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, June 4th, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, June 6th.
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May 22nd through May 28th, 2023
Top Thirty Most-Played Overall Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LEFTOVER SALMON | Grass Roots | Compass |
| 2 | CYNTHIA MARCHANT | Flesh And Bone | Self-Released |
| 3 | DEB CALLAHAN | Backbone | Blue Pearl |
| 4 | JOSH RITTER | Spectral Lines | Pytheas/Thirty Tigers |
| 5 | ALEX BLIZZY | A Step Behind | Self-Released |
| 6 | BRANDY CLARK | Brandy Clark | Warner |
| 7 | EILEN JEWELL | Get Behind The Wheel | Signature Sounds |
| 8 | IRIS DEMENT | Workin’ On A World | Flariella |
| 9 | MIGHTY POPLAR | Mighty Poplar | Free Dirt |
| 10 | RODNEY CROWELL | The Chicago Sessions | New West |
| 11 | ALISON BROWN | On Banjo | Compass |
| 12 | BAND OF HEATHENS, THE | Simple Things | Orchard Ruf |
| 13 | GROUCHY LIKE RILEY | Still | Self-Released |
| 14 | LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER | Falling Forward | Self-Released |
| 15 | NICK WATERHOUSE | The Fooler | Innovative Leisure |
| 16 | ROVES, THE | Needle Factory | Discotif |
| 17 | SLAID CLEAVES | Together Through The Dark | Candy House |
| 18 | SPECIAL CONSENSUS | Great Blue North | Compass |
| 19 | SQUIRREL HILLBILLIES | Rhizomes | Self-Released |
| 20 | TOMMY EMMANUEL | Accomplice Two | CGP |
| 21 | WHITE OWL RED | Running Blind | Bourgeois Dawg |
| 22 | MILKY CHANCE | “Purple Tiger” [Single] | Muggelig |
| 23 | ALASTAIR GREENE | Alive In The New World | Whiskey Bayou |
| 24 | ALICE HOWE | Circumstance | Know Howe |
| 25 | ALLISON DE GROOT AND TATIANA HARGREAVES | Hurricane Clarice | Free Dirt |
| 26 | ANA POPOVIC | POWER | ArtistXclusive |
| 27 | ANGELICA ROCKNE | The Rose Society | Fluff And Gravy |
| 28 | BABY NO NAME | Come Close | Self-Released |
| 29 | BACKTRACK BLUES BAND | A Day By The Bay | Gulf Coast |
| 30 | BARBARA BLUE | From The Shoals | BIG Blue |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AMELIA PRESLEY | Coyote Howl [EP] | Edgewater |
| 2 | JUNE BISANTZ AND GORDON MORRELL | It’s Been A Long, Long Time | Fun Devils |
| 3 | AARON SMITH AND THE COAL BITERS | The Legend Of Sam Davis And Other Stories Of Newton County, Arkansas | Self-Released |
| 4 | AL HOLLIDAY | All I Want | Sandwich Dynasty |
| 5 | AL STAEHELY | “Something Good Is Gonna Happen” [Single] | Quarto Valley |
| 6 | BULLY | Lucky For You | Sub Pop |
| 7 | RENA GUINN | Is This Now? | Self-Released |
| 8 | BIG STOVE | “Thick” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | CATSMELVIN | “Campus Grass – Machine Gun” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | REBECCA AADLAND | Stronger Broken | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HEMPRESS SATIVA | “Sound The Trumpet” [Single] | Conquering Lion |
| 2 | ALTIN GUN | Ask | ATO |
| 3 | BAABA MAAL | Being | Marathon |
| 4 | ZUCO 103 | Telenova | Six Degrees |
| 5 | RODRIGO Y GABRIELA | In Between Thoughts… A New World | ATO |
| 6 | Y LA BAMBA | Lucha | Tender Loving Empire |
| 7 | DAVID WALTERS | Soul Tropical | Six Degrees |
| 8 | EASY STAR ALL-STARS | Ziggy Stardub | Easy Star |
| 9 | SON ROMPE PERA | Chimborazo | AYA |
| 10 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FLAMENCO FUSION | Living In A Daydream | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ATMOSPHERE | So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously | Rhymesayers |
| 2 | FLY ANAKIN | Skinemaxxx (Side A) | Lex |
| 3 | HARRISON | Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees | Last Gang |
| 4 | B COOL-AID | Leather Blvd. | Lex |
| 5 | BILLY WOODS AND KENNY SEGAL | Maps | Backwoodz Studioz/Fat Possum |
| 6 | KILLER MIKE | “Don’t Let The Devil” [Single] | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 7 | WAX TAILOR | Fishing For Accidents | Lab’oratoire |
| 8 | EL MICHELS AFFAIR AND BLACK THOUGHT | Glorious Game | Big Crown |
| 9 | LITTLE SIMZ | NO THANK YOU | Forever Living Originals/AWAL |
| 10 | PLANET GIZA | Ready When You Are | NSVG |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JACQUES SCHWARZ-BART | The Harlem Suite | Ropeadope |
| 2 | JON CLEARY | So Swell | Single Lock |
| 3 | ARTEMIS | In Real Time | Blue Note |
| 4 | LONNIE LISTON SMITH, ADRIAN YOUNGE AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD | Lonnie Liston Smith JID017 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 5 | CECILIA SMITH | The Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project: Small Ensemble Repertoire, Volume 1 | Innova |
| 6 | TAJ MAHAL | Savoy | Linus/Stony Plain |
| 7 | KENDRICK SCOTT | Corridors | Blue Note |
| 8 | MICHAEL DEASE | The Other Shoe: The Music Of Gregg Hill | Origin |
| 9 | WAYNE ESCOFFERY | Like Minds | Smoke Sessions |
| 10 | ARTURO O’FARRILL | Legacies |
Top TenElectronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL | Fuse | Buzzin Fly/Verve |
| 2 | M83 | Fantasy | Mute |
| 3 | FEVER RAY | Radical Romantics | Mute |
| 4 | DAFT PUNK | Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition) | Columbia/Sony |
| 5 | A CERTAIN RATIO | 1982 (Nineteen Eighty Two) | Mute |
| 6 | OVERMONO | Good Lies | XL/Beggars |
| 7 | ALISON GOLDFRAPP | The Love Invention | Skint/BMG |
| 8 | DJANGO DJANGO | Off Planet Part 3 [EP] | Because |
| 9 | NEGGY GEMMY | CBD Reiki Moonbeam | 100% Electronica |
| 10 | RARE SSR ELECTRONICA 1994-01 (CRAMMED ARCHIVES 3) | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Crammed Discs |
Electronic “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JAMES ELLIS FORD | The Hum | Warp |
| 2 | BIG STOVE | “Thick” [Single] | Self-Released |
Hip Hop “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BIG STOVE | “Thick” [Single] | Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | OSCAR PENAS | Chicken or Pasta | Muzikoz |
| 2 | ANTHONY HERVEY | Words From My Horn | Outside In |
| 3 | DHAIVAT JANI PLUS | Sum // Parts | Self-Released |
| 4 | FUAT TUAC | Immigrant | Tuzu Kuru |
| 5 | JUNE BISANTZ AND GORDON MORRELL | It’s Been A Long, Long Time | Fun Devils |
| 6 | AARON SMITH AND THE COAL BITERS | The Legend Of Sam Davis And Other Stories Of Newton County, Arkansas | Self-Released |