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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 past week. The next new airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, March 13th, 2018.
For Tuesday, March 7th, 2018
Top Thirty Recordings (based on radio airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | I’M WITH HER | See You Around | Rounder |
| 2 | ROSIE AND THE RIVETERS | Ms. Behave | Factor |
| 3 | TRACY GRAMMER | Low Tide | Self-Released |
| 4 | BECKY BULLER | Crepe Paper Heart | Dark Shadow |
| 5 | CALEXICO | The Thread That Keeps Us | Anti- |
| 6 | CHRIS SMITHER | Call Me Lucky | Signature Sounds |
| 7 | GLEN HANSARD | Between Two Shores | Anti- |
| 8 | GRANT LEE PHILLIPS | Widdershins | Yep Roc |
| 9 | BAHAMAS | Earthtones | Brushfire |
| 10 | BELLE AND SEBASTIAN | How To Solve Our Human Problems | Matador |
| 11 | BETTYE LAVETTE | Things Have Changed | Verve |
| 12 | CURTIS HARDING | Face Your Fear | Anti- |
| 13 | DOC WATSON | Live at Club 47 | Yep Roc |
| 14 | ED ROMANOFF | The Orphan King | Self-Released |
| 15 | JIM JAMES | Tribute To 2 | ATO |
| 16 | MICHAEL JOHNATHAN | Pirate | Poetman |
| 17 | ARCADE FIRE | Everything Now | Columbia |
| 18 | LOMA | Loma | Sub Pop |
| 19 | ANDERSON EAST | Encore | Elektra |
| 20 | BECK | Colors | Capitol |
| 21 | CAROLINE COTTER | Home On The River | Self-Released |
| 22 | DANIELLE DUVAL | Lose It | PeoplePlay |
| 23 | DARLING WEST | While I Was Asleep | Jansen |
| 24 | FOOTFALL | Secondhand Record Store | Self-Released |
| 25 | GOLDENOAK | Foxgloves [EP] | Self-Released |
| 26 | INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, THE | Undercover, Vol. 2 [EP] | Lumenhouse |
| 27 | JANIVA MAGNESS | Love Is an Army | Blue Elan |
| 28 | LAURA VEIRS | “Everybody Needs You” [Single] | Raven Marching Band |
| 29 | LIL SMOKIES | Changing Shades | The Lil Smokies |
| 30 | MARLON WILLIAMS | Make Way For Love | Dead Oceans |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PRINCE AMINE | “Fuego” [Single] | Red Rebel |
| 2 | JOAN BAEZ | Whistle Down the Wind | Razor & Tie |
| 3 | TOM TEASLEY AND SETH KIBEL | Tiny Planet | Self-Released |
| 4 | BOB WASHUT DODECTET | Journey to Knowhere | Artist Alliance |
| 5 | DARLINGSIDE | Extralife | Thirty Tigers |
| 6 | FLYING HORSE BIG BAND, THE | The Bat Swings! [Advance Tracks] | Flying Horse |
| 7 | SUNDAE + MR. GOESSL | When You’re Smiling | Self-Released |
| 8 | CHAPPO | Do It | Votiv |
| 9 | DICK STUSSO | In Heaven | Hardly Art |
| 10 | FATHER JOHN MISTY | “Mr. Tillman” [Single] | Sub Pop |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALEXANDRA JACKSON | Legacy & Alchemy [EP] | Robert Hebert |
| 2 | CHARITY EKEKE | She | Unity Gain |
| 3 | COIG | Rove | Self-Released |
| 4 | IRKA MATEO | Vamo a Gozá | Self-Released |
| 5 | JUSTIN GRAY AND SYNTHESIS | New Horizons | Self-Released |
| 6 | LUNASA | Cas | Self-Released |
| 7 | NEW KINGSTON | A Kingston Story: Come From Far | Easy Star |
| 8 | ORQUESTA AKOKAN | Orquesta Akokán [Advance Tracks] | Daptone |
| 9 | SIROM | I Can Be A Clay Snapper | tak:til |
| 10 | SOFIA REI | El Galivan | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DESSA | Chime | Doomtree/INgrooves |
| 2 | RICK DUFF | High Life | Osean Entertainment |
| 3 | DYGGZ | “4Real4Real” [Single] | NuVintage |
| 4 | LORD IVAN | “Chips” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | LORD IVAN | “Looka” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | EVIDENCE | Weather Or Not | Rhymesayers |
| 7 | ABHI THE NOMAD | Marbled | Tommy Boy |
| 8 | BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Top Dawg/Interscope |
| 9 | GRAND ANALOG | Survival [EP] | Self-Released |
| 10 | FRACTION AND FINSTA | Thoughtwork | Big Frac/Walt G Jr. |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HEAVYWEIGHTS BRASS BAND, THE | This City | Lulaworld |
| 2 | CHARLIE PEACOCK | When Light Flashes… | Twenty Ten |
| 3 | DINGONEK STREET BAND | Primal Economics | Accurate |
| 4 | IDIOMATIQUES, THE | Out on the Town | Self-Released |
| 5 | JOE SMITH AND THE SPICY PICKLES | Gin & Moonlight | Cuttin’ |
| 6 | SCOTT CLEVELAND | Live In Castine | Self-Released |
| 7 | CORY WEEDS | Let’s Groove: The Music of Earth Wind & Fire | Cellar Live |
| 8 | DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA | 25th Anniversary Project | ArtistShare |
| 9 | PAT BATTSTONE SEXTET | Elements | Leo |
| 10 | REGGIE PITTMAN/LOREN DANIELS QUARTET | Smilessence | Ivory Hornz |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LOMA | Loma | Sub Pop |
| 2 | TUNE-YARDS | I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life | 4AD |
| 3 | KEYS N KRATES | Cura | Dim Mak |
| 4 | NIGHTMARES ON WAX | Shape The Future | Warp |
| 5 | LANE 8 | Little By Little | This Never Happened |
| 6 | PETIT BISCUIT | Presence | M-Theory |
| 7 | VIRTUAL SELF | Virtual Self [EP] | M-Theory |
| 8 | DANIEL AVERY | Slow Fade [EP] | Mute |
| 9 | LA LAW | Law & Order | Burger |
| 10 | RHYE | Blood | Loma Vista |