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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June 5th through June 11th, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GRAHAM NASH | Now | BMG |
| 2 | BEN HARPER | Wide Open Light | Chrysalis |
| 3 | DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS | Strangers No More | Magnolia/Tone Tree |
| 4 | ALISON BROWN | On Banjo | Compass |
| 5 | IRIS DEMENT | Workin’ On A World | Flariella |
| 6 | JENNIFER LYN AND THE GROOVE REVIVAL | Gypsy Soul | J&R Collective |
| 7 | NATALIE MERCHANT | Keep Your Courage | Nonesuch |
| 8 | DAN TYMINSKI | God Fearing Heathens [EP] | 8 Track |
| 9 | EILEN JEWELL | Get Behind The Wheel | Signature Sounds |
| 10 | FENNE LILY | Big Picture | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 11 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Weathervanes | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 12 | SHERPAS, THE | Promise To Harry | Trifecta |
| 13 | SPARKS | The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte | Island |
| 14 | BEACH HOUSE | Become [EP] | Sub Pop |
| 15 | BOB DYLAN | Shadow Kingdom | Columbia |
| 16 | BRANDY CLARK | Brandy Clark | Warner |
| 17 | BUNNY BARNES | It Goes Like It Goes | BB Tune |
| 18 | DAMNED, THE | Darkadelic | earMUSIC |
| 19 | DANIEL RODRIGUEZ | Vast Nothing | Self-Released |
| 20 | FOO FIGHTERS | But Here We Are | Roswell |
| 21 | GHOST | Phantomime [EP] | Lorna Vista |
| 22 | GRAINNE DUFFY | Dirt Woman Blues | Blue Heart |
| 23 | IVAN NEVILLE | Touch My Soul | Mascot |
| 24 | LADY J HUSTON | Groove Me Baby | Earwig/Unisun |
| 25 | LISSA SCHNECKENBURGER | Falling Forward | Self-Released |
| 26 | LUCINDA WILLIAMS | “New York Comeback” [Single] | Highway 20/Thirty Tigers |
| 27 | MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES | Altitude | Self-Released |
| 28 | NATIONAL, THE | First Two Pages Of Frankenstein | 4AD |
| 29 | PARKER MILLSAP | Wilderness Within You | Self-Released |
| 30 | ROBBIE FULKS | Bluegrass Vacation | Compass |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | EVVAN | The Little Things [EP] | Self-Released |
| 2 | JIMMY WHISPERS | The Search For God | Carpark |
| 3 | JOHN AND SHEILA LUDGATE | The Kitchen Sessions | Self-Released |
| 4 | AARYTHMERS | Cardiac | Self-Released |
| 5 | UTE LEMPER | Time Traveler | Jazzhaus |
| 6 | AMERICAN BEAUTIES | Sound Of Mind | Self-Released |
| 7 | HILLSTROM AND BILLY | “Black Moon” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | RANDY ROSS | “Blowin’ Dust” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | THOMAS LAUDERDALE MEETS THE PILGRIMS | Thomas Lauderdale Meets The Pilgrims | Heinz |
| 10 | BRIAN KALINEC | The Beauty Of It All | Berkalin |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GONZALO GRAU AND LA CLAVE SECRETA | De Verdad Verdad | Self-Released |
| 2 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FLAMENCO FUSION | Living In A Daydream | Self-Released |
| 3 | BUZZ AMATO | Muse Cafe | Blue Canoe |
| 4 | ALTIN GUN | Ask | ATO |
| 5 | TINARIWEN | Amatssou | Wedge |
| 6 | RODRIGO Y GABRIELA | In Between Thoughts… A New World | ATO |
| 7 | ZUCO 103 | Telenova | Six Degrees |
| 8 | BAABA MAAL | Being | Marathon |
| 9 | Y LA BAMBA | Lucha | Tender Loving Empire |
| 10 | KETURAH | Keturah | Hen House |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | STEVIE B | “Lucifer’s Rain” (The Audio Scientists Laboratory Remix) [Single] | Mia Mind |
| 2 | ATMOSPHERE | So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously | Rhymesayers |
| 3 | BILLY WOODS AND KENNY SEGAL | Maps | Backwoodz Studioz/Fat Possum |
| 4 | HARRISON | Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees | Last Gang |
| 5 | KARI FAUX | REAL B*TCHES DON’T DIE | Drink Sum Wtr |
| 6 | FLY ANAKIN | Skinemaxxx (Side A) | Lex |
| 7 | KASSA OVERALL | ANIMALS | Warp |
| 8 | EL MICHELS AFFAIR AND BLACK THOUGHT | Glorious Game | Big Crown |
| 9 | LITTLE SIMZ | NO THANK YOU | Forever Living Originals/AWAL |
| 10 | KILLER MIKE | “Don’t Let The Devil” [Single] | Loma Vista/Concord |
Jazz Top Ten Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JAN CRONIN | I Thought About You | Scooter |
| 2 | COREY HENRY | “Footwork” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 3 | GEORGE COLEMAN | Live At Smalls Jazz Club | Cellar |
| 4 | JUNE BISANTZ AND GORDON MORRELL | It’s Been A Long, Long Time | Fun Devils |
| 5 | ANTONIO ADOLFO | Octet And Originals | AAM |
| 6 | EDWARD SIMON FEATURING MAGOS HERRERA | Femeninas Songs Of Latin American Women | Artists Share |
| 7 | DAVID LARSEN | The Peplowski Project | Larsen Jazz |
| 8 | JUAN PASTOR/CHINCHANO | Cachito | Brace |
| 9 | ALISON CROCKETT | Echoes Of An Era Redux: My Father’s Record Collection, Vol. 1 | Sol Image |
| 10 | GREG DIAMOND | Beata | Chasm |
Top Ten Electronic Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AVALON EMERSON | Avalon Emerson & The Charm | Another Dove/One House |
| 2 | ALISON GOLDFRAPP | The Love Invention | Skint/BMG |
| 3 | OVERMONO | Good Lies | XL/Beggars |
| 4 | DAFT PUNK | Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition) | Columbia/Sony |
| 5 | EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL | Fuse | Buzzin Fly/Verve |
| 6 | M83 | Fantasy | Mute |
| 7 | RARE SSR ELECTRONICA 1994-01 (CRAMMED ARCHIVES 3) | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Crammed Discs |
| 8 | NEGGY GEMMY | CBD Reiki Moonbeam | 100% Electronica |
| 9 | NABIHAH IQBAL | DREAMER | Ninja Tune |
| 10 | ALBUM LEAF, THE | Future Falling | Nettwerk |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | REGINALD POLICARD AND RICHARD BONA | “Encuentro Theme” [Single] | Encuentro |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BUSELLI – WALLARAB JAZZ ORCHESTRA | Gennett Suite | Patois |
| 2 | CHARLIE APICELLA AND IRON CITY | The Griots Speaks | OA2 |
| 3 | JAVIER NERO JAZZ ORCHESTRA | Kemet: The Black Land | Outside In |
| 4 | KEIGO HIRAKAWA | Pixel | Origin |
| 5 | MICHAEL COSTANTINO | The Song Inside The Tune | Self-Released |
| 6 | RAY VEGA AND THOMAS MARRIOT | East-West Trumpet Summit | Origin |
| 7 | STEPHEN JONES AND BEN HAUGLAND | Road to No-Where | OA2 |