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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 Tuesday, May 15th, 2018!
Top Thirty Recordings (based on airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOHN PRINE | The Tree of Forgiveness | Oh Boy |
| 2 | MAMMALS, THE | Sunshiner | Humble Abode |
| 3 | CHRIS SMITHER | Call Me Lucky | Signature Sounds |
| 4 | RY COODER | The Prodigal Son | Fantasy |
| 5 | WILLIE NELSON | Last Man Standing | Legacy |
| 6 | KIM RICHEY | Edgeland | Yep Roc |
| 7 | MISS EMILY | Between | Self-Released |
| 8 | VAN MORRISON AND JOEY DEFRANCESCO | You’re Driving Me Crazy | Sony/Legacy |
| 9 | YO LA TENGO | There’s A Riot Going On | Matador |
| 10 | KHRUANGBIN | Con Todo El Mundo | Dead Oceans |
| 11 | I’M WITH HER | See You Around | Rounder |
| 12 | JULIANA HATFIELD | Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John | American Laundromat |
| 13 | LEAKY BOOT JUG BAND | “Atlantic City” / “Paper Wings” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 14 | LLOYD GREEN AND JAY DEE MANESS | Journey To the Beginning | Coastal Blend |
| 15 | LOW LILY | 10000 Days Like This | Mad River |
| 16 | OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW | Volunteer [Advance Tracks] | Self-Released |
| 17 | PHARIS AND JASON ROMERO | Sweet Old Religion | Lula |
| 18 | ABBE MAY | Fruit | Luxury Cat |
| 19 | BELLE AND SEBASTIAN | How To Solve Our Human Problems | Matador |
| 20 | BETTYE LAVETTE | Things Have Changed | Verve |
| 21 | BRANDI CARLILE | By the Way, I Forgive You | Elektra |
| 22 | CHUCK BRODSKY | Them and Us | Self-Released |
| 23 | DEAD HORSES | My Mother The Moon | Self-Released |
| 24 | DECEMBERISTS, THE | I’ll Be Your Girl | Capitol |
| 25 | DOM FLEMONS | Black Cowboys | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 26 | ERIKA WENNERSTROM | Sweet Unknown | Partisan |
| 27 | GLEN HANSARD | Between Two Shores | Anti- |
| 28 | HIGHLAND TRAVELERS, THE | Highland Travelers | Mountain Fever |
| 29 | JOHNNYSWIM AND DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS | “Ring The Bells” [Single] | Goodbye Road |
| 30 | JOYANN PARKER | Hard To Love | Hopeless Romantic |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HOLY KNIVES, THE | Ritual Bloom | Self-Released |
| 2 | LA LUZ | Floating Features | Hardly Art |
| 3 | MATT AND KIM | Almost Everyday | Fader |
| 4 | SLEEPWAR | When We Were [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | TOM ESCH | The Modern Devices [EP] | Self-Released |
| 6 | YONOSEI | Blissed/Body Melt [EP] | Self-Released |
| 7 | CHRIS STILLS | Don’t Be Afraid | Self-Released |
| 8 | DAVID GERALD | N2U | Self-Released |
| 9 | DAVID MYHR | Lucky Day | Lojinx |
| 10 | ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER | Rebound | Frenchkiss |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KIRAN AHLUWALIA | 7 Billion | Self-Released |
| 2 | ALTAN | The Gap Of Dreams | Compass |
| 3 | COLLIE BUDDZ | “Legal Now” [Single] | Harper Digital |
| 4 | CONNLA | The Next Chapter | Self-Released |
| 5 | DJENEBA AND FOUSCO | Kayeba Khasso | Lusafrica |
| 6 | JAY DOUGLAS | Lovers Paradise (Best Of) | Slammin |
| 7 | KARAVAN SARAI | Painted Sands | Electrofone |
| 8 | MOIRA SMILEY | Unzip The Horizon | Self-Released |
| 9 | NEW KINGSTON | A Kingston Story: Come From Far | Easy Star |
| 10 | OLD BLIND DOGS | Room With A View | Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PRINCE AMINE | “Fuego” [Single] | Red Rebel |
| 2 | D-WAC | Just Keep Drinking | Alive & Free |
| 3 | MANNY | “Everywhere I Turn Is War” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | FULTON COUNTY | “Inside Out” (feat. Ebony Camille) [Single] | JLawson |
