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, May 8th, 2022. Our next airplay chart will be computed on May 17th, 2022!
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May 2nd, 2022 through May 8th, 2022
Top Ten Blues Albums
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | BONNIE RAITT | Just Like That… | Redwing |
2 | DANA FUCHS | Borrowed Time | Ruf |
3 | EDGAR WINTER | Brother Johnny | Quarto Valley |
4 | KEB MO | Good To Be… | Rounder/Concord |
5 | CAROLYN WONDERLAND | Tempting Fate | Alligator |
6 | DELBERT MCCLINTON | Outdated Emotion | Hot Shot/Thirty Tigers |
7 | TAJ MAHAL AND RY COODER | Get On Board | Nonesuch |
8 | VANEESE THOMAS | Fight The Good Fight | Blue Heart |
9 | SON HOUSE | Forever On My Mind | Easy Eye/Concord |
10 | LARRY MCCRAY | Blues Without You | KTBA |
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | BONNIE RAITT | Just Like That… | Redwing |
2 | ELI PAPERBOY REED | Down Every Road | Yep Roc |
3 | COWBOY JUNKIES | Songs Of The Recollection | Proper |
4 | DANA FUCHS | Borrowed Time | Ruf |
5 | EDGAR WINTER | Brother Johnny | Quarto Valley |
6 | DANIELIA COTTON | Good Day | Self-Released |
7 | DALLAS UGLY | Watch Me Learn | Self-Released |
8 | FATHER JOHN MISTY | Chloe And The Next 20th Century | Sub Pop |
9 | IAN NOE | Rivers Fools & Mountain Saints | Lock13/Thirty Tigers |
10 | KURT VILE | (watch my moves) | Verve |
11 | LIED TO’S, THE | The Worst Kind Of New | Self-Released |
12 | RAIN PERRY | A White Album | Precipitous |
13 | RIVER WHYLESS | Monoflora | Soundly |
14 | AMY SPEACE | Tucson [EP] | Self-Released |
15 | BECKY KAPELL | In It To Win It [EP] | Self-Released |
16 | CALEXICO | El Mirador | Anti- |
17 | DEAD SOUTH, THE | Easy Listening For Jerks Pt 1 And 2 | Six Shooter |
18 | DELBERT MCCLINTON | Outdated Emotion | Hot Shot/Thirty Tigers |
19 | JOHN MAYALL | The Sun Is Shining Down | Forty Below |
20 | KAITLIN BUTTS | What Else Can She Do | Soundly |
21 | KAREN TURNER | Tonight There Might Be Stars [EP] | Self-Released |
22 | LEYLA MCCALLA | Breaking The Thermometer | Anti- |
23 | OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW | Paint This Town | ATO |
24 | PAULA BOGGS BAND | Janus | Self-Released |
25 | RAILROAD EARTH | All For The Song | Self-Released |
26 | TAJ MAHAL AND RY COODER | Get On Board | Nonesuch |
27 | VANEESE THOMAS | Fight The Good Fight | Blue Heart |
28 | PM WARSON | True Story | Légère |
29 | HOLLIER | “Reckless Love” [Single] | Dash Go |
30 | LARRY MCCRAY | Blues Without You | KTBA |
Top “Adds”
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | BUILDERS AND THE BUTCHERS | Hell & High Water | Badman |
2 | BUILT TO SPILL | “Gonna Lose” [Single] | Sub Pop |
3 | ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER | Endless Rooms | Sub Pop |
4 | STILL POINT, THE | Full Circle | Anthro-phonic |
5 | TWO TRUTHS | “Electric Campfire” [EP] | Self-Released |
6 | BLUE SOUL TEN | This Is Worth It | Greenhouse |
7 | GRAIN HOPPERS, THE | Driving Evil Spirits Crazy | Who Are These Guys |
8 | GUS ENGELHORN | Dungeon Master | Self-Released |
9 | LUMBEROB | Language Learner | Self-Released |
10 | SUKI WATERHOUSE | I Can’t Let Go | Sub Pop |
Top Ten World Albums
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | CONGOTRONICS INTERNATIONAL | Where’s The One? | Crammed Discs |
2 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FLAMENCO FUSION | Veneta | Self-Released |
3 | WAYNE ALPERN | Secular Rituals | Henri Elkan |
4 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Electricity | Merge |
5 | PIERRE KWENDERS | José Louis And The Paradox Of Love | Arts & Crafts |
6 | LOS BITCHOS | Let The Festivities Begin! | City Slang |
7 | YUNGCHEN LHAMO | Awakening | Six Degrees |
8 | ROSALIA | MOTOMAMI | Columbia |
9 | IMARHAN | Aboogi | City Slang |
10 | ROKIA KONE AND JACKNIFE LEE | Bamanan | Real World |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Insane In The Ukraine” [Single] | Viral |
2 | DENZEL CURRY | Melt My Eyez See Your Future | Loma Vista/Concord |
3 | FLY ANAKIN | Frank | Lex |
4 | ROBERT GLASPER | Black Radio III | Loma Vista/Concord |
5 | KING KHAZM | Return Of A MAD | Fresh Chopped Beats |
6 | CARRTOONS | HOMEGROWN | Wichita |
7 | KOJEY RADICAL | Reason To Smile | Asylum/Atlantic |
8 | DEFCEE AND BOATHOUSE | For All Debts Public And Private | Closed Sessions |
9 | LINQUA FRANQA | Bellringer | Ernest Jenning |
10 | ACTION BRONSON | Cocodrillo Turbo | Loma Vista/Concord |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | CHARLES MINGUS | The Lost Album From Ronnie Scotts | Resonance |
2 | LISA HILTON | Life Is Beautiful | Self-Released |
3 | CHRIS TORKEWITZ | NY Ensembles | Goschart |
4 | MARK FILSINGER CHAMBER BIG BAND | Groovin’ High | Buffalo Jazz Collective |
5 | DAVID LARSEN | G2 And You | G2 |
6 | JACKIE MESSINA | Necessary Arrangements | Self-Released |
7 | JOHN LEE | The Artist | Cellar |
8 | DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA, THE | DIVA Swings Broadway | DIVA Jazz |
9 | MARCELLO CARELLI | The Era | Self-Released |
10 | TAKE 2 | Take 2 | Outrageous8 |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | BLOODMOON | Disarm (Remixes) | Future Classic |
2 | JAMIE XX | “Let’s Do It Again” [Single] | Young |
3 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Electricity | Merge |
4 | TENSNAKE | L.A. Noir | True Romance |
5 | HEALTH | DISCO 4 :: PART II | Loma Vista/Concord |
6 | ACID ARAB | Remixes | Crammed Discs |
7 | ADULT | Becoming Undone | Dais |
8 | ISHI | Sweet Gold | Icons Creating Evil Art |
9 | BONOBO | Fragments | Ninja Tune |
10 | HIATUS KAIYOTE | Mood Variant (The Remixes) | Brainfeeder |
Jazz “Adds”
Artist | Record | Label | |
1 | JOHN LEE | The Artist | Cellar |
2 | MARK FILSINGER CHAMBER BIG BAND | Groovin’ High | Buffalo Jazz Collective |
3 | CHICAGO SOUL JAZZ COLLECTIVE MEETS DEE ALEXANDER | On The Way To Be Free | JMarq |
4 | YELENA ECKEMOFF | I Am A Stranger In This World | L And H |