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, April 16th, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, April 25th.
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April 10th through April 16th, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER | Falling Forward | Self-Released |
| 2 | IRIS DEMENT | Workin’ On A World | Flariella |
| 3 | MIGHTY POPLAR | Mighty Poplar | Free Dirt |
| 4 | ALLY VENABLE | Real Gone | Ruf |
| 5 | CYNTHIA MARCHANT | Flesh And Bone | Self-Released |
| 6 | FAUX PAWS, THE | Backburner [EP] | Great Bear |
| 7 | ROBBIE FULKS | Bluegrass Vacation | Compass |
| 8 | TOMMY EMMANUEL | Accomplice Two | CGP |
| 9 | NICK WATERHOUSE | The Fooler | Innovative Leisure |
| 10 | BETHS, THE | “Watching The Credits” [Single] | Carpark |
| 11 | DAMON FOWLER | Live At The Palladium Damon Fowler And Friends | Landslide |
| 12 | NATALIE MACMASTER AND DONNELL LEAHY | Canvas | Self-Released |
| 13 | NATALIE MERCHANT | Keep Your Courage | Nonesuch |
| 14 | NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE | Continue As A Guest | Merge |
| 15 | ANDREW BIRD | Inside Problems | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 16 | MISS GRIT | Follow The Cyborg | Mute |
| 17 | FEVER RAY | Radical Romantics | Mute |
| 18 | WHITE OWL RED | Running Blind | Bourgeois Dawg |
| 19 | ZOMBIES, THE | Different Game | Cooking Vinyl |
| 20 | MARC BROUSSARD | SOS IV Blues For Your Soul | KTBA |
| 21 | CIGARBOX MAN | “I Am Not Terrified” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 22 | CURSE OF KK HAMMOND | Death Roll Blues | Self-Released |
| 23 | BETTYE LAVETTE | “Plan B” [Single] | Jay Vee |
| 24 | DAVID G SMITH | Witness Trees | Self-Released |
| 25 | PETER CASE | Doctor Moan | Sunset Blvd |
| 26 | AUSTIN BROOKNER | “The Monkey Pox” feat. Melody Maker [Single] | Self-Released |
| 27 | ALEX BLIZZY | “A Step Behind” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 28 | MIGHTY JOE CASTRO AND THE GRAVAMEN | “Embers In The Ash” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 29 | ROOT CELLAR XTRACT | Dusty Afternoon | Self-Released |
| 30 | ANDREW GABBARD | Cedar City Sweetheart | Karma Chief |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ELIJAH KESSLER | Lightspeed | Carpark |
| 2 | FELT OUT | Until I’m Light | Self-Released |
| 3 | GRACE MORRISON | Maybe Modern | Self-Released |
| 4 | LAEL NEALE | Star Eaters Delight | Sub Pop |
| 5 | BEN HARPER | “Yard Sale” feat. Jack Johnson [Single] | Chrysalis |
| 6 | DAVID G SMITH | Witness Trees | Self-Released |
| 7 | ALIAS WAYNE | FUBAR [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | ANIMAL SCREAM | Heartbroke Hotel | American Hermitage |
| 9 | OCCURRENCE | Slow Violence | Archie And Fox |
| 10 | BRIAN CHARLES TISCHLEDER | Mississippi Call | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | EASY STAR ALL-STARS | Ziggy Stardub | Easy Star |
| 2 | ELLA AND THE BOSSA BEAT | In The Moment | Self-Released |
| 3 | CHEMBO CORNIEL QUINTET | Artistas, Musicos Y Poetas | Chemboro |
| 4 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FLAMENCO FUSION | Living In A Daydream | Self-Released |
| 5 | BUZZ AMATO | Muse Cafe | Blue Canoe |
| 6 | REGINALD POLICARD AND RICHARD BONA | “Melancolia” [Single] | Encuentro |
| 7 | IFIHADAHIFI | The Dryad | Naked Muse |
| 8 | ALTIN GUN | Ask | ATO |
| 9 | ACID ARAB | Trois | Crammed Discs |
| 10 | BAABA MAAL | Being | Marathon |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LIL YACHTY | Let’s Start Here | Quality Control/Motown/UMG |
| 2 | B.COOL-AID | Leather Blvd. | Lex |
| 3 | WAX TAILOR | Fishing For Accidents | Lab’oratoire |
| 4 | LITTLE SIMZ | NO THANK YOU | Forever Living Originals/AWAL |
| 5 | RARELYALWAYS | WORK | Innovative Leisure |
| 6 | 100 GECS | 10,000 gecs | Dog Show/Atlantic |
| 7 | DE LA SOUL | 3 Feet High And Rising | AOI/Chrysalis |
| 8 | SWAMP THING | Noise Machine | Urbnet |
| 9 | YAYA BEY | Exodus The North Star [EP] | Big Dada |
| 10 | YOUNG FATHERS | Heavy Heavy | Ninja Tune |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BRAD MEHLDAU | Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles | Nonesuch |
| 2 | JEFF GOLDBLUM AND THE MILDRED SNITZER ORCHESTRA | Plays Well With Others [EP] | Decca/Verve |
| 3 | TOM COLLIER | Boomer Vibes Volume 1 | Summit |
| 4 | MICHAEL DEASE | The Other Shoe: The Music Of Gregg Hill | Origin |
| 5 | LAS VEGAS BONEHEADS | Sixty And Still Cookin’ | Self-Released |
| 6 | CHRIS KEEFE | Opening | Zugzwangbebop |
| 7 | ROY MCGRATH | Menjunje | JL |
| 8 | MR CHAIR | Better Days | Self-Released |
| 9 | CHEMBO CORNIEL QUINTET | Artistas, Musicos Y Poetas | Chemboro |
| 10 | PLANET D NONET | Blues To Be There, A Salute To Duke Ellington | Eastlawn |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MISS GRIT | Follow The Cyborg | Mute |
| 2 | FEVER RAY | Radical Romantics | Mute |
| 3 | YAEJI | With A Hammer | XL/Beggars Group |
| 4 | M83 | Fantasy | Mute |
| 5 | 100 GECS | 10,000 gecs | Dog Show/Atlantic |
| 6 | KELELA | Raven | Warp |
| 7 | MOON BOOTS | Ride Away | Anjunadeep |
| 8 | ALEX LUSTIG | Fate (B-Sides) | Pyur Beats |
| 9 | DEBBY FRIDAY | GOOD LUCK | Sub Pop |
| 10 | YVES TUMOR | Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) | Warp |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KALOS | Headland | Self-Released |
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Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ELIJAH KESSLER | Lightspeed | Carpark |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AIRMEN OF NOTE | Out Of The Clouds | USAF |
| 2 | JOHN PIZZARELLI | Stage & Screen | Palmetto |