| 5 | RICK DUFF | High Life | Osean Entertainment |
| 6 | DR OCTAGON | Moosebumps | Bulk/Caroline |
| 7 | CUT CHEMIST | Die Cut | A Stable Sound |
| 8 | PRHYME | PRhyme 2 | PRhyme |
| 9 | DEL AND AMP LIVE | Gate 13 | Plug Research |
| 10 | PROF | Pookie Baby | Rhymesayers |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SHIRLEY CRABBE | Bridges | Mail Song |
| 2 | B’S BEES | Kanata | Django Heart |
| 3 | BENITO GONZALEZ/ GERRY GIBBS/ ESSIET OKON ESSIET | Passion Reverence Transcendence: The Music Of McCoy Tyner | Whaling City Sound |
| 4 | DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO | Close But No Cigar | Colemine |
| 5 | JEFF DENSON | Outside My Window | Self-Released |
| 6 | MICHELLE COLTRANE | Awakening | Blujazz |
| 7 | MIKE CLARK AND DELBERT BUMP | Retro Report | Ropeadope |
| 8 | POST MODERN JUKE BOX | The New Classics | Concord |
| 9 | GLENN CRYTZER ORCHESTRA | Ain’t It Grand? | Self-Released |
| 10 | BILLY JONES | 3’s A Crowd | AC49 |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KHRUANGBIN | Con Todo El Mundo | Dead Oceans |
| 2 | LOMA | Loma | Sub Pop |
| 3 | BOB HOLYROYD | The Cage | Self-Released |
| 4 | RHYE | Blood | Loma Vista |
| 5 | TRACEY THORN | Record | Merge |
| 6 | CUT CHEMIST | Die Cut | A Stable Sound |
| 7 | MOBY | Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt | Mute |
| 8 | WHAT SO NOT | Not All The Beautiful Things | Counter |
| 9 | LE GALAXIE | Pleasure | Red River |
| 10 | DANIEL AVERY | Song For Alpha | Mute |
Electronic / Dance “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KEYS N KRATES | Cura | Dim Mak |
| 2 | WHAT SO NOT | Not All The Beautiful Things | Counter |
| 3 | DANIEL AVERY | Song For Alpha | Mute |
| 4 | CHROME SPARKS | Chrome Sparks | Counter |
| 5 | NICKODEMUS | A Long Engagement | Wonderwheel |
World “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | FEMI KUTI | One People One World | Knitting Factory |
| 2 | GISTO | OMW | Historical |
| 3 | YIDDISH GLORY: THE LOST SONGS OF WORLD WAR II | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Six Degrees |
| 4 | KARAVAN SARAI | Painted Sands | Electrofone |
| 5 | ROOTS OF CREATION | Grateful Dub | Bombshelter/Controlled Substance Lab |
| 6 | MICHAEL WILLIAM GILBERT | Radio Omnibus | GIBEX |
| 7 | ORQUESTA AKOKAN | Orquesta Akokan | Daptone |
| 8 | TURBANS, THE | The Turbans | Six Degrees |
| 9 | KIRAN AHLUWALIA | 7 Billion | Self-Released |
| 10 | JAY DOUGLAS | Lovers Paradise (Best Of) | Slammin |
Hip Hop / R & B “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | E4T | “How Can I Lose” [Single] | Pretty Money |
| 2 | RECIPE, THE | Funerals & Purgatory | Self-Released |
| 3 | SAUKRATES | Season 2 | Culvert |
| 4 | GISTO | OMW | Historical |
| 5 | DESSA | Chime | Doomtree/INgrooves |
| 6 | JAMEL THOMAS | One On The House | National Defense |
| 7 | TAIZAUTIE | I’m Up | Boca |
| 8 | DR OCTAGON | Moosebumps | Bulk/Caroline |
| 9 | MIKE BARS | Desperate Measures [EP] | UnBranded |
| 10 | PROF | Pookie Baby | Rhymesayers |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | 4S’D | Man Or Muffin | Hobart |
| 2 | MARK MCGRAIN | Lone + Time + Divination | Immersion |
| 3 | UNDER THE LAKE | Jazz, Groove & Attitude | Mind in Overdrive |
| 4 | DAN PUGACH NONET | Plus One | Unit |
| 5 | CHARLIE PEACOCK | When Light Flashes… | Twenty Ten |
| 6 | SAZZ LEONORE | Fallen [EP] | Self-Released |
| 7 | KEVIN CONNOR AND SWING 3PO | Doin’ The New Lowdown | Self-Released |
| 8 | LESLIE PINTCHIK | You Eat My Food, You Drink My Wine, You Steal My Girl! | Pintch Hard |
| 9 | MICHAEL MORREALE | Miles Song | PepJack |
| 10 | ROBERTA DONNAY AND THE PROHIBITION MOB | My Heart Belongs To Satchmo | Blujazz |