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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 the first day of spring — Tuesday, April 10th, 2018!
Top Thirty Recordings (based on radio airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DECEMBERISTS, THE | I’ll Be Your Girl | Capitol |
| 2 | BELLE AND SEBASTIAN | How To Solve Our Human Problems | Matador |
| 3 | JOHN MCCUTCHEON | Ghost Light | Self-Released |
| 4 | DAVID BYRNE | American Utopia | Nonesuch |
| 5 | DEVA MAHAL | “Snakes” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | BRANDI CARLILE | By the Way, I Forgive You | Elektra |
| 7 | CHRIS SMITHER | Call Me Lucky | Signature Sounds |
| 8 | NOUVEAUX HONKIES | Loud in Here | Self-Released |
| 9 | TRACY GRAMMER | Low Tide | Self-Released |
| 10 | BAHAMAS | Earthtones | Brushfire |
| 11 | BIRDS OF CHICAGO | Love In Wartime | Signature |
| 12 | CALEXICO | The Thread That Keeps Us | Anti- |
| 13 | CASEY NEILL AND THE NORWAY RATS | Subterrene | Incident |
| 14 | GLEN HANSARD | Between Two Shores | Anti- |
| 15 | JANIVA MAGNESS | Love Is an Army | Blue Elan |
| 16 | JOAN BAEZ | Whistle Down the Wind | Razor & Tie |
| 17 | JOSH ROUSE | Love In The Modern Age | Yep Roc |
| 18 | JULIA KASDORF | Motel | Tiki Sounds |
| 19 | KIM RICHEY | Edgeland | Yep Roc |
| 20 | MAMMALS, THE | Sunshiner | Humble Abode |
| 21 | RICHIE AND ROSIE | Nowhere in Time | Self-Released |
| 22 | SARAH CRIPPS | Sarah Cripps | Self-Released |
| 23 | TERESA JAMES AND THE RHYTHM TRAMPS | Here In Babylon | Jesi-Lu |
| 24 | BETTYE LAVETTE | Things Have Changed | Verve |
| 25 | BRADFORD BOG PEOPLE | People Of The Bog | Self-Released |
| 26 | CABIN DOGS | Mountain Sun | Crippled Hound |
| 27 | ED ROMANOFF | The Orphan King | Self-Released |
| 28 | GRANT LEE PHILLIPS | Widdershins | Yep Roc |
| 29 | I’M WITH HER | See You Around | Rounder |
| 30 | JEFF KRAUSE | Naked And Hardhearted [EP] | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | IRIE TIME | “Unknowable” [Single] | Inherent |
| 2 | FEED YOUR HEAD | Self [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | CLOVIS | Always [EP] | Johnny Caron |
| 4 | WARM CHORD | Haunted Dreams [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | PETER ROWAN | Carter Stanley’s Eyes | Rebel |
| 6 | LAURA VEIRS | The Lookout [Advance Tracks] | Raven Marching Band |
| 7 | HOP ALONG | Bark Your Head Off, Dog [Advance Tracks] | Saddle Creek |
| 8 | NO ALARMS | No Alarms [EP] | Andrew Lane |
| 9 | ORQUESTA AKOKAN | Orquesta Akokan | Daptone |
| 10 | TURBANS, THE | The Turbans | Six Degrees |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ROOTS OF CREATION | Grateful Dub | Bombshelter/Controlled Substance Lab |
| 2 | ALTAN | The Gap Of Dreams | Compass |
| 3 | CHARITY EKEKE | She | Unity Gain |
| 4 | ELDERS | True | PubTone |
| 5 | KARAVAN SARAI | Painted Sands | Electrofone |
| 6 | KAVEH KARANDISH | Silent Whispers | Self-Released |
| 7 | LUNASA | Cas | Self-Released |
| 8 | NEW KINGSTON | A Kingston Story: Come From Far | Easy Star |
| 9 | OLD BLIND DOGS | Room With A View | Self-Released |
| 10 | OPEN THE DOOR FOR THREE | The Joyful Hour | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Top Dawg/Interscope |
| 2 | YOUNG FATHERS | Cocoa Sugar | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | PRINCE AMINE | “Fuego” [Single] | Red Rebel |
| 4 | FULTON COUNTY | “Inside Out” (feat. Ebony Camille) [Single] | JLawson |
| 5 | RICK DUFF | High Life | Osean Entertainment |
| 6 | DYGGZ | “4Real4Real” [Single] | NuVintage |
| 7 | LORD IVAN | “Chips” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | LORD IVAN | “Looka” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | BLACK MILK | FEVER | Mass Appeal |
| 10 | CUT CHEMIST | Die Cut | A Stable Sound |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BILL FRISELL | Music Is | OKeh |
| 2 | CASEY ABRAMS | Put A Spell On You | Chesky |
| 3 | AL DI MEOLA | Opus | Ear |
| 4 | LAUREN HENDERSON | Armame | Brontosaurus |
| 5 | CALLE MAMBO PROJECT | See The Light | Self-Released |
| 6 | DANNY FOX TRIO | The Great Nostalgist | Hot Cup |
| 7 | DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA | 25th Anniversary Project | ArtistShare |
| 8 | JASON KLOBNAK QUARTET | Friends & Family | Self-Released |
| 9 | JEN HODGE ALL STARS | All’s Fair In Love And War | Self-Released |
| 10 | MONIKA HERZIG | Sheroes | Whaling City |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GUMBA FIRE: BUBBLEGUM SOUL AND SYNTH BOOGIE IN 1980S SOUTH AFRICA | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Soundway |
| 2 | BOB HOLYROYD | The Cage | Self-Released |
| 3 | DJANGO DJANGO | Marble Skies | Ribbon |
| 4 | JLIN | Black Origami | Planet Mu |
| 5 | LOMA | Loma | Sub Pop |
| 6 | TUNE-YARDS | I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life | 4AD |
| 7 | UNTIL THE RIBBON BREAKS | Until The Ribbon Breaks | 1405/Kobalt |
| 8 | MOBY | Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt | Mute |
| 9 | SUPERORGANISM | Superorganism | Domino |
| 10 | KHRUANGBIN | Con Todo El Mundo | Dead Oceans |