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, March 19th, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, March 28th.
Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill)
weru.org
March 13th through March 19th, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER | Falling Forward | Self-Released |
| 2 | BOB DYLAN | Fragments Bootleg Series #17 | Columbia Legacy |
| 3 | MY POLITIC | Missouri Folklore: Songs & Stories From Home | Self-Released |
| 4 | TAJ MAHAL | Savoy | Nonesuch |
| 5 | ERIC BIBB | Ridin’ | Repute/Stony Plain |
| 6 | SUNNY WAR | Anarchist Gospel | New West |
| 7 | ZOMBIES, THE | Different Game | Cooking Vinyl |
| 8 | ACHILLES TENDERLOIN | Tincture For Trouble | Self-Released |
| 9 | AIMEE VAN DYNE | Broken Love Songs | Self-Released |
| 10 | ALEX MABEY | The Waiting Room | Self-Released |
| 11 | AMANDA SHIRES | Take It Like A Man | ATO |
| 12 | ARCS, THE | Electrophonic Chronic | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 13 | BUDDY GUY | The Blues Don’t Lie | RCA |
| 14 | DAN TYMINSKI | One More Time Before You Go: A Tribute To Tony Rice [EP] | North Star |
| 15 | GRANT PEEPLES | A Murder Of Songs | Self-Released |
| 16 | IRIS DEMENT | Workin’ On A World | Flariella |
| 17 | JASON CARTER | Lowdown Hoedown | Fiddle Man |
| 18 | MICHELLE RIVERS | “Gone” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 19 | NEW POTATO CABOOSE | It Ain’t A Thing | Self-Released |
| 20 | NOAH DERKSEN | Sanctity Of Silence | Overdraft |
| 21 | RAILROAD EARTH | All For The Song | Self-Released |
| 22 | RORY BLOCK | Ain’t Nobody Worried | Stony Plain |
| 23 | SLAID CLEAVES | Together Through The Dark | Candy House |
| 24 | TENNIS | Pollen | Mutually Detrimental/Thirty Tigers |
| 25 | WHITE OWL RED | Running Blind | Bourgeois Dawg |
| 26 | NICK WATERHOUSE | “Hide And Seek” b/w “The Fooler” [Single] | Innovative Leisure |
| 27 | MARC BROUSSARD | SOS IV Blues For Your Soul | KTBA |
| 28 | JUSTIN SALADINO BAND | Honest Lies | Self-Released |
| 29 | BONNER RHAE | Forward Address | Self-Released |
| 30 | CYNTHIA MARCHANT | Flesh And Bone | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JUST US LILLYS | Not Far From The Tree | Self-Released |
| 2 | DADDY LONG LEGS | Street Sermons | Yep Roc |
| 3 | M83 | Fantasy | Mute |
| 4 | ALICE HOWE | Circumstance | Self-Released |
| 5 | DOWNTOWN MYSTIC | Amerikarma | Sha-La |
| 6 | ERIK GARCIA | Interstellar Ascension | Self-Released |
| 7 | MASORTI | Masorti | Self-Released |
| 8 | ADAM MONACO | “Nevermind” b/w “The Willows” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | BRAD MILLIGAN | “Go or Bust” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | DAVID G SMITH | “River Gonna Talk” [Single] | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | El Bueno Y El Malo | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 2 | KEVIN NAQUIN AND CAJUN TRADITION | La Musique Traditionelle Debranchee | Swallow |
| 3 | CORINA BARTRA | Blue Voyager | Self-Released |
| 4 | ELLA AND THE BOSSA BEAT | In The Moment | Self-Released |
| 5 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FLAMENCO FUSION | Living In A Daydream | Self-Released |
| 6 | GREG HATZA AND ENAYET HOSSAIN | Talking Hands | Aimrec |
| 7 | IFIHADAHIFI | The Dryad | Naked Muse |
| 8 | REGINALD POLICARD AND RICHARD BONA | “Melancolia” [Single] | Encuentro |
| 9 | KIMI DJABATE | Dindin | Cumbancha |
| 10 | SEUN KUTI AND BLACK THOUGHT | African Dreams [EP] | SKE80 |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AESOP ROCK AND BLOCKHEAD | “Pumpkin Seeds” feat. Lupe Fiasco [Single] | Rhymesayers |
| 2 | LITTLE SIMZ | NO THANK YOU | Forever Living Originals/AWAL |
| 3 | SEUN KUTI AND BLACK THOUGHT | African Dreams [EP] | SKE80 |
| 4 | WAX TAILOR | Fishing For Accidents | Lab’oratoire |
| 5 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ CU4TRO | Jewel Runners/BMG |
| 6 | YOUNG FATHERS | Heavy Heavy | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | ATMOSPHERE | “Okay” [Single] | Rhymesayers |
| 8 | DE LA SOUL | 3 Feet High And Rising | AOI/Chrysalis |
| 9 | SZA | SOS | Top Dawg/RCA |
| 10 | MAUVEY | BEFORE THE ALBUM: a love letter to the moons of mars | 604 |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HERE IT IS: A TRIBUTE TO LEONARD COHEN | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Blue Note |
| 2 | DEXTER GORDON | Soul Sister | Steeplechase |
| 3 | MARTIN BEJERANO | #Cubanamerican | Self-Released |
| 4 | ANGIE WELLS | Truth Be Told | Cafe Pacific |
| 5 | CHARLES STEPNEY | Step On Step | International Anthem |
| 6 | SAMARA JOY | Linger Awhile | Verve |
| 7 | CORINA BARTRA | Blue Voyager | Self-Released |
| 8 | PLANET D NONET | Blues To Be There, A Salute To Duke Ellington | Eastlawn |
| 9 | 3D JAZZ TRIO | 9 To 5 | DIVA Jazz |
| 10 | DARMON MEADER | Losing My Mind | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JFDR | “The Orchid” [Single] | Houndstooth |
| 2 | WAX TAILOR | Fishing For Accidents | Lab’oratoire |
| 3 | KELELA | Raven | Warp |
| 4 | NOSAJ THING | Continua | LuckyMe |
| 5 | ACID ARAB | Trois | Crammed Discs |
| 6 | LADYTRON | Time’s Arrow | Cooking Vinyl |
| 7 | SUPREME BEINGS OF LEISURE | 22 (Twenty Two) | Leisurephonic |
| 8 | DJANGO DJANGO | Off Planet Part 1 [EP] | Because |
| 9 | M83 | Fantasy | Mute |
| 10 | HINT | Retakes [EP] | Tru Thoughts |
World “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MARY BETH CARTY | Crossing the Causeway | Self-Released |
| 2 | BUZZ AMATO | Muse Cafe | Blue Canoe |
Electronic “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | M83 | Fantasy | Mute |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HAILEY BRINNEL | Beautiful Tomorrow | Outside In |
| 2 | WAYNE ALPERN | Saxology | Henri Elkan |