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 17th. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, May 26th.
Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill)
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May 11th, 2026 through May 17th, 2026
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
I’M WITH HER |
Sing Me Alive |
Rounder/Concord |
2 |
EMILY NENNI |
Movin’ Shoes |
New West |
3 |
HOT SUPPERS |
Time Is Now |
Self-Released |
4 |
ANDY REVKIN |
Wake Up Martha |
Self-Released |
5 |
REDS PINKS AND PURPLES, THE |
Acknowledge Kindness |
Fire |
6 |
TAJ MAHAL AND THE PHANTOM BLUES BAND |
Time |
Resonatin |
7 |
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND |
Future Soul |
Fantasy/Concord |
8 |
RAISE YOUR VOICE |
VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Hudson Harding |
9 |
ERIC BIBB |
One Mississippi |
Repute |
10 |
ALDOUS HARDING |
Train On The Island |
4AD |
11 |
BLACK KEYS, THE |
Peaches! |
Easy Eye Sound/Warner |
12 |
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE |
Remember The Humans |
Arts & Crafts |
13 |
BROTHER WALLACE |
Electric Love |
ATO |
14 |
CURTIS SALGADO |
Legacy Rewind: Live In ’25 |
Nola Blue |
15 |
DERVISH |
The Great Irish Song Book Vol 2 |
Down the Road |
16 |
GRACIE AND RACHEL |
If We Could, Would We |
Righteous Babe |
17 |
JAY BUCHANAN |
Weapons Of Beauty |
Sacred Sounds |
18 |
MARC BROUSSARD |
“I’m Going Home” [Single] |
KTBA |
19 |
MARCUS KING |
Darling Blue |
Republic |
20 |
MIKE FINNIGAN |
Mike Finnigan |
Forty Below |
21 |
NEALE ECKSTEIN |
Build Our Dreams |
Self-Released |
22 |
RINGO STARR |
Long Long Road |
UMe |
23 |
SHABOOZEY |
“Born To Die” [Single] |
American Dogwood |
24 |
YOU IN I, THE |
The I In You |
The You In I |
25 |
ERICA VON KLEIST |
Picc Pocket |
Self-Released |
26 |
RIFLEBIRDS OF PORTLAND, THE |
April |
Regional |
27 |
AMANI BURNHAM |
Roots And Wings |
Blind Pig |
28 |
ANGELE |
“What You Want” feat. Justice [Single] |
VL/Ed Banger/Because |
29 |
D. CLINTON THOMPSON |
Donnie’s Mood |
DISTROKID |
30 |
SHYFRIN ALLIANCE |
“Red Blues” [Single] |
Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
BENNY BLEU |
When I Was A Fossil |
Circus Tent |
2 |
DAVID G SMITH |
“Hero Street” b/w “Rust On The Moon” [Single] |
Self-Released |
3 |
DOGGY DADDY |
lovesexblues |
Black Mondays |
4 |
GIGI DENISCO |
Seasons |
DeNisco |
5 |
A DIFFERENT THREAD |
Over Again |
Self-Released |
6 |
POI ROGERS |
Twilight Blues |
Brooklyn Basement |
Top Ten World Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
ANGELIQUE KIDJO |
HOPE!! |
Parlophone/Warner |
2 |
JOSE GONZALEZ |
Against The Dying Of The Light |
Mute |
3 |
WANEES ZAROUR |
Silwan |
Levantine |
4 |
NASEEM ALATRASH |
Bright Colors On A Dark Canvas |
Levantine |
5 |
TINARIWEN |
Hoggar |
Wedge |
6 |
ALTIN GUN |
Garip |
ATO |
7 |
ANTONIO CARLOS AND JOCAFI, ADRIAN YOUNGE AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD |
Antonio Carlos & Jocafi JID026 |
Jazz Is Dead |
8 |
NUBIYAN TWIST |
Chasing Shadows |
!K7 |
9 |
ANA TIJOUX |
97 [EP] |
Victoria Producciones |
10 |
UMUT ADAN AND ZEBANIS |
Baska Bahar |
Six Degrees |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
YOU IN I, THE |
The I In You |
The You In I |
2 |
HONEY DIJON |
The Nightlife |
SOS |
3 |
IDK |
Even The Devil Smiles |
broke |
4 |
THUNDERCAT |
Distracted |
Brainfeeder |
5 |
MOONCHILD |
Waves |
ONErpm |
6 |
KNEECAP |
FENIAN |
PIAS |
7 |
GENA |
The Pleasure Is Yours |
Lex |
8 |
BLCKFRIEND |
Lonestar |
Babygrande |
9 |
ANA TIJOUX |
97 [EP] |
Victoria Producciones |
10 |
DENZEL CURRY AND THE SCYTHE |
Strictly 4 The Scythe |
Loma Vista/Concord |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
ERICA VON KLEIST |
Picc Pocket |
Self-Released |
2 |
AJA MONET |
“melting clocks” feat. Mick Jenkins & Vic Mensa [Single] |
drink sum wtr |
3 |
CATHERINE RUSSELL |
Live At Jazz At Lincoln Center |
Dot Time |
4 |
INARA GEORGE |
Songs Of Douglass And Littell |
Release Me |
5 |
ISABELLA ISHERWOOD |
The Sweetest Sounds |
Sabrina |
6 |
PARLOR GREENS |
Emeralds |
Colemine |
7 |
SHUNZO OHNO |
Live At Joe’s Pub |
Pulsebeats |
8 |
STELLA HEATH |
For Billie |
Matterhorn |
9 |
GILAD BARAKAN |
Unsettled |
Elza One |
10 |
DAVE SCHUMACHER AND CUBEYE |
Agua Con Gas |
Cubeye |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
HONEY DIJON |
The Nightlife |
SOS |
2 |
ANGELE |
“What You Want” feat. Justice [Single] |
VL/Ed Banger/Because |
3 |
APPARAT |
A Hum Of Maybe |
Mute |
4 |
HOLY FUCK |
Event Beat |
Satellite Services |
5 |
AVALON EMERSON |
Written Into Changes |
Dead Oceans |
6 |
NINE INCH NAILS AND BOYS NOIZE |
Nine Inch Noize |
Interscope |
7 |
FCUKERS |
O |
Ninja Tune |
8 |
LADYTRON |
Paradises |
Nettwerk |
9 |
ROBYN |
Sexistential |
Young |
10 |
TIGA |
HOTLIFE |
Secret City/Turbo |
Jazz “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
CHICAGO SOUL JAZZ COLLECTIVE |
No Wind & No Rain |
Calligram |
2 |
CHRISTOPHER SANCHEZ |
Latin Jazz Meets Opera |
Zoho |
3 |
DAWN CLEMENT |
Dear Ms. Dearie |
Origin |
4 |
SERGIO PEREIRA |
Colors Of Time |
Self-Released |
5 |
BENNY BLEU |
When I Was A Fossil |
Circus Tent |
6 |
GEORGE “JERRY” GILLIAM |
It’s Party Time |
Meta Jax |
7 |
VIRGINIA MACDONALD |
In Search Of… |
Cellar |