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, July 28th, 2024. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, August 6th, 2024!
Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill)
weru.org
July 22nd through July 28th, 2024
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PETTY COUNTRY: A COUNTRY MUSIC CELEBRATION OF TOM PETTY | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Big Machine |
| 2 | TONY TRISCHKA | Earl Jam | Down The Road |
| 3 | ALEX MARTIN | Appalachian Fall: The Song-Poems Of Michael Martin | Pajarito Verde |
| 4 | DECEMBERISTS, THE | As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again | Thirty Tigers |
| 5 | GLASS HOURS | Glass Hours | Cornelius Chapel |
| 6 | LAKE STREET DIVE | Good Together | Fantasy/Concord |
| 7 | LOS CAMPESINOS | All Hell | Heart Swells |
| 8 | DAVE ALVIN AND JIMMIE DALE GILMORE | Texacali | Yep Roc |
| 9 | JOHNNY CASH | Songwriter | Mercury Nashville/UMG |
| 10 | RICHARD THOMPSON | Ship To Shore | New West |
| 11 | SHANNON AND THE CLAMS | The Moon Is In The Wrong Place | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 12 | SONNY GULLAGE | Go Be Free | Blind Pig |
| 13 | SUSAN JAMES | Time Is Now | Self-Released |
| 14 | AMERICAN PATCHWORK QUARTET | American Patchwork Quartet | Self-Released |
| 15 | AVETT BROTHERS, THE | The Avett Brothers | Ramseur/American/Thirty Tigers |
| 16 | BENNY BLEU | Banjo Jubilations | Circus Tent |
| 17 | BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN | Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free | Jagjaguwar/Secretly Group |
| 18 | CHUCK PROPHET | “Wake The Dead” [Single] | Yep Roc |
| 19 | CLAIRO | Charm | Virgin |
| 20 | EDDIE VEDDER | “Save It For Later” [Single] | Island |
| 21 | FAYE WEBSTER | Underdressed At The Symphony | Secretly Canadian/Secretly Group |
| 22 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | Sonido Cósmico | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 23 | HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF | The Past Is Still Alive | Nonesuch |
| 24 | IN THESE TREES AND TARTIE | The Quiver | Self-Released |
| 25 | JOHNNY BLUE SKIES | Passage Du Desir | High Top Mountain |
| 26 | KIELY CONNELL | “Damn Hands” [Single] | Calumet Queen/Thirty Tigers |
| 27 | LINDA THOMPSON | Proxy Music | StorySound |
| 28 | MAMMAN SANI AND TROPIKAL CAMEL | “Nomadic” [Single] | Batov |
| 29 | MARK KNOPFLER | One Deep River | British Grove/EMI |
| 30 | MAVIS STAPLES | “Worthy” [Single] | Anti- |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DAN BERN WITH JANE’S GREAT DANE | Starting Over | Grand Phony |
| 2 | DAVID JAMES | David Jame$ [EP] | Self-Released |
| 3 | ZOE SAYS GO | “Mona Lisa Smile” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | DUSTY EDINGER | “Broken Soul Survivor” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | BOBBY CHRISTINA’S CARAVAN | True Blues Brother: The Legacy of Matt “Guitar” Murphy | Nola Blue |
| 6 | DOWNTOWN MYSTIC | Rock’n’Roll 4 The Soul | Sha-La |
| 7 | SWEET PIECE | Sweet Release | Self-Released |
| 8 | PETER BIBBY | Drama King | Spinning Top |
| 9 | MAN MAN | Carrot On Strings | Sub Pop |
| 10 | REN.Y.C | “Are You Ready For This?” [Single] | Cash Comes Easy |
Top Ten World Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HERMANOS GUTIERREZ | Sonido Cósmico | Easy Eye Sound/Concord |
| 2 | BALTHVS | Harvest | Mixto |
| 3 | MARIAH PARKER | Windows Through Time | Ancient Future |
| 4 | SERGIO PAMIES | Time To Say | Newtrad |
| 5 | SERGIO PEREIRA | BOSSA+ | Tiger Turn |
| 6 | OLIVIA FOSCHI | A Window Within | Self-Released |
| 7 | YUKO ITO | Seduzir | Funny Baby Face New York |
| 8 | MAC GOLLEHON AND THE HISPANIC MECHANICS | Bite Of The Street | Nefarious |
| 9 | ALF JETZER | Unfolding | Self-Released |
| 10 | ANGELICA GARCIA | Gemelo | Partisan |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CHILDISH GAMBINO | Bando Stone And The New World | RCA |
| 2 | COMMON AND PETE ROCK | The Auditorium, Vol. 1 | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 3 | LUPE FIASCO | Samurai | 1st And 15th Too/Thirty Tigers |
| 4 | NXWORRIES | Why Lawd? | Stones Throw |
| 5 | YOUR OLD DROOG | Movie | Rem-U-Lak |
| 6 | CADENCE WEAPON | Rollercoaster | MNRK |
| 7 | POTATOHEAD PEOPLE | Eat Your Heart Out | Bastard Jazz |
| 8 | YAYA BEY | Ten Fold | Big Dada |
| 9 | DENZEL CURRY | King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 | PH/Loma Vista/Concord |
| 10 | DAN-E-O | Vigilante | Urbnet |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AMERICAN PATCHWORK QUARTET | American Patchwork Quartet | Self-Released |
| 2 | ANDREW BIRD TRIO | Sunday Morning Put-On | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 3 | CHICK COREA AND BELA FLECK | Remembrance | Thirty Tigers |
| 4 | DANA AND ALDEN | Coyote, You’re My Star | Sauna Boys |
| 5 | MADELEINE PEYROUX | Let’s Walk | Just One |
| 6 | MARK EGAN, SHAWN PELTON, AND SHANE THERIOT | Cross Currents | Wavetone |
| 7 | ODED TZUR | My Prophet | ECM |
| 8 | PLANET D NONET | Echoes Of Harlem: A Salute To Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 | Eastlawn |
| 9 | BRIA SKONBERG | What It Means | Cellar |
| 10 | MARIAH PARKER | Windows Through Time | Ancient Future |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | WASHED OUT | Notes From A Quiet Life | Sub Pop |
| 2 | CHARLI XCX | Brat | Atlantic |
| 3 | MOBY | always centered at night | Always Centered At Night/Mute |
| 4 | DJ POOLBOI | Into Blue Light | Shall Not Fade |
| 5 | PEGGY GOU | I Hear You | XL |
| 6 | MACHINEDRUM | 3FOR82 | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Pull The Rope | Merge |
| 8 | FLEVANS | Stand Tall | Jalapeno |
| 9 | KASBO | The Learning Of Urgency | Foreign Family Collective |
| 10 | JUSTICE | Hyperdrama | Ed Banger/Because |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MAI-LIS | Kaleidoscope | OA2 |
| 2 | JOHN LAMKIN II AND THE FAVORITES JAZZ QUINTET | Movin’ | Self-Released |
| 3 | MARC CIPRUT | Moonshine | White |
| 4 | BRIA SKONBERG | What It Means | Cellar |
| 5 | ZACHARY BARTHOLOMEW | Balance Act | Be Muse |