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Top Albums 5/9/2023

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 7th, 2023.  Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, May 16th.

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May 1st through May 7th, 2023

Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings

Artist Record Label
1 ALLY VENABLE Real Gone Ruf
2 HOT SUPPERS, THE Live At The Colonial Theatre! Self-Released
3 IRIS DEMENT Workin’ On A World Flariella
4 NATALIE MERCHANT Keep Your Courage Nonesuch
5 NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE Continue As A Guest Merge
6 ROBBIE FULKS Bluegrass Vacation Compass
7 ALEX BLIZZY A Step Behind Self-Released
8 ALICE HOWE Circumstance Know Howe
9 BAND OF HEATHENS, THE Simple Things Orchard Ruf
10 BILLY STRINGS “California Sober” feat. Willie Nelson [Single] Reprise
11 DRAYTON FARLEY “Norfolk Blues” [Single] Hargrove/Thirty Tigers
12 ROUGH AND TUMBLE, THE Only This Far Self-Released
13 SLAID CLEAVES Together Through The Dark Candy House
14 TOMMY EMMANUEL Accomplice Two CGP
15 ONE NIGHT IN TEXAS: THE NEXT WALTZ’S TRIBUTE TO THE RED HEADED STRANGER VARIOUS ARTISTS The Next Waltz
16 WARD HAYDEN AND THE OUTLIERS South Shore Pilot Whale
17 ODESZA The Last Goodbye (Deluxe Edition) Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune
18 BETTYE LAVETTE “Plan B” [Single] Jay Vee
19 ROVES, THE Needle Factory Discotif
20 NICK WATERHOUSE The Fooler Innovative Leisure
21 ZOMBIES, THE Different Game Cooking Vinyl
22 MARC BROUSSARD SOS IV Blues For Your Soul KTBA
23 CIGARBOX MAN “I Am Not Terrified” [Single] Self-Released
24 CURSE OF KK HAMMOND Death Roll Blues Self-Released
25 PETER CASE Doctor Moan Sunset Blvd
26 ALLAN CLARKE I’ll Never Forget BMG
27 DAVID G SMITH Witness Trees Self-Released
28 HENRY ABERSON “Don’t Walk Away” feat. Jae Franklin [Single] Max C
29 PLANET D NONET Blues To Be There, A Salute To Duke Ellington Eastlawn
30 ALISON BROWN On Banjo Compass

Top “Adds”  

Artist Record Label
1 CHRIS VALLILLO Forgottonia Gin Ridge
2 MATTHEW ALEXANDER Midnight Dream Station Caravan
3 RONAN DELISLE Heavyweights In The Ring Self-Released
4 AARYTHMERS “Thinking Of Her” b/w “WTF” [Single] Self-Released
5 AUSTIN BROOKNER Ghost Tongue Black Monday
6 LA FAUTE Blue Girl, Nice Day Self-Released
7 MICHAEL JEROME BROWNE Gettin’ Together Self-Released
8 OPEN ROAD Skylark Self-Released
9 SARAH MORRIS “Come Back” [Single] Self-Released
10 WILLIAM PRINCE Stand In The Joy Six Shooter

 

Top Ten World Recordings

Artist Record Label
1 CHEMBO CORNIEL QUINTET Artistas, Musicos Y Poetas Chemboro
2 MIGUEL ESPINOZA FLAMENCO FUSION Living In A Daydream Self-Released
3 BUZZ AMATO Muse Cafe Blue Canoe
4 REGINALD POLICARD AND RICHARD BONA “Melancolia” [Single] Encuentro
5 ALTIN GUN Ask ATO
6 BAABA MAAL Being Marathon
7 ZUCO 103 Telenova Six Degrees
8 DAVID WALTERS Soul Tropical Six Degrees
9 ACID ARAB Trois Crammed Discs
10 JACKIE MENDOZA Galaxia De Emociones ZZK

Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings

Artist Record Label
1 KASHE “Stranded” [Single] JP Perez
2 FLY ANAKIN Skinemaxxx (Side A) Lex
3 WAX TAILOR Fishing For Accidents Lab’oratoire
4 B COOL-AID Leather Blvd. Lex
5 YAYA BEY Exodus The North Star [EP] Big Dada
6 PLANET GIZA Ready When You Are NSVG
7 BENNY REID AND HAVOC The Infamous Live Fat Beats
8 LITTLE SIMZ NO THANK YOU Forever Living Originals/AWAL
9 EL MICHELS AFFAIR AND BLACK THOUGHT Glorious Game Big Crown
10 FRESH KILS Disclaimer Urbnet

Top Ten Jazz Albums

Artist Record Label
1 ALEX ACUNA Gifts Le Coq
2 ARTURO SANDOVAL Rhythm & Soul MetaJAX
3 BRAD MEHLDAU Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles Nonesuch
4 GARRETT SARACHO, ADRIAN YOUNGE, AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD Garrett Saracho JID015 Jazz Is Dead
5 ISAIAH J THOMPSON The Power Of The Spirit Blue Engine
6 MARTIN BEJERANO #Cubanamerican Self-Released
7 ADRIAN YOUNGE AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD Jazz Is Dead 011 Jazz Is Head
8 AHMAD JAMAL Emerald City Nights Jazz Detective
9 CHARLES STEPNEY Step On Step International Anthem
10 ED CHERRY Are We There Yet? Cellar

Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings

Artist Record Label
1 ODESZA The Last Goodbye (Deluxe Edition) Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune
2 FOUR TET “Three Drums” [Single] Text
3 JFDR Museum Houndstooth
4 M83 Fantasy Mute
5 100 GECS 10,000 gecs Dog Show/Atlantic
6 DEBBY FRIDAY GOOD LUCK Sub Pop
7 FEVER RAY Radical Romantics Mute
8 MOON BOOTS Ride Away Anjunadeep
9 EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL Fuse Buzzin Fly/Verve
10 MAGDALENA BAY Mini Mix Vol. 3 [EP] Luminelle

Jazz “Adds”  

Artist Record Label
1 LAUREN HENDERSON Conjuring Brontosaurus
2 YELENA ECKEMOFF Lonely Man And His Fish L And H
3 MICHAEL FEINBERG Blues Variant Criss Cross
4 KANE KALAS High Hopes Centerpoint
5 MIRA CHOQUETTE In Reel Time. Self-Released

 

May 9, 2023 By Denis Howard

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