed and posted on Tuesday, August 7th, 2018!
For Tuesday, July 31st, 2018
Top Thirty Recordings (ranked by airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | WE BANJO THREE | HAVEN | Self-Released |
| 2 | MILK CARTON KIDS, THE | All The Things That I Did And All The Things That I Didn’t Do | Anti- |
| 3 | RODNEY CROWELL | Acoustic Classics | RC1 |
| 4 | SHEMEKIA COPELAND | America’s Child | Alligator |
| 5 | DAVID DAVIS AND THE WARRIOR RIVER BOYS | Didn’t He Ramble: Songs Of Charlie Poole | Rounder |
| 6 | VANESSA COLLIER | Honey Up | Self-Released |
| 7 | BLAKE ROSSO BAND | Forest Ave | Self-Released |
| 8 | BOZ SCAGGS | Out Of The Blues | Concord |
| 9 | DEB RYDER | Enjoy The Ride | Vizztone |
| 10 | DEL MCCOURY BAND | Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass | McCoury |
| 11 | LORI MCKENNA | The Tree | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | LOVE CANON | Cover Story | Organic |
| 13 | PETER ROWAN | Carter Stanley’s Eyes | Rebel |
| 14 | PUNCH BROTHERS | All Ashore | Nonesuch |
| 15 | BIG HARP GEORGE | Uptown Cool | Self-Released |
| 16 | CHARM CITY JUNCTION | Duckpin | Self-Released |
| 17 | CHRIS SMITHER | Call Me Lucky | Signature Sounds |
| 18 | COURTNEY BARNETT | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Mom + Pop |
| 19 | COYOTE POETS OF THE UNIVERSE | Strange Lullaby | SquareShaped |
| 20 | ELVIN BISHOP’S BIG FUN TRIO | Something Smells Funky ‘Round Here | Alligator |
| 21 | JAMIE LYNN VESSELS | Storm Coming | Self-Released |
| 22 | JIM LAUDERDALE | Time Flies | Yep Roc |
| 23 | JP SOARS | Southbound I-95 | Soars High |
| 24 | KAT RIGGINS | In The Boys Club | Bluzpik Media Group |
| 25 | KIERAN KANE AND RAYNA GELLERT | The Ledges | Dead Reckoning |
| 26 | LOW LILY | 10000 Days Like This | Mad River |
| 27 | MARTIN SWINGER | Living Things | Self-Released |
| 28 | RAY DAVIES | Our Country Americana Act II | Legacy |
| 29 | ROD ABERNETHY | The Man I’m Supposed to Be | Downstairs |
| 30 | ROE FAMILY SINGERS, THE | Songs Of The Mountains, Songs Of The Plains | Pinecastle |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RAYLAND BAXTER | Wide Awake [Advance Tracks] | ATO |
| 2 | FOLK SOUL REVIVAL | Folk Soul Revival | Self-Released |
| 3 | WAR AND TREATY, THE | Healing Tide | Thirty Tigers |
| 4 | AIMEE LAY | The Other Side of You | Self-Released |
| 5 | ETHAN GOLD | Expanses (Teenage Synthstrumentals) | Electrik Gold |
| 6 | MERV PINNY | Twisted Minds [EP] | M. |
| 7 | RYDER HAVDALE | Candy Haven | White Whale |
| 8 | T.SOOMIAN | [EP] Love Relief | Self-Released |
| 9 | COUCH JACKETS | Go To Bed | Self-Released |
| 10 | CHICAGO FARMER | Quarter Past Tonight | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MERTHER | Long Time Coming | Self-Released |
| 2 | STING AND SHAGGY | 44/876 | A&M |
| 3 | BOMBINO | Deran | Partisan |
| 4 | DACTAH CHANDO | Global CityZen | Soulfire |
| 5 | DJENEBA AND FOUSCO | Kayeba Khasso | Lusafrica |
| 6 | EBO TAYLOR | Yen Ara | Mr. Bongo |
| 7 | FATOUMATA DIAWARA | Fenfo | Shanachie |
| 8 | IMARHAN | Temet | City Slang |
| 9 | JAY DOUGLAS | Lovers Paradise (Best Of) | Slammin |
| 10 | JEFF JOHNSON AND BRIAN DUNNING | Eirlandia | Ark |
Top Ten Hip Hop / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BROWNOUT | Fear Of A Brown Planet | Fat Beats |
| 2 | CARTERS, THE | Everything Is Love | Roc Nation |
| 3 | JEAN GRAE AND QUELLE CHRIS | Everything’s Fine | Mello |
| 4 | PUSHA T | Daytona | Def Jam |
| 5 | 9 THEORY | Good Morning From A Nuclear Ghost | Elite Frequency Group |
| 6 | ST RIDAH | “Never Trust” [Single] | 24K |
| 7 | MIDNIGHT HOUR, THE | The Midnight Hour | Linear Labs |
| 8 | YOUNG RJ | The Detroit Project [EP] | Ne’Astra |
| 9 | POTATOHEAD PEOPLE | Nick And Astro’s Guide To The Galaxy | Bastard Jazz |
| 10 | CHANHAYS | The Creepy EP | Droppin’ Science |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHRISTINE HITT | Magical Kite | Self-Released |
| 2 | CALLE MAMBO PROJECT | See The Light | Self-Released |
| 3 | HOT CLUB SANDWICH | No Pressure | Acoustic Oasis |
| 4 | JAMIE YOUNKIN | Did It Anyway | Self-Released |
| 5 | KEVIN BALES AND KERI JOHNSRUD | Beyond the Neighborhood The Music of Fred Rogers | Self-Released |
| 6 | KRISTINA KOLLER | Perception | Self-Released |
| 7 | POST MODERN JUKE BOX | The New Classics | Concord |
| 8 | ANTONIO ADOLFO | Encontros Orquestra Atlantica | AAM |
| 9 | TROY ROBERTS | Nu-Jive Perspective | Inner Circle |
| 10 | GREG BURROWS | Tell Your Story | GreBu |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GANG GANG DANCE | Kazuashita | 4AD |
| 2 | KIDS SEE GHOSTS | Kids See Ghosts | G.O.O.D. |
| 3 | LEON VYNEHALL | Nothing Is Still | Ninja Tune |
| 4 | LOMA | Loma | Sub Pop |
| 5 | ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER | Age Of | Warp |
| 6 | 9 THEORY | Good Morning From A Nuclear Ghost | Elite Frequency Group |
| 7 | CLAPTONE | Fantast | PIAS |
| 8 | DJDS | Big Wave More Fire | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 9 | FIT OF BODY | Black Box No Cops | 2MR |
| 10 | NITE HAUS | Saturation | Self-Released |
Hip Hop / R & B “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MANNY | “All About This Green” [Single] | So Tuff |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | STEPHEN MARTIN | Vision | Origin |
| 2 | JAMES AUSTIN JR | Songs In The Key Of Wonder | JCA |
| 3 | WAYNE POWERS | If Love Were All | Kabockie |