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, August 6th, 2019!
Top Thirty Overall Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAVINA AND THE VAGABONDS | Sugar Drops | Red House |
| 2 | DELBERT MCCLINTON AND SELF MADE MEN + DANA | Tall, Dark, And Handsome | Hot Shot |
| 3 | BAIT BAG | “If They Call You Girls” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | BAIT BAG | Tell Them You’re Women [EP] | Self-Released |
| 5 | EILEN JEWELL | Gypsy | Signature Sounds |
| 6 | NEAL FRANCIS | Changes | Karma Chief |
| 7 | PLASTIC PICNIC | Vistalite | Self-Released |
| 8 | ELLIS PAUL | The Storytellers Suitcase | Rosella |
| 9 | PONY BRADSHAW | Sudden Opera | Rounder |
| 10 | RICKIE LEE JONES | Kicks | Thirty Tigers |
| 11 | RISING APPALACHIA | Leylines | Self-Released |
| 12 | SAWYER’S DREAM | Another Perfect Afternoon | Loud Folk |
| 13 | SMALL GLORIES, THE | Assiniboine & The Red | Red House |
| 14 | WILLIE NELSON | Ride Me Back Home | Legacy |
| 15 | VAMPIRE WEEKEND | Father Of The Bride | Spring Snow/Columbia |
| 16 | ALICE HOWE | Visions | Self-Released |
| 17 | AMY RIGBY | The Old Guys | Southern Domestic |
| 18 | ANDY STATMAN | Monroe Bus | Shefa |
| 19 | ANGIE MCMAHON | Salt | Dualtone |
| 20 | BILL CALLAHAN | Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest | Drag City |
| 21 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN | Western Stars | Columbia |
| 22 | BUDDY AND JULIE MILLER | Breakdown On 20th Ave. South | New West |
| 23 | CRAIG FINN | I Need A New War | Partisan |
| 24 | CROWES PASTURE | Slow It Down | Self-Released |
| 25 | IAN NOE | Between The Country | National Treasury/Thirty Tigers |
| 26 | ISABEL TAYLOR | Isabel Taylor | Self-Released |
| 27 | JAMESTOWN REVIVAL | San Isabel | Thirty Tigers |
| 28 | JOSH RITTER | Fever Breaks | Pytheas/Thirty Tigers |
| 29 | ROBIN TROWER | Coming Closer To The Day | Provogue/Mascot |
| 30 | RUGGED, THE | Down & Purty | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MICHAEL CLEVELAND | Tall Fiddler [Advance Tracks] | Compass |
| 2 | SUZIE BROWN | Under The Surface | Freshie |
| 3 | OLD SALT UNION | Where the Dogs Don’t Bite | Compass |
| 4 | COMMONHEART, THE | “Do Right” [Single] | Julian |
| 5 | FIREWALKWITHME | The Eternal Black Rainbow | Velvet Coffin |
| 6 | PAUL JACKS | In Other Words | Tritone |
| 7 | ROYAL HOUNDS | Low Class Songs for High Class People | Self-Released |
| 8 | ANDRAS JONES | All You Get | Self-Released |
| 9 | BETH BOMBARA | Evergreen | Lemp Electric |
| 10 | CHRIS AND ADAM CARROLL | Good Farmer | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MELBREEZE | Amethyst | MMC |
| 2 | ANGELIQUE KIDJO | Celia | Decca |
| 3 | ILE | Almadura | Sony Latin |
| 4 | VISHTEN | Horizons | Productions Takashoun |
| 5 | KATCHAFIRE | Legacy | Zojak |
| 6 | SIMON SAMMUT AND OMAR VAZQUEZ | Gravity | Self-Released |
| 7 | STEEL PULSE | Mass Manipulation | Rootfire Cooperative/Wiseman Doctrine |
| 8 | SANTANA | Africa Speaks | Concord |
| 9 | SESSA | Grandeza | Boiled |
| 10 | MAKING MOVIES | Ameri’kana | 3/2 |
Top Ten Hip Hop / R & B Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SKINNY PELEMBE | Dreaming Is Dead Now | Brownswood |
| 2 | DARRELL KELLEY | Get Wild | Viral |
| 3 | FEMI | From Indiana With Love | Self-Released |
| 4 | BLOOD ORANGE | Angel’s Pulse | Domino |
| 5 | DENZEL CURRY | Zuu | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 6 | INJURY RESERVE | Injury Reserve | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 7 | FLYING LOTUS | Flamagra | Warp |
| 8 | LITTLE SIMZ | GREY Area | AGE 101/AWAL |
| 9 | HAVIAH MIGHTY | 13th Floor | Self-Released |
| 10 | SAMPA THE GREAT | The Return [Advance Tracks] | Ninja Tune |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAVINA AND THE VAGABONDS | Sugar Drops | Red House |
| 2 | MELBREEZE | Amethyst | MMC |
| 3 | ANAT COHEN TENTET | Triple Helix | Anzic |
| 4 | GEORGE BENSON | Walking To New Orleans | Provogue |
| 5 | GRETJE (GRETA ANGEL) ANGELL | In Any Key | Self-Released |
| 6 | VOCTAVE | Somewhere There’s Music | JameyRay |
| 7 | EYAL VILNER BIG BAND | Swing Out! | Self-Released |
| 8 | RICH WILLEY’S BOPTISM BIG BAND | Down And Dirty | Wise Cat |
| 9 | WAYNE ALPERN | Skeleton | Henri Elkan |
| 10 | PAT BATTSTONE | The Last Taxi New Destinations | Leo |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BIBIO | Ribbons | Warp |
| 2 | CAROL C | Seven | SI*SE |
| 3 | FEVER RAY | “I’m Not Done (Still Not Done)” [Single] | Mute |
| 4 | HAELOS | Any Random Kindness | Infectious/BMG |
| 5 | RY X | Unfurl | Infectious |
| 6 | SKINNY PELEMBE | Dreaming Is Dead Now | Brownswood |
| 7 | HOT CHIP | A Bath Full Of Ecstasy | Domino |
| 8 | QUANTIC | Atlantic Oscillations | Tru Thoughts |
| 9 | FLYING LOTUS | Flamagra | Warp |
| 10 | PLAID | Polymer | Warp |
Hip Hop / R & B “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KIMBERLY WILLIAMS | Testimony [EP] | KWilliams |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PETER ELDRIDGE AND KENNY WERNER | Somewhere | Rosebud |
| 2 | NATE MERCEREAU | Joy Techniques | How So |
| 3 | VICTOR GOULD | Thoughts Become Things | Blue Room |
| 4 | DREAM SHANTI | Music In Our Dreams | Ear Up |
| 5 | JOHN LAMKIN QUINTET/SEXTET | Transitions | Self-Released |
| 6 | JOSEPH DALEY | Seven Heavenly Virtues Seven Deadly Sins | Self-Released |
| 7 | MOY ENG | The Blue Hour | Patois |
| 8 | DAVID FINCK | BASSically Jazz | Burton Avenue |
Electronic / Dance “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | 4LF | Cave Paintings | Self-Released |