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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, April 24th, 2018!
Top Thirty Recordings (based on airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOHN PRINE | Tree of Forgiveness [Advance Tracks] | Oh Boy |
| 2 | STEEP CANYON RANGERS | Out in the Open | Ramseur |
| 3 | WILLIE NELSON | Last Man Standing [Advance Tracks] | Legacy |
| 4 | EELS | The Deconstruction | E-Works/PIAS |
| 5 | BEN HARPER AND CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE | No Mercy In This Land | Anti- |
| 6 | DECEMBERISTS, THE | I’ll Be Your Girl | Capitol |
| 7 | KACEY MUSGRAVES | Golden Hour | Universal |
| 8 | YO LA TENGO | There’s A Riot Going On | Matador |
| 9 | ANNA AND ELIZABETH | The Invisible Comes To Us | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 10 | I’M WITH HER | See You Around | Rounder |
| 11 | MIPSO | Edges Run | Antifragile |
| 12 | PAUL THORN | Don’t Let The Devil Ride | Mutual Obscurity |
| 13 | BIRDS OF CHICAGO | Love In Wartime | Signature |
| 14 | BRANDI CARLILE | By the Way, I Forgive You | Elektra |
| 15 | CHRIS SMITHER | Call Me Lucky | Signature Sounds |
| 16 | DAVID BYRNE | American Utopia | Nonesuch |
| 17 | JOE JENCKS | The Forgotten | Turtle Bear |
| 18 | JONATHAN WILSON | Rare Birds | Bella Union/PIAS |
| 19 | KID RAMOS | Old School | Rip Cat |
| 20 | KIM RICHEY | Edgeland | Yep Roc |
| 21 | LAURA VEIRS | The Lookout [Advance Tracks] | Raven Marching Band |
| 22 | REVEREND FREAKCHILD | Dial It In | Floating |
| 23 | RICHIE AND ROSIE | Nowhere in Time | Self-Released |
| 24 | TERESA JAMES AND THE RHYTHM TRAMPS | Here In Babylon | Jesi-Lu |
| 25 | ARTICHOKE | Echoes | Greeen |
| 26 | AMY RAASCH | Girls Get Cold | Self-Released |
| 27 | BACKLINE | A Thousand Wishes | Poor Mountain |
| 28 | BELLE AND SEBASTIAN | How To Solve Our Human Problems | Matador |
| 29 | CASEY NEILL AND THE NORWAY RATS | Subterrene | Incident |
| 30 | DURHAM COUNTY POETS | Grimshaw Road | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MANNY | “Everywhere I Turn Is War” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 2 | NEW ENGLAND JAZZ ENSEMBLE | Peter and the Wolf | Self-Released |
| 3 | GREYHOUNDS, THE | Cheyenne Valley Drive | Bud’s Recording Service |
| 4 | KAT EDMONSON | Old Fashioned Gal | MRI |
| 5 | KING TUFF | The Other | Sub Pop |
| 6 | DONOVAN WOODS | Both Ways | Meant Well |
| 7 | DON GALLARDO | Trains Go By | Rock Ridge |
| 8 | BRAZILIAN GIRLS | Let’s Make Love | Six Degrees |
| 9 | CHARLEY CROCKETT | Lonesome As A Shadow | Sons Of Davy/ Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | SPARROW BLUE | Rabbit in the Moon | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CELTIC THUNDER | Celtic Thunder X | Legacy |
| 2 | ALTAN | The Gap Of Dreams | Compass |
| 3 | OUMOU SANGARE | Mogoya | No Format! |
| 4 | ROOTS OF CREATION | Grateful Dub | Bombshelter/Controlled Substance Lab |
| 5 | SALT HOUSE | Undersong | Self-Released |
| 6 | GUMBA FIRE: BUBBLEGUM SOUL AND SYNTH BOOGIE IN 1980S SOUTH AFRICA | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Soundway |
| 7 | CHARITY EKEKE | She | Unity Gain |
| 8 | FRETLESS, THE | Live from the Art Farm | Self-Released |
| 9 | HIGH KINGS, THE | Decade: The Best of the High Kings | Celtic Collections |
| 10 | NEW KINGSTON | A Kingston Story: Come From Far | Easy Star |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CUT CHEMIST | Die Cut | A Stable Sound |
| 2 | BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Top Dawg/Interscope |
| 3 | CARDI B | Invasion of Privacy | Atlantic |
| 4 | DRAKE | “Nice For What” [Single] | Young Money/Cash Money |
| 5 | PRINCE AMINE | “Fuego” [Single] | Red Rebel |
| 6 | FULTON COUNTY | “Inside Out” (feat. Ebony Camille) [Single] | JLawson |
| 7 | RICK DUFF | High Life | Osean Entertainment |
| 8 | LADY QUEET | “One Hell Of A Day” (feat. Mr. Flamboyant) [Single] | Picture Perfect |
| 9 | BLACK MILK | FEVER | Mass Appeal |
| 10 | PRHYME | PRhyme 2 |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BENJAMIN BOONE AND PHILIP LEVINE | The Poetry Of Jazz | Origin |
| 2 | CASEY ABRAMS | Put A Spell On You | Chesky |
| 3 | LAO TIZER BAND, THE | Songs From The Swinghouse | Yse |
| 4 | PHIL DEGREG TRIO | Queen City Blues | Self-Released |
| 5 | POST MODERN JUKE BOX | The New Classics | Concord |
| 6 | RONDI MARSH | The Pink Room | Self-Released |
| 7 | WYNTON MARSALIS SEPTET | United We Swing | Blue Engine |
| 8 | AARON ARANITA | Segunda Vista | Sugartown |
| 9 | AL DI MEOLA | Opus | Ear |
| 10 | HOT CLUB SANDWICH | No Pressure | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CUT CHEMIST | Die Cut | A Stable Sound |
| 2 | MOBY | Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt | Mute |
| 3 | TUNE-YARDS | I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life | 4AD |
| 4 | PRINCE AMINE | “Fuego” [Single] | Red Rebel |
| 5 | WHAT SO NOT | Not All The Beautiful Things | Counter |
| 6 | KEYS N KRATES | Cura | Dim Mak |
| 7 | LE GALAXIE | Pleasure | Red River |
| 8 | KASBO | Places We Don’t Know | Foreign Family Collective |
| 9 | RHYE | Blood | Loma Vista |
| 10 | GEORGE FITZGERALD | All That Must Be | Double Six/Domino |