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 18th, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, June 27th.
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June 12th through June 18th, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | IRIS DEMENT | Workin’ On A World | Flariella |
| 2 | BEN HARPER | Wide Open Light | Chrysalis |
| 3 | GRAHAM NASH | Now | BMG |
| 4 | BOB DYLAN | Shadow Kingdom | Columbia |
| 5 | DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS | Strangers No More | Magnolia/Tone Tree |
| 6 | HOLD STEADY, THE | The Price Of Progress | Positive Jams/Thirty Tigers |
| 7 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Weathervanes | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 8 | RODNEY CROWELL | The Chicago Sessions | New West |
| 9 | TEMPLES | Exotico | ATO |
| 10 | VAN MORRISON | Moving On Skiffle | Virgin |
| 11 | ALLAN CLARKE | I’ll Never Forget | BMG |
| 12 | ARLEN ROTH AND JERRY JEMMOTT | Super Soul Session! | Blue Heart |
| 13 | BRANDY CLARK | Brandy Clark | Warner |
| 14 | CHRIS ST. JOHN | The Sinner And The Saint | Halo |
| 15 | CLARK | Sus Dog | Throttle |
| 16 | DANIEL RODRIGUEZ | Vast Nothing | Self-Released |
| 17 | EILEN JEWELL | Get Behind The Wheel | Signature Sounds |
| 18 | ESTHER ROSE | Safe To Run | New West |
| 19 | FRUIT BATS | A River Running To Your Heart | Merge |
| 20 | JENNIFER LYN AND THE GROOVE REVIVAL | Gypsy Soul | J&R Collective |
| 21 | JOSH RITTER | Spectral Lines | Pytheas/Thirty Tigers |
| 22 | KASSI VALAZZA | Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing | Fluff And Gravy |
| 23 | MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES | Altitude | Self-Released |
| 24 | NATALIE MERCHANT | Keep Your Courage | Nonesuch |
| 25 | NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE | Continue As A Guest | Merge |
| 26 | PETER CASE | Doctor Moan | Sunset Blvd |
| 27 | ROBINSON AND ROHE | Into The Night | Righteous Babe |
| 28 | STAN DAVIS | Refuge | Self-Released |
| 29 | WOOD BROTHERS, THE | Heart Is The Hero | Honey Jar/Thirty Tigers |
| 30 | ADAM MASTERSON | Time Bomb (Adam Masterson) | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BEN NOBLE | Bitter Work | Self-Released |
| 2 | AL STAEHELY | Somewhere In West Texas | Quarto Valley |
| 3 | MICHAEL VINCENT | Electric Fox | Angel Blossom |
| 4 | MITCH HAYES | Gentle Man | Self-Released |
| 5 | AL HOLLIDAY | All I Want | Sandwich Dynasty |
| 6 | DAVID GELMAN | “High Road” b/w “Stuck on Broadway” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 7 | EAST AND THE CROW, THE | Embers In The Sea [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | JACUZZI BOYS | Dipped + Glue | Mag Mag |
| 9 | DEAN MUELLER | Life Ain’t All Roses | Self-Released |
| 10 | MALCOLM HOLCOMBE | Bits & Pieces | Need To Know |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CLUB D’ELF | As Above | Face Pelt |
| 2 | DAMIR IMAMOVIC | The World and All That It Holds | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 3 | GNOSS | “Christine’s” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | KAREN Y LOS REMEDIOS | “Mi Gran Dolor” [Single] | ZZK |
| 5 | SON ROMPE PERA | Chimborazo | AYA |
| 6 | REGINALD POLICARD AND RICHARD BONA | “Encuentro Theme” [Single] | Encuentro |
| 7 | GONZALO GRAU AND LA CLAVE SECRETA | De Verdad Verdad | Self-Released |
| 8 | MIGUEL ESPINOZA FLAMENCO FUSION | Living In A Daydream | Self-Released |
| 9 | BUZZ AMATO | Muse Cafe | Blue Canoe |
| 10 | ALTIN GUN | Ask | ATO |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | STEVIE B | “Lucifer’s Rain” (The Audio Scientists Laboratory Remix) [Single] | Mia Mind |
| 2 | BILLY WOODS AND KENNY SEGAL | Maps | Backwoodz Studioz/Fat Possum |
| 3 | ATMOSPHERE | So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | KARI FAUX | REAL B*TCHES DON’T DIE | Drink Sum Wtr |
| 5 | HARRISON | Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees | Last Gang |
| 6 | FLY ANAKIN | Skinemaxxx (Side A) | Lex |
| 7 | KASSA OVERALL | ANIMALS | Warp |
| 8 | EL MICHELS AFFAIR AND BLACK THOUGHT | Glorious Game | Big Crown |
| 9 | KILLER MIKE | Michael | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 10 | LITTLE SIMZ | NO THANK YOU | Forever Living Originals/AWAL |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SONNY STITT | Boppin’ in Baltimore | Elemental/Jazz Detective |
| 2 | GEORGE COLEMAN | Live At Smalls Jazz Club | Cellar |
| 3 | JAN CRONIN | I Thought About You | Scooter |
| 4 | BILLY CHILDS | The Winds Of Change | Mack Avenue |
| 5 | BUSTER WILLIAMS | Unalome | Smoke Sessions |
| 6 | CATHERINE RUSSELL | “I Want To Talk About You” [Single] | Dot Time |
| 7 | JUNE BISANTZ AND GORDON MORRELL | It’s Been A Long, Long Time | Fun Devils |
| 8 | TOM COLLIER | Boomer Vibes Volume 1 | Summit |
| 9 | CLARK GIBSON | Counterclock | Cellar |
| 10 | DAVID LARSEN | The Peplowski Project | Larsen Jazz |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CONFIDENCE MAN AND DANIEL AVERY | “On & On (Again)” [Single] | Chaos/Polydor |
| 2 | KHOTIN | Release Spirit | Ghostly International |
| 3 | ODONIS ODONIS | ICON [EP] | Pirates Blend |
| 4 | SPEAKERS CORNER QUARTET | Further Out Than The Edge | OTIH |
| 5 | ALISON GOLDFRAPP | The Love Invention | Skint/BMG |
| 6 | DAFT PUNK | Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition) | Columbia/Sony |
| 7 | OVERMONO | Good Lies | XL/Beggars |
| 8 | EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL | Fuse | Buzzin Fly/Verve |
| 9 | M83 | Fantasy | Mute |
| 10 | RARE SSR ELECTRONICA 1994-01 (CRAMMED ARCHIVES 3) | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Crammed Discs |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | WILL BONNESS | Is This a Dream? | Self-Released |
| 2 | JAMES MCGOWAN ENSEMBLE | Reaching In | Self-Released |
| 3 | MICHAEL BISSIO AND TIMOTHY HILL | Inside Voice/Outside Voice | Origin |
| 4 | ORRIN EVANS | The Red Door | Smoke Sessions |
| 5 | DEE DANIELS AND DENZAL SINCLAIRE | Let It Shine! Let It Shine! | Cellar |
| 6 | JOEL GOODMAN | An Exquisite Moment | A64 |
| 7 | NICOLE ZURAITIS | How Love Begins | Outside In |
| 8 | NIMMONS TRIBUTE, THE | Volume 2: Generaitional | Self-Released |
| 9 | PACIFIC JAZZ GROUP, THE | The Pacific Jazz Group | Ropeadope |