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, October 13th, 2020!
Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) / weru.org
September 28th through October 4th, 2020
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ELSIE GAWLER | Sweet As Honey | Self-Released |
| 2 | AVETT BROTHERS, THE | The Third Gleam | Loma Vista |
| 3 | JAYHAWKS, THE | Xoxo | Sham/Thirty Tigers |
| 4 | HURRICANE RUTH | Good Life | American Showplace |
| 5 | BRIDGET KELLY BAND | Dark Spaces | Self-Released |
| 6 | CHUCK PROPHET | The Land That Time Forgot | Yep Roc |
| 7 | FLEET FOXES | Shore | Anti- |
| 8 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Reunions | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 9 | JIMMY BUFFETT | Life On The Flip Side | Mailboat |
| 10 | JOSELYN AND DON | Soar | Paintbrush |
| 11 | KRISTEN GRAINGER AND TRUE NORTH | Ghost Tattoo | Self-Released |
| 12 | KYLE NIX | Lightning On The Mountain & Other Short Stories | Bossier City |
| 13 | PETER KARP | Magnificent Heart | Rose Cottage |
| 14 | BOB DYLAN | Rough And Rowdy Ways | Columbia |
| 15 | BOB MOULD | Blue Hearts | Merge |
| 16 | BRONWYNNE BRENT | Undercover | Self-Released |
| 17 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN | Letter To You [Advance Tracks] | Columbia |
| 18 | DIRK POWELL | When I Wait For You | Compass |
| 19 | GATHERING TIME | Old Friends | Self-Released |
| 20 | GRACIE AND RACHEL | Hello Weakness, You Make Me Strong | Righteous Babe |
| 21 | GRAIN THIEF | Gasoline | Self-Released |
| 22 | JACOB JAMES, THE | The Jacob James | Self-Released |
| 23 | JULIE AND JOHN PENNELL | Keep On Walkin’ | JPE |
| 24 | KRIS DELMHORST | Long Day In The Milky Way | Self-Released |
| 25 | LORI MCKENNA | The Balladeer | Thirty Tigers |
| 26 | MAMMALS, THE | Nonet | Humble Abode |
| 27 | MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER | The Dirt And The Stars | Lambent Light |
| 28 | POKEY LAFARGE | Rock Bottom Rhapsody | New West |
| 29 | PRETENDERS | Hate For Sale | BMG |
| 30 | RECKLESS KELLY | American Jackpot American Girls | No Big Deal |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | METZ | Atlas Vending | Sub Pop |
| 2 | PARIS | Safe Space Invader | Guerrilla Funk |
| 3 | RAFAEL VIGILANTICS | Blue River Grey Sky | Self-Released |
| 4 | ROBIN GRANT AND THE STANDARD | Off Label | Self-Released |
| 5 | SHARON LIA BAND | Beyond Wonderland | Self-Released |
| 6 | SYLVAN ESSO | Free Love | Loma Vista |
| 7 | THIS FRONTIER NEEDS HEROES | Go With The Flow | Self-Released |
| 8 | HEMISPHERE | American Dreams | Self-Released |
| 9 | WATERPLANET | Never Far [EP] | Self-Released |
| 10 | JAIME WYATT | Neon Cross | New West |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS | Got To Be Tough | Trojan Jamaica/BMG |
| 2 | MULATU ASTATKE AND BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE | To Know Without Knowing | Agogo |
| 3 | CEU | APKA! | Six Degrees |
| 4 | BEBEL GILBERTO | Agora | PIAS |
| 5 | VUSI MAHLASELA | Shebeen Queen | ATO |
| 6 | LADAMA | Oye Mujer | Six Degrees |
| 7 | CAPTAIN PLANET | No Visa | Bastard Jazz |
| 8 | KELEKETLA | Keleketla! | Ahead Of Our Time |
| 9 | MESTIZO BEAT | Canoga Madness | California Soul |
| 10 | SONGHOY BLUES | Optimisme [Advance Tracks] | Fat Possum |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ4 | Jewel Runners/RBC/BMG |
| 2 | 070 PHI | My Father’s Gun | Mass Appeal |
| 3 | AESOP ROCK | Music From The Game Freedom Finger | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | INJURY RESERVE | “Hoodwinked” [Single] | Loma Vista |
| 5 | JAMO GANG | Walking With Lions | Fat Beats |
| 6 | STRO | Back On Saratoga | Mass Appeal |
| 7 | NATION BEAT | The Royal Chase | Self-Released |
| 8 | KIMBERLY WILLIAMS | “Keeper Of My Soul” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | BLU AND EXILE | Miles | Dirty Science |
| 10 | SLY5THAVE | What It Is | Tru Thoughts |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JEN HODGE ALL STARS | The Girl In The Groove | Self-Released |
| 2 | TWISTED PINE | Right Now | Signature Sounds |
| 3 | AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE | On The Tender Spot Of Every Calloused Moment | Blue Note |
| 4 | CHICAGO UNDERGROUND QUARTET | Good Days | Astral Spirits |
| 5 | FLYING HORSE BIG BAND, THE | Florida Rays | Self-Released |
| 6 | LAKECIA BENJAMIN | Pursuance: The Coltranes | Ropeadope |
| 7 | MOORE-MCCOLL JAZZ SOCIETY, THE | Electric Fantastic | Self-Released |
| 8 | ORRIN EVANS AND THE CAPTAIN BLACK BIG BAND | The Intangible Between | Smoke Sessions |
| 9 | MATT DEMERRITT | Fool’s Journey | Self-Released |
| 10 | NATION BEAT | The Royal Chase | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA, THE | To Believe (Remixes) | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | DIVE INDEX | Waving At Airplanes | Neutral |
| 3 | YPPAH | Sunset In The Deep End | Future Archive |
| 4 | BOB MOSES | Desire | Domino |
| 5 | DISCLOSURE | ENERGY | Capitol |
| 6 | TRICKY | Fall To Pieces | False Idols |
| 7 | CUT COPY | Freeze, Melt | Cutters |
| 8 | WASHED OUT | Purple Noon | Sub Pop |
| 9 | JAGA JAZZIST | Pyramid | Brainfeeder |
| 10 | HAAI | Put Your Head Above The Parakeets [EP] | Mute |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PARIS | Safe Space Invader | Guerrilla Funk |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAN COSTA | Live In California | Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAN COSTA | Live In California | Self-Released |
| 2 | ROBIN GRANT AND THE STANDARD | Off Label | Self-Released |
| 3 | SYSTEM 6 | Bennie’s Lament | Skipper |
| 4 | AMBER WEEKES | The Gathering | Amber Inn |
| 5 | DON PAUL | The Time We Have | Self-Released |
| 6 | JORGE GARCIA | Crossover | Self-Released |
| 7 | JOSIE FALBO | You Must Believe In Spring | Southport |