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, September 1st, 2020!
Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) / weru.org
August 17th through August 23rd, 2020
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER | The Dirt And The Stars | Lambent Light |
| 2 | BETTYE LAVETTE | Blackbirds | Verve |
| 3 | JAYHAWKS, THE | Xoxo | Sham/Thirty Tigers |
| 4 | JOHN MCCUTCHEON | Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine | Appalsongs |
| 5 | ARLO MCKINLEY | Die Midwestern | Oh Boy! |
| 6 | ELIZA GILKYSON | 2020 (Twenty Twenty) | Red House |
| 7 | INDIGO GIRLS | Look Long | Rounder |
| 8 | LORI MCKENNA | The Balladeer | Thirty Tigers |
| 9 | PRETENDERS | Hate For Sale | BMG |
| 10 | SARAH JAROSZ | World On The Ground | Rounder |
| 11 | TWISTED PINE | Right Now | Signature Sounds |
| 12 | WAXAHATCHEE | Saint Cloud | Merge |
| 13 | BOB DYLAN | Rough And Rowdy Ways | Columbia |
| 14 | CHUCK PROPHET | The Land That Time Forgot | Yep Roc |
| 15 | DAVE FIELDS | Force Of Will | Self-Released |
| 16 | ERIC SELBY | “Patiently” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 17 | HEATHCOTE HILL | The Stories We Are Told | Self-Released |
| 18 | JOEE CORSO | Only A Man | Woodward Ave. |
| 19 | JONATHAN WILSON | Dixie Blur | BMG |
| 20 | MARK MANDEVILLE AND RAIANNE RICHARDS | Road May Rise | Nobody’s Perfect |
| 21 | MATT WILSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA | When I Was A Writer | Pravda |
| 22 | MISS TESS | The Moon Is An Ashtray | Tone Tree |
| 23 | MOLLY TUTTLE | …But I’d Rather Be With You [Advance Tracks] | Compass |
| 24 | PETER GALLWAY AND THE REAL BAND | Reach For It | Self-Released |
| 25 | POKEY LAFARGE | Rock Bottom Rhapsody | New West |
| 26 | RACHEL GARLIN | Mondegreens | Self-Released |
| 27 | SEA WOLF | Through A Dark Wood | Dangerbird |
| 28 | SLOW LEAVES | Shelf Life | Self-Released |
| 29 | WATKINS FAMILY HOUR | Brother, Sister | Family Hour/Thirty Tigers |
| 30 | WHITNEY ROSE | We Still Go To Rodeos | MCG |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BULLY | SUGAREGG | Sub Pop |
| 2 | HANNAH GEORGAS | All That Emotion | Brassland/Arts & Crafts |
| 3 | LA WITCH | Play With Fire | Suicide Squeeze |
| 4 | MARCH TO MAY | What I Was And More | Self-Released |
| 5 | BENT ARCANA | Bent Arcana | Castle Face |
| 6 | BUSTY AND THE BASS | Eddie | Arts And Crafts |
| 7 | HC MCENTIRE | Eno Axis | Merge |
| 8 | NUBYA GARCIA | Source | Concord |
| 9 | TAYLOR JAMES DONSKEY | Paper Over It | Self-Released |
| 10 | BLOOMR | 2 [EP] | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOHN DOYLE | The Path Of Stones | Compass |
| 2 | CLINTON FEARON | History Say | Boogie Brown |
| 3 | KENYATTA HILL AND CULTURE | “Free Africa” [Single] | Rockers Artist Agency |
| 4 | MAX HIGHSTEIN | Gratitunes | Desert Heart |
| 5 | CEU | APKA! | Six Degrees |
| 6 | KELEKETLA | Keleketla! | Ahead Of Our Time |
| 7 | LADAMA | Oye Mujer | Six Degrees |
| 8 | MULATU ASTATKE AND BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE | To Know Without Knowing | Agogo |
| 9 | CAPTAIN PLANET | No Visa | Bastard Jazz |
| 10 | KHRUANGBIN | Mordechai | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JAMO GANG | Walking With Lions | Fat Beats |
| 2 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ4 | Jewel Runners/RBC/BMG |
| 3 | MINK | Deconstruction | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | BSTAR | “Tweety” feat. Boosie BadAzz [Single] | Intrepid Media Giant |
| 5 | BLU AND EXILE | Miles | Dirty Science |
| 6 | SHABAZZ PALACES | The Don Of Diamond Dreams | Sub Pop |
| 7 | BLACK SOPRANO FAMILY | Black Soprano Family | eOne |
| 8 | MOEMAW NAEDON | Dr. Deadhorse | Soul Slime |
| 9 | LITTLE SIMZ | Drop 6 [EP] | AGE 101/AWAL |
| 10 | 100 GECS | 1000 Gecs & The Tree Of Clues | Dog Show |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JIMMY GREENE | While Looking Up | Mac Avenue |
| 2 | TWISTED PINE | Right Now | Signature Sounds |
| 3 | CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE | The Movement Revisited | Mack Avenue |
| 4 | ANDY BALLANTYNE | Play On Words | GB |
| 5 | HAROLD MABERN | Mabern Plays Mabern | Smoke Sessions |
| 6 | JERRY COOK QUARTET | Walk In The Park | Cellar |
| 7 | SAMOA WILSON WITH THE JIM KWESKIN BAND | I Just Want To Be Horizontal | Kingswood |
| 8 | JOHNNY SUMMERS | Baker’s Dozen | Cellar |
| 9 | WAYNE ALPERN | Scarab | Henri Elkan |
| 10 | GRANT GORDY | Interpreter | Self-Released |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JAMO GANG | Walking With Lions | Fat Beats |
| 2 | 12XPRETTY | 12XPretty | Self-Released |
| 3 | MOBY | All Visible Objects | Mute |
| 4 | ZEBRA KATZ | LESS IS MOOR | Self-Released |
| 5 | WASHED OUT | Purple Noon | Sub Pop |
| 6 | JESSY LANZA | All The Time | Hyperdub |
| 7 | DANIEL AVERY | Love + Light | Mute |
| 8 | CAPTAIN PLANET | No Visa | Bastard Jazz |
| 9 | JAYDA G | Both Of Us/Are You Down [EP] | Ninja Tune |
| 10 | AVALANCHES, THE | “Wherever You Go” b/w “Reflecting Light” [Single] | Astralwerks |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MOORE-MCCOLL JAZZ SOCIETY, THE | Electric Fantastic | Self-Released |
| 2 | ANTHONY STANCO | You Know The Feeling | Mack Avenue |
| 3 | BUSTY AND THE BASS | Eddie | Arts And Crafts |
| 4 | NUBYA GARCIA | Source | Concord |