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 computed and posted on Tuesday, July 24th, 2018!
For Tuesday, July 17th, 2018
Top Thirty Recordings (based on airplay)
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ELIZA GILKYSON | Secularia | Red House |
| 2 | SONGS FROM THE ROAD BAND | Road To Nowhere | Lucks Dumpy Toad |
| 3 | EPILOGUE: A TRIBUTE TO JOHN DUFFEY | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 4 | VICKY ANDRES AND LIFE ITSELF | Now Feel This! | Self-Released |
| 5 | FINK, MARKER, GLEAVES | Shout and Shine | Community |
| 6 | FREMONT STREET STRING BAND | Dirigo | Self-Released |
| 7 | WE BANJO THREE | HAVEN | Self-Released |
| 8 | BOZ SCAGGS | Out Of The Blues | Concord |
| 9 | BRIDGETT KELLY BAND | Blues Worrior | Alpha sun |
| 10 | COWBOY JUNKIES | All That Reckoning | Self-Released |
| 11 | DAVE ALVIN AND JIMMIE DALE GILMORE | Downey To Lubbock | Yep Roc |
| 12 | DAWES | Passwords | HUB |
| 13 | GENTICORUM | Avant l’orage | Self-Released |
| 14 | JIM LAUDERDALE | Time Flies | Yep Roc |
| 15 | KACEY MUSGRAVES | Golden Hour | Universal |
| 16 | NEKO CASE | Hell-On | Anti- |
| 17 | TISH HINOJOSA | West | Self-Released |
| 18 | TRAVELIN’ MCCOURYS, THE | The Travelin’ McCourys | McCoury |
| 19 | ANNA AND ELIZABETH | The Invisible Comes To Us | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 20 | BALSAM RANGE | Mountain Overture with Atlanta Pops Orchestra | Mountain Home |
| 21 | DEB RYDER | Enjoy The Ride | Vizztone |
| 22 | DECEMBERISTS, THE | I’ll Be Your Girl | Capitol |
| 23 | DIDIRRI | Measurements [EP] | Unified |
| 24 | FATHER JOHN MISTY | God’s Favorite Customer | Sub Pop |
| 25 | HOT BUTTERED RUM | Lonesome Panoramic | Self-Released |
| 26 | JEFFREY FOUCAULT | Blood Brothers | Blue Blade |
| 27 | JOAN BAEZ | Whistle Down the Wind | Razor & Tie |
| 28 | KAT RIGGINS | In The Boys Club | Bluzpik Media Group |
| 29 | KIERAN KANE AND RAYNA GELLERT | The Ledges | Dead Reckoning |
| 30 | LAKE STREET DIVE | Free Yourself Up | Nonesuch |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JENN CHAMPION | Single Rider | Hardly Art |
| 2 | LORI MCKENNA | The Tree | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | MIKAELA DAVIS | Delivery | Concord/Rounder |
| 4 | BLANKZ | White Baby [EP] | Slope |
| 5 | DALE HEAD AND THE MINDWINDER ORCHESTRA | Swing On The Rocks | Mindwinder |
| 6 | DENNIS HAGERTY | Road Trip | Self-Released |
| 7 | GLOOMIES, THE | Romance | Thrill Me |
| 8 | GURRUMUL | Djarimirri | Skinnyfish |
| 9 | JOSS JAFFE | Dub Mantra Sangha Remix | Self-Released |
| 10 | PROTOJE | A Matter Of Time | Easy Star |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LOREENA MCKENNITT | Lost Souls | Ume |
| 2 | MERTHER | Long Time Coming | Self-Released |
| 3 | STING AND SHAGGY | 44/876 | A&M |
| 4 | ALTAN | The Gap Of Dreams | Compass |
| 5 | BOMBINO | Deran | Partisan |
| 6 | CONNLA | The Next Chapter | Self-Released |
| 7 | DACTAH CHANDO | Global CityZen | Soulfire |
| 8 | JAY DOUGLAS | Lovers Paradise (Best Of) | Slammin |
| 9 | JEFF JOHNSON AND BRIAN DUNNING | Eirlandia | Ark |
| 10 | JUPITER AND OKWESS | Kin Sonic | Everloving |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BROWNOUT | Fear Of A Brown Planet | Fat Beats |
| 2 | JONATHAN BURKETT | “Changes” (feat. Polancapop) [Single] | Upstormed |
| 3 | CHANHAYS | The Creepy EP | Droppin’ Science |
| 4 | POTATOHEAD PEOPLE | Nick And Astro’s Guide To The Galaxy | Bastard Jazz |
| 5 | YOUNG RJ | The Detroit Project [EP] | Ne’Astra |
| 6 | DEL AND AMP LIVE | Gate 13 | Plug Research |
| 7 | MIDNIGHT HOUR, THE | The Midnight Hour | Linear Labs |
| 8 | ARTSON | Brave Star | Artson |
| 9 | DR OCTAGON | Moosebumps | Bulk/Caroline |
| 10 | PROF | Pookie Baby | Rhymesayers |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CASEY ABRAMS | Put A Spell On You | Chesky |
| 2 | BOB ARTHURS AND STEVE LAMATTINA | Jazz It Up Ukrainian Songs For Three Dads | Self-Released |
| 3 | CYRILLE AIMEE | Cyrille Aimée – Live | Mack Avenue |
| 4 | EDDIE HENDERSON | Be Cool | Smoke Sessions |
| 5 | ERIK APPLEGATE | Three’s A Crowd | Artist Alliance |
| 6 | JOHN COLTRANE | Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album | Impulse |
| 7 | LAUREN HENDERSON | Armame | Brontosaurus |
| 8 | SHIRLEY CRABBE | Bridges | Mail Song |
| 9 | BENJAMIN BOONE AND PHILIP LEVINE | The Poetry Of Jazz | Origin |
| 10 | CALLE MAMBO PROJECT | See The Light | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LEON VYNEHALL | Nothing Is Still | Ninja Tune |
| 2 | ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER | Age Of | Warp |
| 3 | DJDS | Big Wave More Fire | Loma Vista |
| 4 | SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO | Murmurations | Wichita |
| 5 | NICKODEMUS | A Long Engagement | Wonderwheel |
| 6 | CLAPTONE | Fantast | PIAS |
| 7 | NITE HAUS | Saturation | Self-Released |
| 8 | JON HOPKINS | Singularity | Domino |
| 9 | BULKHEAD | Aft Pressure | 2MR |
| 10 | THIEVERY CORPORATION | Treasures From the Temple | ESL |
World “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOSS JAFFE | Dub Mantra Sangha Remix | Self-Released |
| 2 | ORLANDO CACHAITO LOPEZ | Cachaito | World Circuit |
| 3 | PROTOJE | A Matter Of Time | Easy Star |
Hip Hop / R & B “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JONATHAN BURKETT | “Changes” (feat. Polancapop) [Single] | Upstormed |
| 2 | PROTOJE | A Matter Of Time | Easy Star |
| 3 | DARRELL KELLEY | “Be Great” [Single] | Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DALE HEAD AND THE MINDWINDER ORCHESTRA | Swing On The Rocks | Mindwinder |
| 2 | ERROLL GARNER | Nightconcert | Mack Avenue |
| 3 | PETER LIN THE LINTET | With Respect | Lintet |