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, December 1st, 2020)!
Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) / weru.org
November 16th through November 22nd, 2020
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
ROAN YELLOWTHORN |
Rediscovered (Roan Yellowthorn) |
Blue Elan |
2 |
RUN THE JEWELS |
RTJ4 |
Jewel Runners/RBC/BMG |
3 |
ELVIN BISHOP AND CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE |
100 Years Of Blues |
Alligator |
4 |
CAROLINA STORY |
Dandelion |
Black River |
5 |
DANNY BROOKS AND LIL MISS DEBI |
Are You Ready? The Mississippi Sessions |
Self-Released |
6 |
LISA MANN |
Old Girl [EP] |
JayRay |
7 |
AVETT BROTHERS, THE |
The Third Gleam |
Loma Vista |
8 |
BLITZEN TRAPPER |
Holy Smokes Future Jokes |
Yep Roc |
9 |
CHRIS SMITHER |
More From The Levee |
Signature Sounds |
10 |
ELLIOTT BROOD |
Keeper |
Six Shooter |
11 |
ELSIE GAWLER |
Sweet As Honey |
Self-Released |
12 |
ERIC JOHANSON |
Below Sea Level |
Nola Blue |
13 |
GRANT LEE PHILLIPS |
Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff |
Self-Released |
14 |
MAMMALS, THE |
Nonet |
Humble Abode |
15 |
RONNIE EARL AND THE BROADCASTERS |
Rise Up |
Stony Plain |
16 |
SHEMEKIA COPELAND |
Uncivil War |
Alligator |
17 |
WAR AND TREATY, THE |
Hearts Town |
Rounder |
18 |
ALANIS MORISSETTE |
Such Pretty Forks In The Road |
Epiphany/Thirty Tigers |
19 |
AVEY GROUWS BAND |
The Devil May Care |
Self-Released |
20 |
BAHAMAS |
Sad Hunk |
Brushfire/Universal |
21 |
BARBALOOTS, THE |
Possum Came To Town |
Anything Is Possumable |
22 |
BETTE SMITH |
The Good, The Bad And The Bette |
Ruf |
23 |
BRENNEN LEIGH |
Prairie Love Letter |
Self-Released |
24 |
BRIGHT EYES |
Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was |
Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
25 |
CARY MORIN |
Dockside Saints |
Self-Released |
26 |
CHUCK PROPHET |
The Land That Time Forgot |
Yep Roc |
27 |
COLTER WALL |
Wester Swing & Waltzes And Other Punchy Songs |
La Honda |
28 |
DIRTY KNOBS, THE |
“Wreckless Abandon” [Single] |
BMG |
29 |
ELI COOK |
“All Night Thing” [Single] |
C.R.8. |
30 |
ELIZA GILKYSON |
2020 (Twenty Twenty) |
Red House |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PARTNER | Never Give Up | You’ve Changed |
| 2 | CABARET VOLTAIRE | Shadow Of Fear | Mute |
| 3 | PETER LAWLOR | A Pillow In The Sky | Self-Released |
| 4 | TOLD SLANT | Point The Flashlight And Walk | Double Double Whammy |
| 5 | LILLIAN FRANCES | Moonrise Queendom | Self-Released |
| 6 | SHOOTER JAXX | Cabin Fever [EP] | Self-Released |
| 7 | VICTOR V GURBO | Victor V Gurbo And Co | Self-Released |
| 8 | POLE | Fading | Mute |
| 9 | GWYN LOVE | At First Blush | 604 |
| 10 | STEPHEN JACQUES | Charmed To Death | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KOFFEE | “Pressure” [Single] | Promised Land |
| 2 | LILA IKE | The ExPerience [EP] | RCA |
| 3 | DAN COSTA | Live In California | Self-Released |
| 4 | JOSEPH FERMAN | “La Vida” [Single] | Quixote |
| 5 | SONGHOY BLUES | Optimisme | Fat Possum |
| 6 | VUSI MAHLASELA | Shebeen Queen | ATO |
| 7 | TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS | Got To Be Tough | Trojan Jamaica/BMG |
| 8 | AZYMUTH, ADRIAN YOUNGE AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD | Azymuth JID004 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 9 | BUDOS BAND, THE | Long In The Tooth | Daptone |
| 10 | CEU | APKA! | Six Degrees |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ4 | Jewel Runners/RBC/BMG |
| 2 | SLY5THAVE | What It Is | Tru Thoughts |
| 3 | SA-ROC | The Sharecropper’s Daughter | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | OPEN MIKE EAGLE | Anime, Trauma And Divorce | Auto Reverse |
| 5 | COMMON | A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1 | Loma Vista |
| 6 | ACTION BRONSON | Only For Dolphins | Loma Vista |
| 7 | CLIPPING | Visions Of Bodies Being Burned | Sub Pop |
| 8 | ATMOSPHERE | The Day Before Halloween | Rhymesayers |
| 9 | KOSHA DILLZ | Nobody Cares Except You | Rapperfriends |
| 10 | POTATOHEAD PEOPLE | Mellow Fantasy | Bastard Jazz |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ARTEMIS | Artemis | Blue Note |
| 2 | JAZZ SABBATH | Jazz Sabbath | Blacklake |
| 3 | CHRIS ROTTMAYER | Sunday At Pilars | Pilars |
| 4 | DAN COSTA | Live In California | Self-Released |
| 5 | WAYNE ALPERN | Scarab | Henri Elkan |
| 6 | FRANK KOHL | Solitude | Self-Released |
| 7 | 3D JAZZ TRIO | Christmas In 3D | DIVA Jazz |
| 8 | CECE GABLE | “Once Again It’s Winter” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | MATT DEMERRITT | Fool’s Journey | Self-Released |
| 10 | FLYING HORSE BIG BAND, THE | Florida Rays | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DIVE INDEX | Waving At Airplanes | Neutral |
| 2 | HAAI | Put Your Head Above The Parakeets [EP] | Mute |
| 3 | SYLVAN ESSO | Free Love | Loma Vista |
| 4 | WASHED OUT | Purple Noon | Sub Pop |
| 5 | ROISIN MURPHY | Róisín Machine | Skint/BMG |
| 6 | MACHINEDRUM | A View Of U | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | CRI | Juvenile | Anjunadeep |
| 8 | ACTRESS | Karma & Desire | Ninja Tune |
| 9 | TRICKY | Fall To Pieces | False Idols |
| 10 | HOT CHIP | Late Night Tales | Night Time Stories |
Electronic “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CABARET VOLTAIRE | Shadow Of Fear | Mute |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RICHARD WHITEMAN | Very Well & Good | Cornerstone |
| 2 | MOORE-MCCOLL JAZZ SOCIETY, THE | It’s Christmas Time [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | DONNA SINGER | La Di Da And Ho Ho Ho | Emerald Baby |