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, October 27th, 2024. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, November 5th, 2024!
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October 21st through October 27th, 2024
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BILLY STRINGS | Highway Prayers | Reprise |
| 2 | DAVID SINGLEY | Fools & Mystics | Self-Released |
| 3 | RUTHIE FOSTER | Mileage | Sun |
| 4 | AMY HELM | Silver City | Sun |
| 5 | AMY SPEACE | The American Dream | Self-Released |
| 6 | BON IVER | SABLE, [EP] | Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group |
| 7 | DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS | Strangers No More, Vol. 2 | Magnolia/Tone Tree |
| 8 | ERIC BIBB | In The Real World | True North |
| 9 | GARY NICHOLSON | Common Sense | Qualified |
| 10 | KAT RIGGINS AND HER BLUES REVIVAL | Revival | Self-Released |
| 11 | SHEMEKIA COPELAND | Blame It On Eve | Alligator |
| 12 | DIP, THE | Love Direction | Dualtone |
| 13 | GREG LOFTUS | No Kings In The Wild | Self-Released |
| 14 | JENNIFER LYN AND THE GROOVE REVIVAL | Live From The Northern Plains | J&R Collective |
| 15 | JESSE TERRY | Arcadia | Self-Released |
| 16 | JOHNNY BLUE SKIES | Passage Du Desir | High Top Mountain/Thirty Tigers |
| 17 | KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD | Dirt On My Diamonds Vol. 2 | Provogue |
| 18 | KURT ANDERSON | Life On Interstate 40 | Riverlark |
| 19 | LIV GREENE | Deep Feeler | Free Dirt |
| 20 | MAGGIE ROGERS | “In The Living Room” [Single] | Capitol/UMG |
| 21 | MJ LENDERMAN | Manning Fireworks | Anti- |
| 22 | PINE TREE FLYERS | Pine Tree Flyers | Self-Released |
| 23 | RECKLESS KELLY | The Last Frontier | No Big Deal |
| 24 | SARAH GAYLE MEECH | “Love Me” [Single] | Good Timin’ Woman |
| 25 | TAI SHAN | Wildflower Moon | Self-Released |
| 26 | BLUEGRASS SINGS PAXTON | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Mountain Home |
| 27 | ZAC HARMON | Floreada’s Boy | Cat Food |
| 28 | BALTHVS | Harvest | Mixto |
| 29 | GLASS BEAMS | Mahal [EP] | Ninja Tune |
| 30 | BB STEVENS | “Starlight In Me” [Single] | Stryker/Virgin |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GREG LISHER | Underwater Detection Method | Independent Project |
| 2 | TRISTAN ISRAEL BAND | Snake Hollow | Self-Released |
| 3 | BRUCE GUYNN | Introspective | New Coast |
| 4 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Neither One Of Us” [Single] | Viral |
| 5 | DELACHUTE | Canal | Courage Holdings |
| 6 | LAURA MARLING | Patterns In Repeat | Chrysalis/Partisan |
| 7 | TRANSA: SELECTS | VARIOUS ARTISTS [EP] | Red Hot |
| 8 | WARREN TEAGARDEN | Haiku Islands Vol. 1 [EP] | Self-Released |
| 9 | AVA VALIANTI | “January” b/w “Middle Ground” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | MICHAEL PERSPECTIVE, THE | “Listen” b/w “Draw The Line” [Single] | Black House |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JANIE ROTHFIELD AND ALLAN CARR | The Two Of Us | Self-Released |
| 2 | OPEN THE DOOR FOR THREE | A Prosperous Gale | Self-Released |
| 3 | BAD BUNNY | “Una Velita” [Single] | Hear This |
| 4 | DUBMONES | “Pet Sematary” [Single] | Echo Beach |
| 5 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | Sonido Cósmico | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 6 | LA LOM | The Los Angeles League Of Musicians | Verve |
| 7 | EZRA COLLECTIVE | Dance, No One’s Watching | Partisan |
| 8 | JUAN MEGNA GROUP | Mariwo | Self-Released |
| 9 | KIT SEBASTIAN | New Internationale | Brainfeeder |
| 10 | SEUN KUTI AND EGYPT 80 | Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) | Record Kicks |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | EZRA COLLECTIVE | Dance, No One’s Watching | Partisan |
| 2 | KASHE | “My Soul” [Single] | JP Perez |
| 3 | KID ANANSI | Kid Anansi | Aquamarine |
| 4 | DENZEL CURRY | King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 | PH/Loma Vista/Concord |
| 5 | WISEBOY JEREMY | Pumpkin Seeds | Equity |
| 6 | JAE SKEESE | Ground Level | Drumwork/Equity |
| 7 | PLANET GIZA | The Sky Is Recording Me: 100 Years Later (Vol. 1) | Quiet Note |
| 8 | CHILDISH GAMBINO | Bando Stone And The New World | RCA |
| 9 | OMNI! | OMNI! (The Rap Group) | Backseat |
| 10 | COMMON AND PETE ROCK | The Auditorium, Vol. 1 | Loma Vista/Concord |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ART TATUM | Jewels In The Treasure Box | Resonance |
| 2 | BAD PLUS, THE | Complex Emotions | Mack Avenue |
| 3 | DENNY ZEITLIN | Panoply | Sunnyside |
| 4 | EZRA COLLECTIVE | Dance, No One’s Watching | Partisan |
| 5 | JUDITH OWEN | Comes Alive | Twanky |
| 6 | JULIAN LAGE | Speak To Me | Blue Note |
| 7 | LUKE SELLICK AND ANDREW RENFROE | Aberdeen Blues | Renfroe/Sellick |
| 8 | PEDER | The Coldest Man Alive | Lizardshakedown |
| 9 | WILLOW | empathogen | Three Six Zero |
| 10 | JACOB CHUNG | The Sage | Cellar |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CARIBOU | Honey | Merge |
| 2 | FLOATING POINTS | Cascade | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | TSHA | Sad Girl | Ninja Tune |
| 4 | JAMIE XX | In Waves | Young |
| 5 | SOPHIE | SOPHIE | Transgressive/Future Classic |
| 6 | FCUKERS | Baggy$$ [EP] | Technicolour |
| 7 | SOFI TUKKER | BREAD | Sofi Tukker/Virgin |
| 8 | ELI AND FUR | Dreamscapes | PIAS Electronique |
| 9 | SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR X GROOVE TERMINATOR | History Of House | House Of Latroit |
| 10 | CHARLI XCX | Brat | Atlantic |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BRIAN LYNCH | 7X7BY7 | Hollistic MusicWorks |
| 2 | JASON KEISER | Kind Of Kenny | OA2 |
| 3 | WESTERN JAZZ COLLECTIVE | Dark Journey: The Music Of Andrew Rathbun | Origin |
| 4 | STEVE ALLEE | Zebra Stories | Self-Released |
| 5 | AIRMEN OF NOTE | 2024 Jazz Heritage Series | USAF |
| 6 | GUSTAVO CORTINAS | Live In Chicago | Desafio Candente |
| 7 | ILYA OSACHUK | The Answer | Factor |
| 8 | JACOB CHUNG | The Sage | Cellar |
| 9 | LUIS GIRALDO | I’m Old Fashioned | Cellar |
| 10 | REBECCA KILGORE | A Little Taste: A Tribute To Dave Frishberg | Cherry Pie |
Hip Hop “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Neither One Of Us” [Single] | Viral |
| 2 | LYRICS BORN | Goodbye, Sticky Rice | Mobile Home |