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, September 3rd, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, September 12th.
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September 4th through September 10th, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MOLLY TUTTLE AND GOLDEN HIGHWAY | City Of Gold | Nonesuch |
| 2 | OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW | Jubilee | ATO |
| 3 | SHANNON LEIGH REYNOLDS | Triple Shot | Good Bygone |
| 4 | C DANIEL BOLING | New Old Friends | Berkalin |
| 5 | CAROLINE COTTER | Gently As I Go | Self-Released |
| 6 | DAN BLAKESLEE | Road Hymns | Self-Released |
| 7 | DAN TYMINSKI | God Fearing Heathens [EP] | 8 Track |
| 8 | MARGO CILKER | Valley Of Heart’s Delight | Fluff & Gravy |
| 9 | OLIVER HAZARD | “Ballerina” [Single] | Olihazard/Nettwerk |
| 10 | PRINCESS PINE | “Bone Dry” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 11 | RHIANNON GIDDENS | You’re The One | Nonesuch |
| 12 | TIM O’BRIEN | Cup Of Sugar | Howdy Skies |
| 13 | TOMMY EMMANUEL | Accomplice Two | CGP |
| 14 | WILLIAM MATHENY | That Grand, Old Feeling | Hickman Holler/Thirty Tigers |
| 15 | AL GREEN | “Perfect Day” [Single] | Fat Possum |
| 16 | BRENNEN LEIGH | Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet | Signature Sounds |
| 17 | CORDOVAS | The Rose of Aces | ATO |
| 18 | DARLINGSIDE | Everything Is Alive | More Doug/Thirty Tigers |
| 19 | ELIZA GILKYSON | Home | Realiza |
| 20 | GREGG HILL | Bayou St. John | Skippy |
| 21 | HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER | Jump For Joy | Merge |
| 22 | JAN GILLIES | Visions | Self-Released |
| 23 | KENNEDYS, THE | Headwinds | Self-Released |
| 24 | LITTLE G WEEVIL | If I May | Self-Released |
| 25 | LORI MCKENNA | 1988 (Nineteen Eighty Eight) | CN/Thirty Tigers |
| 26 | LUCINDA WILLIAMS | Stories From A Rock And Roll Heart | Highway 20 |
| 27 | NICK SHOULDERS | All Bad | Gar Hole |
| 28 | RAYE ZARAGOZA | Hold That Spirit | Rebel River |
| 29 | SAVOY BROWN | Blues All Around | Quarto Valley |
| 30 | TANYA TUCKER | Sweet Western Sound | Fantasy/Concord |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | COMPLAINTS, THE | Chasing Light | Comp |
| 2 | INNA KOVTUN | Burning Fires | Alchemy |
| 3 | JESHUA MARSHALL | The Flood | Self-Released |
| 4 | SHANNON CLARK AND THE SUGAR | This Old World | Self-Released |
| 5 | STEVEN GELLMAN | All You Need | Self-Released |
| 6 | ANDRINA TURENNE | Bold As Logs | Self-Released |
| 7 | BECKY WILES | Free Kind Of Me | Self-Released |
| 8 | JAEGER AND REID | What A Trip | Self-Released |
| 9 | LITTLE KING | “Amber Waves (Goodbye)” b/w “Silver Tongue” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | BILL AND THE BELLES | To Willie From Billy | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AGUANKO | Unidad | Self-Released |
| 2 | GONZALO GRAU AND LA CLAVE SECRETA | De Verdad Verdad | Self-Released |
| 3 | REGINALD CYNTJE | “Mirror Soul” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | REGINALD POLICARD AND RICHARD BONA | “Encuentro Theme” [Single] | Encuentro |
| 5 | CAPTAIN PLANET | Sounds Like Home | Bastard Jazz |
| 6 | WITCH | Zango | Desert Daze/Partisan |
| 7 | TONY ALLEN AND ADRIAN YOUNGE | Tony Allen JID018 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 8 | KETURAH | Keturah | Hen House |
| 9 | NICKODEMUS | Soul & Science | Wonderwheel |
| 10 | TINARIWEN | Amatssou | Wedge |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | OPEN MIKE EAGLE | another triumph of ghetto engineering | Auto Reverse |
| 2 | HAVIAH MIGHTY | Crying Crystals | Mighty Gang |
| 3 | BLACK MILK | Everybody Good? | Mass Appeal |
| 4 | DANGER MOUSE AND JEMINI | Born Again | Lex |
| 5 | FLY ANAKIN | Skinemaxxx (Side B) | Lex |
| 6 | MICK JENKINS | The Patience | BMG |
| 7 | KILLER MIKE | Michael | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 8 | PARIS TEXAS | Mid Air | Paris Texas/The Orchard |
| 9 | MCKINLEY DIXON | Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? | City Slang |
| 10 | GHOST KIDZ | “Goin’ Off” feat. Vince Staples b/w “Ha Ha” [Single] | Superplastic/Virgin |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JON CLEARY | So Swell | Single Lock |
| 2 | AMBIENT MONKEYS | Sentient Being | Sonic Canvas |
| 3 | GERRY GIBBS THRASHER PEOPLE | Family | Whaling City Sound |
| 4 | MIGUEL ZENON AND LUIS PERDOMO | El Arte Del Bolero, Vol. 2 | Miel |
| 5 | SCOOCHES, THE | Lift You Up | On The Bol |
| 6 | TODD MOSBY | Land Of Enchantment | Self-Released |
| 7 | JASON KAO HWANG AND CRITICAL RESPONSE | Book Of Stories | True Sound |
| 8 | PETE MCCANN | Without Question | McCannic |
| 9 | GAEA SCHELL | In Your Own Sweet Way | Sapho |
| 10 | STEVE SNYDER TRIO | Prime Vintage | DPU |
World “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | INNA KOVTUN | Burning Fires | Alchemy |
| 2 | CLAUDIA VILLELA | Cartas Ao Vento | Taina |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANDREW RATHBUN | The Speed of Time | SteepleChase |
| 2 | ANDREW DANFORTH | Homegrown | Self-Released |
| 3 | AARON DIEHL AND THE KNIGHTS | ZODIAC SUITE | Mack Avenue |
| 4 | BEN WINKELMAN | Heartbeat | OA2 |
| 5 | CLAUDIA VILLELA | Cartas Ao Vento | Taina |
| 6 | EDDIE HENDERSON | Witness To History | Smoke |
| 7 | MASUMI ORMANDY | Beyond The Sea | Miles High |
| 8 | MIKI YAMANAKA | Shades Of Rainbow | Cellar |