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 25th, 2020!
Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) / weru.org
August 10th through August 16th, 2020
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOEE CORSO | Only A Man | Woodward Ave. |
| 2 | MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER | The Dirt And The Stars | Lambent Light |
| 3 | LORI MCKENNA | The Balladeer | Thirty Tigers |
| 4 | SARAH JAROSZ | World On The Ground | Rounder |
| 5 | JAYHAWKS, THE | Xoxo | Sham/Thirty Tigers |
| 6 | TWISTED PINE | Right Now | Signature Sounds |
| 7 | DAVE FIELDS | Force Of Will | Self-Released |
| 8 | DELLA MAE | Headlight | Rounder/Concord |
| 9 | GRAIN THIEF | Gasoline | Self-Released |
| 10 | HEATHCOTE HILL | The Stories We Are Told | Self-Released |
| 11 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Reunions | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 12 | STEELDRIVERS, THE | Bad For You | Rounder/Concord |
| 13 | WATKINS FAMILY HOUR | Brother, Sister | Family Hour/Thirty Tigers |
| 14 | FONTAINES DC | A Hero’s Death | Partisan |
| 15 | BOB DYLAN | Rough And Rowdy Ways | Columbia |
| 16 | CHUCK PROPHET | The Land That Time Forgot | Yep Roc |
| 17 | CROOKED EYE TOMMY | Hot Coffee And Pain | Blue Heart |
| 18 | FLYIN’ A’S, THE | No Holds Barred | Self-Released |
| 19 | KATHLEEN EDWARDS | Total Freedom | Dualtone |
| 20 | LUCKY LOSERS | Godless Land | Vizztone |
| 21 | MARGO PRICE | That’s How Rumors Get Started | Loma Vista |
| 22 | MARK MANDEVILLE AND RAIANNE RICHARDS | Road May Rise | Nobody’s Perfect |
| 23 | MOLLY TUTTLE | …but i’d rather be with you [Advance Tracks] | Compass |
| 24 | NATE LEE | Wings Of A Jetliner | Self-Released |
| 25 | PAUL BURCH AND WPA BALLCLUB | Light Sensitive | Self-Released |
| 26 | PRETENDERS | Hate For Sale | BMG |
| 27 | SAVOY BROWN | Ain’t Done Yet | Quarto Valley |
| 28 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ4 | Jewel Runners/RBC/BMG |
| 29 | TOM MISCH AND YUSSEF DAYES | What Kinda Music | Beyond The Groove/Blue Note/Caroline |
| 30 | IMMEDIATE FAMILY | The Immediate Family | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GIRL FRIDAY | Androgynous Mary | Hardly Art |
| 2 | XANTHE ALEXIS | The Offering | Self-Released |
| 3 | ALAN WILLIAMS | Evidence Unearthed | Blue Gentian |
| 4 | MARCUS RUGGIERO AND SIDE SHOW GYPSY | Marcus Ruggiero And Side Show Gypsy | Self-Released |
| 5 | SNEAKS | Happy Birthday | Merge |
| 6 | ELEANOR UNDERHILL | Land Of The Living | Self-Released |
| 7 | OF GOOD NATURE | Everything Turns Gold | Self-Released |
| 8 | CYBORG ASYLUM | Invincible/No Kingdom [EP] | Self-Released |
| 9 | ELLA BLUE | It Happens I Am A Singer Of The Heart | Self-Released |
| 10 | SYLVIE SIMMONS | Blue On Blue | Compass |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LADAMA | Oye Mujer | Six Degrees |
| 2 | MAX HIGHSTEIN | Gratitunes | Desert Heart |
| 3 | KELEKETLA | Keleketla! | Ahead Of Our Time |
| 4 | CEU | APKA! | Six Degrees |
| 5 | MULATU ASTATKE AND BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE | To Know Without Knowing | Agogo |
| 6 | CAPTAIN PLANET | No Visa | Bastard Jazz |
| 7 | LIDO PIMIENTA | Miss Colombia | Anti- |
| 8 | BUSCABULLA | Regresa | Ribbon |
| 9 | TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS | Got To Be Tough [Advance Tracks] | Trojan Jamaica/BMG |
| 10 | KHRUANGBIN | Mordechai | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ4 | Jewel Runners/RBC/BMG |
| 2 | JAMO GANG | Walking With Lions | Fat Beats |
| 3 | BSTAR | “Tweety” feat. Boosie BadAzz [Single] | Intrepid Media Giant |
| 4 | BLU AND EXILE | Miles | Dirty Science |
| 5 | SHABAZZ PALACES | The Don Of Diamond Dreams | Sub Pop |
| 6 | PUBLIC ENEMY | “State Of The Union” [Single] | Enemy |
| 7 | LITTLE SIMZ | Drop 6 [EP] | AGE 101/AWAL |
| 8 | MOEMAW NAEDON | Dr. Deadhorse | Soul Slime |
| 9 | BLACK SOPRANO FAMILY | Black Soprano Family | eOne |
| 10 | RJD2 | The Fun Ones | RJ’s Electrical Connections |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TWISTED PINE | Right Now | Signature Sounds |
| 2 | SAMOA WILSON WITH THE JIM KWESKIN BAND | I Just Want To Be Horizontal | Kingswood |
| 3 | ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS | Just Coolin’ | Blue Note |
| 4 | BILL FRISELL | Valentine | Blue Note |
| 5 | BOBBY WATSON | Keepin’ It Real | Smoke Sessions |
| 6 | JOSHUA REDMAN, BRAD MEHLDAU, CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE, AND BRIAN BLADE | RoundAgain | Nonesuch |
| 7 | CHRISTIAN SANDS | Be Water | Mack Avenue |
| 8 | MACEO PARKER | Soul Food Cooking With Maceo | Funk Garage |
| 9 | MULATU ASTATKE AND BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE | To Know Without Knowing | Agogo |
| 10 | ORRIN EVANS AND THE CAPTAIN BLACK BIG BAND | The Intangible Between | Smoke Sessions |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ISLANDMAN | Kaybola | MusicFor Dreams |
| 2 | JAMO GANG | Walking With Lions | Fat Beats |
| 3 | MOBY | All Visible Objects | Mute |
| 4 | DANIEL AVERY | Love + Light | Mute |
| 5 | JESSY LANZA | All The Time | Hyperdub |
| 6 | CAPTAIN PLANET | No Visa | Bastard Jazz |
| 7 | JAYDA G | Both Of Us/Are You Down [EP] | Ninja Tune |
| 8 | WASHED OUT | Purple Noon | Sub Pop |
| 9 | CUT COPY | Freeze, Melt [Advance Tracks] | Cutters |
| 10 | KELEKETLA | Keleketla! | Ahead Of Our Time |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SHAREL CASSITY | Fearless | Relsha |
| 2 | HAROLD LOPEZ-NUSSA | Te Lo Dije | Mack Avenue |
| 3 | JOHN BEASLEY | MONK’estra Plays Beasley | Mack Avenue |