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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, December 11th, 2022. Our final airplay chart o f 2022 is listed below!
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December 5th through December 11th, 2022
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MELISSA CARPER | Ramblin’ Soul | Thirty Tigers |
| 2 | RUTHIE FOSTER | Healing Time | Blue Corn |
| 3 | SETH AVETT | Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown | Ramseur |
| 4 | JOE ELY | Flatland Lullaby | Rack ‘Em/Thirty Tigers |
| 5 | JOHN SHOWMAN AND CHRIS COOLE | Much Further Out Than Inevitable | Self-Released |
| 6 | LEE FIELDS | Sentimental Fool | Daptone |
| 7 | SAM BUSH | Radio John: Songs Of John Hartford | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 8 | TRAMPLED BY TURTLES | Alpenglow | Banjodad/Thirty Tigers |
| 9 | BRIDGET KELLY BAND | Winter’s Coming | Alpha Sun |
| 10 | CARLA DAL FORNO | Come Around | Kallista |
| 11 | DIANE COLL | Happy Fish And Other Delights | Self-Released |
| 12 | LIL’ RED AND THE ROOSTER | Keep On! | Blue Heart |
| 13 | WEYES BLOOD | And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow | Sub Pop |
| 14 | GREY DELISLE | Borrowed | Regional |
| 15 | ASHLEY HEATH | Something To Believe [EP] | Organic |
| 16 | BECK | “Old Man” [Single] | Fonograf/UMG |
| 17 | BOB STROGER | That’s My Name | Delmark |
| 18 | CHARLEY CROCKETT | The Man From Waco | Son Of Davy/Thirty Tigers |
| 19 | LONE BELLOW, THE | Love Songs For Losers | Dualtone |
| 20 | M. LOCKWOOD PORTER | Sisyphus Happy | Black Mesa |
| 21 | MIKE MANGIONE | Blood & Water | Rodzinka |
| 22 | MIKE THOMAS | Three Reasons | Electric 3 |
| 23 | NIKKI LANE | Denim & Diamonds | New West |
| 24 | OSHIMA BROTHERS | Dark Nights Golden Days | Self-Released |
| 25 | PHARIS AND JASON ROMERO | Tell ‘Em You Were Gold | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 26 | RORY BLOCK | Ain’t Nobody Worried | Stony Plain |
| 27 | RYUICHI SAKAMOTO AND THUNDERCAT | “Thousand Knives” (Thundercat Remodel) [Single] | Milan/Sony |
| 28 | TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND | I Am The Moon IV | Fantasy/Concord |
| 29 | VINCE HERMAN | Enjoy The Ride | LoHi |
| 30 | ANTHONY D’AMATO | At First There Was Nothing | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ABACUS RINGS | Going Places | Self-Released |
| 2 | CRISTA CARROLL BAND | Beautiful Dream [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | TRENT ROMENS BAND | Chicago [EP] | Self-Released |
| 4 | BRITTANY JEAN | Wintertide | Self-Released |
| 5 | NAME DROPPERS, THE | Name Droppers II | Neutronix |
| 6 | VERTACYN ARC MATERIALIZER | Phlodd | Self-Released |
| 7 | LEE HUNTER AND THE GATHERERS | Between Nothing And All | BirdsTale |
| 8 | BLUEPRINT TOKYO | Cinema Sounds [EP] | Self-Released |
| 9 | FRED ARGIR | Despair & Ecstasy | Self-Released |
| 10 | GALVEZTON | Perservere | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AMELIA MUGE | Amelias | UGURU |
| 2 | JOHN DOYLE AND MICK MCAULEY | John Doyle 7 Mick McAuley | Self-Released |
| 3 | ABIOLA | Abiola Time | Alade Enterprises |
| 4 | IFIHADAHIFI | The Dryad | Naked Muse |
| 5 | GREG HATZA AND ENAYET HOSSAIN | Talking Hands | AIMREC |
| 6 | VIEUX FARKA TOURE AND KHRUANGBIN | Ali | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 7 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | El Bueno Y El Malo | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 8 | BATIDA | Neon Colonialismo | Crammed Discs |
| 9 | WESLI | Tradisyon | Cumbancha |
| 10 | KOKOROKO | Could We Be More | Brownswood |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ET BOYS | Forever Night | Wake Up! |
| 2 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ CU4TRO | Jewel Runners/BMG |
| 3 | SLY5THAVE AND JSWISS | Somebody’s Gotta Do It | Tru Thoughts |
| 4 | CAKES DA KILLA | Svengali | Young Art |
| 5 | PLANET GIZA | You Don’t Understand | NSVG |
| 6 | DANGER MOUSE AND BLACK THOUGHT | Cheat Codes | BMG |
| 7 | BROCKHAMPTON | The Family | Question Everything/RCA |
| 8 | SAMPA THE GREAT | As Above, So Below | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 9 | EZRA COLLECTIVE | Where I’m Meant To Be | Partisan |
| 10 | BUTCHER BROWN | Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey | Concord Jazz/Concord |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAN MCCARTHY | Songs Of The Doomed: Some Jaded, Atavistic Freakout | TPR |
| 2 | ELVIN JONES | Revival: Live At Pookie’s Pub | Blue Note |
| 3 | GARRETT SARACHO, ADRIAN YOUNGE, AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD | Garrett Saracho JID015 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 4 | GYEDU-BLAY AMBOLLEY | Gyedu-Blay Ambolley And Hi Life Jazz | Agogo |
| 5 | HERE IT IS: A TRIBUTE TO LEONARD COHEN | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Blue Note |
| 6 | JUDITH OWEN | Merry Christmas Baby | Twanky |
| 7 | PETER CURTIS | Pete’s Pandemic Playlist | Bella Barktalk |
| 8 | MARSHALL GILKES | Cyclic Journey | Alternate Side |
| 9 | TITO CARRILLO | Urbanessence | Origin |
| 10 | MATT BARBER | The Song Is You | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GOLD PANDA | The Work | City Slang |
| 2 | LIPPHEAD | In The Nude | Young Heavy Souls |
| 3 | TEEBS AND PANDA BEAR | “Did It Again” [Single] | Brainfeeder |
| 4 | DANIEL AVERY | Ultra Truth | Mute |
| 5 | ERIC HILTON | Past, Present And Future [EP] | Montserrat House |
| 6 | FRED AGAIN | Actual Life 3 | Atlantic |
| 7 | SHYGIRL | Nymph | Because |
| 8 | TSHA | Capricorn Sun | Ninja Tune |
| 9 | ROYKSOPP | Profound Mysteries III | Dog Triumph/PIAS |
| 10 | BOOGIE BELIGIQUE | “Mercury” [Single] | Le Plan |
Jazz “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | WINNIPEG JAZZ ORCHESTRA | Voices A Musical Heritage | Self-Released |