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 30th, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, May 9th.
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April 24th through April 30th, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ALISON BROWN | On Banjo | Compass |
| 2 | NICKEL CREEK | Celebrants | Repair/Thirty Tigers |
| 3 | ROBBIE FULKS | Bluegrass Vacation | Compass |
| 4 | ALEX BLIZZY | A Step Behind | Self-Released |
| 5 | ASHBY FRANK | Leaving Is Believing | Mountain Home |
| 6 | BAND OF HEATHENS, THE | Simple Things | Orchard Ruf |
| 7 | LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER | Falling Forward | Self-Released |
| 8 | LOW LILY | Angels In The Wreckage | Self-Released |
| 9 | MIGHTY POPLAR | Mighty Poplar | Free Dirt |
| 10 | RIFTERS, THE | The Enchanted World | Howlin’ Dog |
| 11 | VAN MORRISON | Moving On Skiffle | Virgin |
| 12 | WOOD BROTHERS, THE | Heart Is The Hero | Honey Jar/Thirty Tigers |
| 13 | ALLY VENABLE | Real Gone | Ruf |
| 14 | BOMBADILS, THE | Dear Friend | Self-Released |
| 15 | HOLD STEADY, THE | The Price Of Progress | Positive Jams/Thirty Tigers |
| 16 | IRIS DEMENT | Workin’ On A World | Flariella |
| 17 | JORGENSENS | Americana Soul | Paramour |
| 18 | KALOS | Headland | Self-Released |
| 19 | MARGO PRICE | Strays | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 20 | MEREDITH MOON | Constellations | True North |
| 21 | NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE | Continue As A Guest | Merge |
| 22 | ROUGH AND TUMBLE, THE | Only This Far | Self-Released |
| 23 | SUSANNA HOFFS | The Deep End | Independent |
| 24 | WARD HAYDEN AND THE OUTLIERS | South Shore | Pilot Whale |
| 25 | JE’TEXAS | Je’Texas | Self-Released |
| 26 | BETTYE LAVETTE | “Plan B” [Single] | Jay Vee |
| 27 | ROVES, THE | Needle Factory | Discotif |
| 28 | NICK WATERHOUSE | The Fooler | Innovative Leisure |
| 29 | ZOMBIES, THE | Different Game | Cooking Vinyl |
| 30 | WHITE OWL RED | Running Blind | Bourgeois Dawg |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KEN DUNN | Anthology Volume 2 | Self-Released |
| 2 | MELATI ESP | Hipernatural | Carpark |
| 3 | ALEX BLIZZY | A Step Behind | Self-Released |
| 4 | BORN TO FLY | Reach For The Sky | Human Tribe Experience |
| 5 | ERIKA OLSON | This Is How I Pray | Self-Released |
| 6 | JOSIE COTTON | Day Of The Gun | Kitten Robot |
| 7 | RANSOM AND THE SUBSET | Perfect Crimes | Futureman |
| 8 | RAVEIS KOLE | In the Moment | Bop |
| 9 | DAVID G SMITH | Witness Trees | Self-Released |
| 10 | SPECIAL CONSENSUS | “Alberta Bound” [Single] | Compass |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | EASY STAR ALL-STARS | Ziggy Stardub | Easy Star |
| 2 | KALOS | Headland | Self-Released |
| 3 | RODRIGO Y GABRIELA | In Between Thoughts… A New World | ATO |
| 4 | GAULWAY RAMBLERS, THE | The Gaulway Ramblers | Self-Released |
| 5 | MICAH SHEMAIAH | Jamaica Jamaica | Evidence |
| 6 | CHEMBO CORNIEL QUINTET | Artistas, Musicos Y Poetas | Chemboro |
| 7 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FLAMENCO FUSION | Living In A Daydream | Self-Released |
| 8 | BUZZ AMATO | Muse Cafe | Blue Canoe |
| 9 | REGINALD POLICARD AND RICHARD BONA | “Melancolia” [Single] | Encuentro |
| 10 | ELLA AND THE BOSSA BEAT | In The Moment | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | WAX TAILOR | Fishing For Accidents | Lab’oratoire |
| 2 | FLY ANAKIN | Skinemaxxx (Side A) | Lex |
| 3 | YAYA BEY | Exodus The North Star [EP] | Big Dada |
| 4 | B. COOL-AID | Leather Blvd. | Lex |
| 5 | DE LA SOUL | 3 Feet High And Rising | AOI/Chrysalis |
| 6 | LITTLE SIMZ | NO THANK YOU | Forever Living Originals/AWAL |
| 7 | RARELYALWAYS | WORK | Innovative Leisure |
| 8 | PLANET GIZA | Ready When You Are | NSVG |
| 9 | BENNY REID AND HAVOC | The Infamous Live | Fat Beats |
| 10 | EL MICHELS AFFAIR AND BLACK THOUGHT | Glorious Game | Big Crown |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | WAYNE ESCOFFERY | Like Minds | Smoke Sessions |
| 2 | STEVE SMITH AND VITAL INFORMATION | Time Flies | Wounded Bird |
| 3 | PAUL LITTERAL | Legacy | Outrageous8 |
| 4 | CANADIAN JAZZ COLLECTIVE | Septology: The Black Forest Session | HGBS Blue |
| 5 | CHEMBO CORNIEL QUINTET | Artistas, Musicos Y Poetas | Chemboro |
| 6 | MICHAEL DEASE | The Other Shoe: The Music Of Gregg Hill | Origin |
| 7 | NICK GREEN | Green On The Scene | Cellar |
| 8 | JUAN PASTOR/CHINCHANO | Cachito | Brace |
| 9 | CHRIS KEEFE | Opening | Zugzwangbebop |
| 10 | MIKE MELITO | To Swing Is The Thing | Cellar |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | M83 | Fantasy | Mute |
| 2 | 100 GECS | 10,000 gecs | Dog Show/Atlantic |
| 3 | MOON BOOTS | Ride Away | Anjunadeep |
| 4 | DEBBY FRIDAY | GOOD LUCK | Sub Pop |
| 5 | FEVER RAY | Radical Romantics | Mute |
| 6 | MAGDALENA BAY | Mini Mix Vol. 3 [EP] | Luminelle |
| 7 | DEPECHE MODE | Memento Mori | Columbia/Sony |
| 8 | YVES TUMOR | Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) | Warp |
| 9 | YAEJI | With A Hammer | XL/Beggars Group |
| 10 | KELELA | Raven | Warp |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KASHE | “Stranded” [Single] | JP Perez |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MICHAEL WETHERWAX AND THE KUPKASONIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA | Big Band Trax By Wax | Self-Released |
| 2 | ALISON CROCKETT | Echoes Of An Era Redux | Sol Image |
| 3 | ARTIE ROTH QUARTET | Resonants | TPR |
| 4 | DAVID LARSEN | The Peplowski Project | Self-Released |