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. Our next airplay chart will be computed and posted on Tuesday, June 9th, 2020!
Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) / weru.org
May 25th through May 31st, 2020
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ELIZA GILKYSON | 2020 (Twenty Twenty) | Red House |
| 2 | NATHANIEL RATELIFF | And It’s Still Alright | Stax/Concord |
| 3 | DAVID BROMBERG BAND | Big Road | Red House |
| 4 | KATIE PRUITT | Expectations | Rounder/Concord |
| 5 | LUCINDA WILLIAMS | Good Souls Better Angels | Highway 20/Thirty Tigers |
| 6 | SPECIAL CONSENSUS | Chicago Barn Dance | Red House |
| 7 | CHATHAM COUNTY LINE | Strange Fascination | Yep Roc |
| 8 | DRIVE BY TRUCKERS | The Unraveling | ATO |
| 9 | FRAZEY FORD | U Kin B The Sun | Arts & Crafts |
| 10 | GORDON THOMAS WARD | Eiderdown | Trespass |
| 11 | INDIGO GIRLS | Look Long | Rounder |
| 12 | JONAH TOLCHIN | Fires For The Cold | Yep Roc |
| 13 | KEITH GREENINGER | Human Citizen | Self-Released |
| 14 | LILLY HIATT | Walking Proof | New West |
| 15 | MAMMALS, THE | Nonet | Humble Abode |
| 16 | MASTERSONS, THE | No Time For Love Songs | Red House/Compass |
| 17 | ROBERT CRAY BAND | That’s What I Heard | Nozzle |
| 18 | SIERRA HULL | 25 Trips | Rounder |
| 19 | WAXAHATCHEE | Saint Cloud | Merge |
| 20 | CARRINGTON MACDUFFIE | I’m The One [EP] | Pointy Head |
| 21 | BETTYE LAVETTE | “I Hold No Grudge” [Single] | Verve |
| 22 | JESSE MALIN | “Backstabbers” b/w “Crawling Back To You” [Single] | Wicked Cool |
| 23 | BUTTERTONES, THE | Jazzhound | Innovative Leisure |
| 24 | DANIELIA COTTON | A Different War | Self-Released |
| 25 | ERIC HIRSHBERG | Spare Room | Beautiful Corner/UMG |
| 26 | AMERICAN AQUARIUM | Me + Mine (Lamentations) | New West |
| 27 | DATURA4 | West Coast Highway Cosmic | Alive Naturalsound |
| 28 | WAYNE OLIVIERI | “We’re In This Together” [Single] | Bongo Boy |
| 29 | ANDREW MCKNIGHT | Treasures In My Chest | Catalooch |
| 30 | HALF WAIF | The Caretaker | Anti- |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DIVE INDEX | Waving At Airplanes | Neutral |
| 2 | JAY STOTT | Wreckage Of Now | Self-Released |
| 3 | LILY AND HORN HORSE | Republicans For Bernie | Dots Per Inch |
| 4 | MARIUS HOLTH | Wild Poem | Wings Of Silver |
| 5 | VICTORIA LANGFORD | Victoria | Self-Released |
| 6 | DEERHOOF | Future Teenage Cave Artists | Joyful Noise |
| 7 | MOBY | All Visible Objects | Mute |
| 8 | KING ROPES | Go Back Where They Came From | Big And Just Little |
| 9 | BIG GIGANTIC | Free Your Mind | Counter |
| 10 | DISTRICTS, THE | You Know I’m Not Going Anywhere | Fat Possum |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ANDREW MCKNIGHT | Treasures In My Chest | Catalooch |
| 2 | KAYTRANADA | Bubba | RCA |
| 3 | SVEN WUNDER | Eastern Flowers | Light In The Attic |
| 4 | MAX HIGHSTEIN | Gratitunes | Desert Heart |
| 5 | LIDO PIMIENTA | Miss Colombia | Anti- |
| 6 | BUSCABULLA | Regresa | Ribbon |
| 7 | JAH9 | Note To Self | VP |
| 8 | SERGIO MENDES | In The Key Of Joy (Deluxe Edition) | Concord |
| 9 | TONY ALLEN AND HUGH MASEKELA | Rejoice! | World Circuit |
| 10 | ANTIBALAS | Fu Chronicles | Daptone |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RJD2 | The Fun Ones | RJ’s Electrical Connections |
| 2 | SHABAZZ PALACES | The Don Of Diamond Dreams | Sub Pop |
| 3 | BISHOP NEHRU | Nehruvia: My Disregarded Thoughts | Nehruvia |
| 4 | TOM MISCH AND YUSSEF DAYES | What Kinda Music | Beyond The Groove/Blue Note/Caroline |
| 5 | KENNY MASON | Angelic Hoodrat | Self-Released |
| 6 | RUN THE JEWELS | “Ooh LA LA” b/w “The Yankee And The Brave” [Single] | Jewel Runners |
| 7 | THUNDERCAT | It Is What It Is | Brainfeeder |
| 8 | MOVES: CLUB CLASSICS | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Moves |
| 9 | NAYA ALI | Godspeed: Baptism (Prelude) | Coyote |
| 10 | DENZEL CURRY AND KENNY BEATS | Unlocked | Loma Vista |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KANDACE SPRINGS | The Women Who Raised Me | Blue Note |
| 2 | SVEN WUNDER | Eastern Flowers | Light In The Attic |
| 3 | WITCH PROPHET | Dna Activation | Self-Released |
| 4 | ENRIQUE HANEINE | Unlayered | Elegant Walk |
| 5 | JC HOPKINS BIGGISH BAND | New York Moment | Twee Jazz |
| 6 | TROY ROBERTS | Stuff I Heard | Toy Robot |
| 7 | JEFF PIFHER SOCRATES TRIAL | Live At Bluewhale | Self-Released |
| 8 | HERB SILVERSTEIN AND MICHAEL ROSS | Looking Back | Silver Tunes |
| 9 | JIM SELF JOHN CHIODINI DUO | The Light Fantastic | Basset Hound |
| 10 | LINDA PURL | Taking A Chance On Love | Reaching |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HALF WAIF | The Caretaker | Anti- |
| 2 | YPPAH | Sunset In The Deep End | Future Archive |
| 3 | CARIBOU | Suddenly | Merge |
| 4 | AUSTRA | HiRUDiN | Domino |
| 5 | YVES TUMOR | Heaven To A Tortured Mind | Warp |
| 6 | THUNDERCAT | It Is What It Is | Brainfeeder |
| 7 | EMANCIPATOR | Mountain Of Memory | Loci |
| 8 | BIICLA | No Place [EP] | Good Luck Have Fun |
| 9 | RONE | Room With A View | Infine |
| 10 | ADULT | Perception Is/As/Of Deception | Dais |
Hip Hop / R & B “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | YOUNG RJ AND MEGA RAN | 2HANDSUP | Ne’Astra |
Electronic / Dance “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MOBY | All Visible Objects | Mute |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KARI VAN DER KLOOT | The Architects | Next Level |
| 2 | DONNA SINGER | Set Your Heart Free | Emerald Baby |
| 3 | LAWSON ROLLINS | “With the Wind” [Single] | Infinita |