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 1st, 2024. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, December 10th, 2024!
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November 25th through December 1st, 2024
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KASEY CHAMBERS | Backbone | Essence |
| 2 | AMYTHYST KIAH | STILL + BRIGHT | Rounder/Concord |
| 3 | GILLIAN WELCH AND DAVID RAWLINGS | Woodland | Acony |
| 4 | JOHNNY BLUE SKIES | Passage Du Desir | High Top Mountain/Thirty Tigers |
| 5 | SILKROAD ENSEMBLE, RHIANNON GIDDENS | American Railroad | Nonesuch |
| 6 | CURE, THE | Songs Of A Lost World | Fiction/Capitol |
| 7 | DAVID GILMOUR | Luck And Strange | Sony |
| 8 | DWIGHT YOAKAM | Brighter Days | Via/Thirty Tigers |
| 9 | FATHER JOHN MISTY | Mahashmashana | Sub Pop |
| 10 | JAKE BLOUNT AND MALI OBOMSAWIN | symbiont | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 11 | KAT RIGGINS AND HER BLUES REVIVAL | Revival | Self-Released |
| 12 | TWISTED PINE | Love Your Mind | Self-Released |
| 13 | WILLIE NELSON | Last Leaf On The Tree | Sony |
| 14 | YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND | Nowhere Next | Frog Pad |
| 15 | FREEWORLD | More Love | SwirlDisc |
| 16 | CARLA SCIAKY | Heart Of The Swan | Self-Released |
| 17 | AMY HELM | Silver City | Sun |
| 18 | JD MCPHERSON | Nite Owls | New West |
| 19 | JOY CLARK | Tell It Too The Wind | Righteous Babe |
| 20 | LOOSE CATTLE | Someone’s Monster | Single Lock |
| 21 | MEGAN BURRT | Witness | Self-Released |
| 22 | PI JACOBS | Soldier On | Blackbird |
| 23 | SHEEPDOGS, THE | Paradise Alone [EP] | Self-Released |
| 24 | CAN’T STEAL MY FIRE: THE SONGS OF DAVID OLNEY | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Self-Released |
| 25 | JAY BYHAM | Postcards Along The Way | ITP |
| 26 | EMILY GABRIELE | “Calling Mr Back” [Single] | EG NYC |
| 27 | BB STEVENS | “Starlight In Me” [Single] | Stryker/Virgin |
| 28 | LOOPER COLONY | Looper Colony II | Outside In |
| 29 | A SAVAGE | Several Songs About Fire | Rough Trade |
| 30 | 22° HALO | Lily of the Valley | Tiny Library |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | IAN MCFARLAND | When Are You Coming Home (It’s Christmas Time) [EP] | Gumdrop |
| 2 | MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE | VARIOUS ARTISTS | OMAD |
| 3 | PUTTIN’ ON THE FOIL | If It Feels Good… Do It | Self-Released |
| 4 | JENNY BURTIS | Woodbird | Self-Released |
| 5 | STEVE ERICKSON | Crooked Road | Self-Released |
| 6 | SLUKA | Cautionary Yell | Steel Flower |
| 7 | AFTERIMAGE | Faces To Hide | Independent Project |
| 8 | BRIGHT EYES | Five Dice, All Threes | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 9 | DANTES ALEXANDER | They Won’t Go When I Go | Dwarf Planet |
| 10 | YOU FOOL! | What Is The Meaning Of This? | Crying Under A Blanket After Drinking Too Much Vodka |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CIMAFUNK | Pa’ Tu Cuerpa | Terapia |
| 2 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | Sonido Cósmico | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 3 | JANIE ROTHFIELD AND ALLAN CARR | The Two Of Us | Self-Released |
| 4 | LA LOM | The Los Angeles League Of Musicians | Verve |
| 5 | MANU CHAO | Viva Tu | Because |
| 6 | OPEN THE DOOR FOR THREE | A Prosperous Gale | Self-Released |
| 7 | DANIEL PARDO | Ese Momento | Self-Released |
| 8 | PAUL HANSON AND RAZE THE MAZE | Calliope | Manzanita Ranch |
| 9 | JUAN MEGNA GROUP | Mariwo | Self-Released |
| 10 | KOKOROKO | Get The Message [EP] | Brownswood |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KENDRICK LAMAR | GNX | Interscope |
| 2 | KURIOUS | Majician | Rhymesayers/Metalface |
| 3 | MALLY AND LAST WORD | The Sweetest Of It All | MaLLy/Last Word Touring |
| 4 | ELUCID | REVELATOR | Fat Possum |
| 5 | LYRICS BORN | Goodbye, Sticky Rice | Mobile Home |
| 6 | DENZEL CURRY | King Of The Mischievous South | PH/Loma Vista/Concord |
| 7 | SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS | Red Future | Sony |
| 8 | 7XVETHEGENIUS | Death Of Deuce | Drumwork |
| 9 | WISEBOY JEREMY | Pumpkin Seeds | Equity |
| 10 | LUPE FIASCO | Samurai | 1st And 15th Too/Thirty Tigers |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOHN LEE | Second Wind | Cellar |
| 2 | BRIAN CHARETTE | You Don’t Know Jack! | Cellar |
| 3 | BRUNO HUBERT TRIO | Fire Waltz | Cellar |
| 4 | JACOB CHUNG | The Sage | Cellar |
| 5 | KEN SERIO QUARTET | Brooklyn Oasis | Tripping Tree |
| 6 | LESLIE PINTCHIK | Prayer For What Remains | Pintch Hard |
| 7 | LUIS GIRALDO | I’m Old Fashioned | Cellar |
| 8 | MCCOY TYNER, JOE HENDERSON | Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs | UMG |
| 9 | LOOPER COLONY | Looper Colony II | Outside In |
| 10 | SHABAKA | Perceive Its Beauty | Impulse |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DIIV | Frog In Boiling Water | Fantasy/Concord |
| 2 | AIR | Moon Safari Rarities (25th Anniversary Edition) | Parlophone |
| 3 | MACHINEDRUM | 3FOR82 | Ninja Tune |
| 4 | MACHINEDRUM | 4#TRAX [EP] | Ninja Tune |
| 5 | USED | “Tonight” feat. Bou [Single] | Breakbeat Kaos |
| 6 | CARIBOU | Honey | Merge |
| 7 | FLYING LOTUS | Spirit Box [EP] | Warp |
| 8 | LP GIOBBI | Dotr | Counter |
| 9 | KELLY LEE OWENS | Dreamstate | Dirty Hit/dh2 |
| 10 | TSHA | Sad Girl | Ninja Tune |
Jazz “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SIVAN ARBEL | Oneness | Self-Released |