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, August 16th. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. Our next chart will be posted on Tuesday, August 25th.
Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill)
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August 10th, 2026 through August 16th, 2026
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
I’M WITH HER |
Sing Me Alive |
Rounder/Concord |
2 |
LANCE COWAN |
The Air That I Breathe |
Patio/Lantzapalooza |
3 |
ALBERT CASTIGLIA |
Grits & Glory |
Gulf Coast |
4 |
ALLISON RUSSELL |
In The Hour Of Chaos |
Fantasy/Concord |
5 |
MITCH KATZ |
New Normal |
Treestar |
6 |
RANKY TANKY |
This Village |
Self-Released |
7 |
ANDY REVKIN |
Wake Up Martha |
Self-Released |
8 |
BARRY GRAY AND ISABEL VALLS |
Carnival Ride |
Gude Times |
9 |
BILLY STRINGS |
So Much For Goodbyes |
Reprise |
10 |
CAROL SOKOLOFF |
Changes In The Weather |
Self-Released |
11 |
CHARLEY CROCKETT |
Clovis |
$10 Cowboy |
12 |
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN |
“Brussels Is Haunted” [Single] |
BMG |
13 |
GEORGE MANN AND SI KAHN |
Mayday! |
Self-Released |
14 |
JOANNA CONNOR |
Live On 11/11 |
MC |
15 |
JOHNNY BLUE SKIES AND THE DARK CLOUDS |
Mutiny After Midnight |
High Top Mountain |
16 |
JP SOARS AND ANNE HARRIS |
Gypsy Blue Revue |
Forty Below |
17 |
LISA BOUCHELLE |
Vandals, Thieves & Lovers |
Self-Released |
18 |
RICK VITO |
Slidemaster |
MoMojo |
19 |
SAD DADDY |
Ozark Shine |
Self-Released |
20 |
SHABOOZEY |
The Outlaw Cherie Lee And Other Western Tales |
American Dogwood/Empire |
21 |
SHAWN MERCER |
Push |
Self-Released |
22 |
TODD ADELMAN AND THE WOODSMEN |
“Todd Adelman And The Woodsmen” |
VFib |
23 |
TORI AMOS |
In Times Of Dragons |
Fontana |
24 |
WIDOWSPEAK |
Roses |
Captured Tracks |
25 |
STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK |
Where’s One? |
Big Stir |
26 |
JESSE MALIN |
“Hollywood Forever” [Single] |
Wicked Cool |
27 |
CLIFF HILLIS |
The Square Route |
Independent |
28 |
JOE LOMBARDO |
Searching Man [EP] |
Self-Released |
29 |
AJ LEE AND BLUE SUMMIT |
Cover To Cover V1 |
Signature Sounds |
30 |
ADVENT HORIZON |
“Past Life Parable” [Single] |
Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
COLLIDE |
American Circus |
Self-Released |
2 |
SCOTT COOK |
Troubadourly Yours |
Self-Released |
3 |
LOST FIRE |
Weeds In The Astroturf |
Bourgeois Dawg |
4 |
KENNY FOSTER |
“Sideways Apocalypse” b/w “All Right Then” [Single] |
Self-Released |
5 |
LILY VAKILI |
Live Wire [EP] |
Self-Released |
6 |
WHISKEY TREATY ROADSHOW, THE |
Kept Rising |
Self-Released |
7 |
FINICK |
Make It Real [EP] |
Self-Released |
8 |
CARRINGTON MACDUFFIE |
“Sugar Drip” [Single] |
Pointy Head |
9 |
DREN MCDONALD |
Vox Pterous |
Appearing |
10 |
DWAYNA LITZ |
“Dump Trump” [Single] |
Self-Released |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
DARRELL KELLEY |
“Mother Africa” [Single] |
Viral |
2 |
VINCE STAPLES |
Cry Baby |
Loma Vista/Concord |
3 |
CHUCK STRANGERS |
Glory Of The King’s Hand |
Lex |
4 |
FLY ANAKIN |
(The) Forever Dream: Night Shift |
Lex |
5 |
DJ SHADOW |
The Mountain Will Fall (10th Anniversary Edition) |
Mass Appeal |
6 |
PROF |
Good Time Boy |
Stophouse |
7 |
KNEECAP |
FENIAN |
PIAS |
8 |
L TEEZ |
Necessities |
Hydrophonik/Indica |
9 |
MIC KING |
Hallelujah [EP] |
Firm Language |
10 |
CAUTIOUS CLAY |
The Hours: High Noon |
Concord |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
LA LUCHA |
Tides |
Fuzzy Water |
2 |
PARLOR GREENS |
Emeralds |
Colemine |
3 |
SOMI |
What Does It Take To Bloom? |
Salon Africana |
4 |
SWEET MEGG |
Massive Negroni |
Self-Released |
5 |
ZEN ZADRAVEC QUINTET |
New Paradigm |
Marmite |
6 |
JEFF RUPERT QUARTET |
Sea Spell |
Rupe |
7 |
LEIGH PILZER |
Keep Holding On |
Strange Woman |
8 |
JENNIFER MADSEN |
Girl Talk |
SingBaby |
9 |
ROBERT JOSPE QUARTET |
The Night Sky |
Self-Released |
10 |
HARUNA FUKAZAWA |
Plays At The Wrong Time |
Orange Paw |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Albums
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
EAR |
Rumspringa |
A24/Virgin |
2 |
MUNA |
Dancing On The Wall |
Dead Oceans |
3 |
BOARDS OF CANADA |
Inferno |
Warp |
4 |
KELELA |
New Avatar |
Warp |
5 |
OBLI |
Soft Speak |
Anjunachill |
6 |
DJ CINEMA QUARTIER LATIN |
Bruise |
Courage Holdings |
7 |
DJ SEINFELD |
If This Is It |
Ninja Tune |
8 |
ALEWYA |
Zero |
Because |
9 |
E.VAX |
Just Like Fire |
Because |
10 |
NIA ARCHIVES |
Emotional Junglist |
HIJINXX/Island |
Jazz “Adds”
Artist |
Record |
Label |
|
1 |
VISIONS JAZZ ENSEMBLE |
Of The People |
Self-Released |
2 |
DWAYNA LITZ |
“Dump Trump” [Single] |
Self-Released |
3 |
AMBER WEEKES |
To Oscar With Love |
Amber Inn |
4 |
WHISKEY TREATY ROADSHOW, THE |
Kept Rising |
Self-Released |
5 |
JUSTIN PIERCE |
Sway |
Self-Released |
6 |
CHRISTIAN WIGGS AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
Oscar Meets Tony: Act One |
Bandstand Presents |
7 |
DYNAMIC MISS FAYE CAROL, THE |
Faye Sings The Blues |
Getdown |
8 |
SKINNY HIGHTOWER |
Feels Like Destiny |
CastOver |