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, February 26th, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, March 7th.
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February 20th through February 26th, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PAT GUADAGNO | 1964 (Nineteen Sixty-Four) | Self-Released |
| 2 | JOE HENRY | All The Eye Can See | Worksong |
| 3 | BENNY BLEU | March Of The Mollusk | Circus Tent |
| 4 | BONNER RHAE | Forward Address | Self-Released |
| 5 | EMILY WHITE | Songs You Didn’t Know I Wrote About You | Self-Released |
| 6 | ASHBY FRANK | Leaving Is Believing | Mountain Home |
| 7 | BOB DYLAN | Fragments Bootleg Series #17 | Columbia Legacy |
| 8 | BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN | Rolling Golden Holy | 37d03d |
| 9 | BRIT TAYLOR | Kentucky Blue | Cut A Shine |
| 10 | BUDDY MONDLOCK | Filament | Self-Released |
| 11 | EDDIE 9V | Capricorn | Ruf |
| 12 | GAYLE HARROD BAND, THE | Temptation | Self-Released |
| 13 | JASON CARTER | Lowdown Hoedown | Fiddle Man |
| 14 | JIM LAUDERDALE | Game Changer | Sky Crunch |
| 15 | MARGO PRICE | Strays | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 16 | MICHAEL DOUCET AND TIM RIGNEY | Roll On | Parhellion |
| 17 | MOLLY TUTTLE AND GOLDEN HIGHWAY | Crooked Tree | Nonesuch |
| 18 | PAUL GURNEY | Blue Horizon | Tailgator |
| 19 | ROB ICKES AND TREY HENSLEY | Living In A SOng | Compass |
| 20 | ROSE CITY BAND | “Chasing Rainbows” [Single] | Thrill Jockey |
| 21 | RUTHIE FOSTER | Healing Time | Blue Corn |
| 22 | TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: NEW ORLEANS | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Petaluma |
| 23 | STEPHEN MCCARTHY AND CARLA OLSON | Night Comes Falling | Self-Released |
| 24 | RUTA BEGGARS, THE | Ever-Changing | MLN |
| 25 | BECK | “Thinking About You” [Single] | Capitol |
| 26 | NICK WATERHOUSE | “Hide And Seek” b/w “The Fooler” [Single] | Innovative Leisure |
| 27 | CIGARBOX MAN | “Mirame” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 28 | ASTRO YETI | Gnarly Gumlie’s Voodoo Van | Self-Released |
| 29 | MARC BROUSSARD | “I’ve Got To Use My Imagination” [Single] | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| 30 | JUSTIN SALADINO BAND | Honest Lies | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DEREK VANDERHORST | Wildflower | Self-Released |
| 2 | PHIL COHEN AND PATRICIA FORD | Secret Tears | Hard Miles |
| 3 | CHURCH, THE | The Hypnogogue | Communicating Vessels |
| 4 | DEATH VALLEY GIRLS | Islands In The Sky | Suicide Squeeze |
| 5 | LISA BODNAR AND WHISTLEGRASS | 40 Years In The Desert | Deko |
| 6 | MARY LOU NEWMARK | A Stitch In Time | Self-Released |
| 7 | MISS GRIT | Follow The Cyborg | Mute |
| 8 | GRETCHEN EMERY BAND | If Love Were Enough [EP] | a|i|r |
| 9 | HALLEY GREG | Straitjacket | Self-Released |
| 10 | JESSI ROSE | “Convivial” [Single] | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MICHAEL DOUCET AND TIM RIGNEY | Roll On | Parhellion |
| 2 | GREG HATZA AND ENAYET HOSSAIN | Talking Hands | AIMREC |
| 3 | IFIHADAHIFI | The Dryad | Naked Muse |
| 4 | DIDON | Tunisian Tale | Electrofone |
| 5 | SEUN KUTI AND BLACK THOUGHT | African Dreams [EP] | SKE80 |
| 6 | GAYE SU AKYOL | Anadolu Ejderi | Glitterbeat |
| 7 | ACID ARAB | Trois | Crammed Discs |
| 8 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | El Bueno Y El Malo | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 9 | ALTIM GUN | “BadiSabaholmadan” [Single] | Glitter Boat |
| 10 | VIEUX FARKA TOURE AND KHRUANGBIN | Ali | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LITTLE SIMZ | NO THANK YOU | Forever Living Originals/AWAL |
| 2 | SEUN KUTI AND BLACK THOUGHT | African Dreams [EP] | SKE80 |
| 3 | SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS | I’m Good, HBU? | Distorted Muse |
| 4 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ CU4TRO | Jewel Runners/BMG |
| 5 | EZRA COLLECTIVE | Where I’m Meant To Be | Partisan |
| 6 | LIL YACHTY | Let’s Start Here | Quality Control/Motown/UMG |
| 7 | AESOP ROCK AND BLOCKHEAD | “Pumpkin Seeds” feat. Lupe Fiasco [Single] | Rhymesayers |
| 8 | SAMPA THE GREAT | As Above, So Below | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 9 | WAX TAILOR | Fishing For Accidents | Lab’oratoire |
| 10 | MAUVEY | BEFORE THE ALBUM: a love letter to the moons of mars | 604 |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AIMEE ALLEN | Love And The Catalyst | Azuline |
| 2 | BAD PLUS, THE | The Bad Plus | Edition |
| 3 | CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE’S NEW JAWN | Prime | Brother Mister/Mack Avenue |
| 4 | JUDITH OWEN | Come On And Get It | Twanky |
| 5 | LAUFEY | “Everything I Know About Love” [Single] | AWAL |
| 6 | MICHAEL RABINOWITZ | Next Chapter | Self-Released |
| 7 | VERVE JAZZ ENSEMBLE | All In | Lightgroove |
| 8 | 3D JAZZ TRIO | 9 To 5 | DIVA Jazz |
| 9 | LAS VEGAS BONEHEADS | Sixty and Still Cookin’ | Self-Released |
| 10 | DARMON MEADER | Losing My Mind | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | NOSAJ THING | Continua | LuckyMe |
| 2 | BONOBO AND JACQUES GREENE | “Fold” [Single] | Outlier |
| 3 | EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL | “Nothing Left To Lose” [Single] | Buzzin Fly/Verve |
| 4 | AMTRAC | Extra Time | Openers |
| 5 | MAYFLY | HIDEAWAY Vol. 1 [EP] | Duprince |
| 6 | LADYTRON | Time’s Arrow | Cooking Vinyl |
| 7 | M83 | Fantasy Chapter 1 [EP] | Mute |
| 8 | DANIEL AVERY | Ultra Truth | Mute |
| 9 | HINT | Retakes [EP] | Tru Thoughts |
| 10 | GOLD PANDA | The Work | City Slang |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | REGINALD OMAS MAMODE IV | Stand Strong | Five Easy Pieces |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALLY FIOLA AND THE NEXT QUEST FT. JEFF COFFIN | Interblaze | Self-Released |
| 2 | ANTHONY BRANKER AND IMAGINE | What Place Can Be For Us? A Suite In Ten Movements | Origin |
| 3 | DANIELLE WERTZ | Other Side | Self-Released |
| 4 | MR CHAIR | Better Days | Self-Released |