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 27th, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, September 5th.
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August 21st through August 27th, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | RAYE ZARAGOZA | Hold That Spirit | Rebel River |
| 2 | MOLLY TUTTLE AND GOLDEN HIGHWAY | City Of Gold | Nonesuch |
| 3 | JONI MITCHELL | Joni Mitchell At Newport | Rhino |
| 4 | RYAN BINGHAM | Watch Out For The Wolf | Bingham/Thirty Tigers |
| 5 | ANDY AND JUDY | Another Ghost Town | Self-Released |
| 6 | DARLINGSIDE | Everything Is Alive | More Doug/Thirty Tigers |
| 7 | GOV’T MULE | Peace…Like A River | Fantasy/Concord |
| 8 | KIM MOBERG | The Seven Fires Prophecy Suite For Humanity | Self-Released |
| 9 | LORI MCKENNA | 1988 (Nineteen Eighty Eight) | CN/Thirty Tigers |
| 10 | PHOEBE HUNT | Nothing Else Matters | Self-Released |
| 11 | RHIANNON GIDDENS | You’re The One | Nonesuch |
| 12 | TWO TRACKS, THE | It’s A Complicated Life | Self-Released |
| 13 | BETHANY COSENTINO | Natural Disaster | Concord |
| 14 | BETTYE LAVETTE | LaVette! | Jay-Vee |
| 15 | BRENNEN LEIGH | Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet | Signature Sounds |
| 16 | CAROLINE COTTER | Gently As I Go | Self-Released |
| 17 | CLIENTELE, THE | I Am Not There Anymore | Merge |
| 18 | DALE ANN BRADLEY | Kentucky For Me | Pinecastle |
| 19 | DAN BLAKESLEE | Road Hymns | Self-Released |
| 20 | DEER TICK | Emotional Contracts | ATO |
| 21 | DOLLY PARTON | “Let It Be (Feat. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr)” [Single] | Butterfly |
| 22 | ELIZA GILKYSON | Home | Realiza |
| 23 | GALACTIC | Tchompitoulas [EP] | Tchoup-Zilla |
| 24 | GREG SOVER | His-Story | Self-Released |
| 25 | GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV | Appaloosa Bones | Dualtone |
| 26 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Weathervanes | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 27 | JEFF PLANKENHORN | Alone At Sea | Self-Released |
| 28 | JOY ZIMMERMAN | Where The Light Lives | Cultivate Joy |
| 29 | KENDRA MORRIS | I Am What I’m Waiting For | Karma Chief |
| 30 | LOCAL NATIVES | Time Will Wait For No One | Loma Vista/Concord |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | CABELA AND SCHMITT | The Perfect Answer | Self-Released |
| 2 | SCOTT TOURNET | Rock & Roll Stories | Illusion Tournet |
| 3 | WHIPS, THE | How To Hold A Grudge | Lotuspool |
| 4 | BRIAN DOUCETTE | “Day Drinkin” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | DIZZY | Dizzy | Royal Mountain |
| 6 | FIST OF FIVE | Sparrow Road [EP] | Self-Released |
| 7 | MARK ADAMS BAND | California Bound | Self-Released |
| 8 | OSEES | Intercepted Message | In The Red |
| 9 | JUNGLE | Volcano | Caiola/AWAL |
| 10 | RETRO LEGION, THE | American Undertow | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HUMAZAPAS | Sara Mama | ZZK |
| 2 | GONZALO GRAU AND LA CLAVE SECRETA | De Verdad Verdad | Self-Released |
| 3 | REGINALD CYNTJE | “Mirror Soul” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 4 | REGINALD POLICARD AND RICHARD BONA | “Encuentro Theme” [Single] | Encuentro |
| 5 | WITCH | Zango | Desert Daze/Partisan |
| 6 | CAPTAIN PLANET | Sounds Like Home | Bastard Jazz |
| 7 | TONY ALLEN AND ADRIAN YOUNGE | Tony Allen JID018 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 8 | NOVALIMA | La Danza Pt 1 [EP] | Six Degrees |
| 9 | AFRICAN HEAD CHARGE | A Trip To Bolgatanga | On-U Sound |
| 10 | KETURAH | Keturah | Hen House |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MICK JENKINS | The Patience | BMG |
| 2 | FLY ANAKIN | Skinemaxxx (Side B) | Lex |
| 3 | DANGER MOUSE AND JEMINI | Born Again | Lex |
| 4 | KASSA OVERALL | ANIMALS | Warp |
| 5 | HAVIAH MIGHTY | Crying Crystals | Mighty Gang |
| 6 | KILLER MIKE | Michael | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 7 | BLACK MILK | Everybody Good? | Mass Appeal |
| 8 | MCKINLEY DIXON | Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? | City Slang |
| 9 | ATMOSPHERE | So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously | Rhymesayers |
| 10 | PARIS TEXAS | Mid Air | Paris Texas/The Orchard |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | IXTAHUELE | “Zebra Limbo” [Single] | Subliminal Sounds |
| 2 | JON CLEARY | So Swell | Single Lock |
| 3 | KASSA OVERALL | ANIMALS | Warp |
| 4 | ORBITING HUMAN CIRCUS | “I Cover The Waterfront” [Single] | Merge |
| 5 | SCOOCHES, THE | Lift You Up | On The Bol |
| 6 | GAEA SCHELL | In Your Own Sweet Way | Sapho |
| 7 | ALEX COKE AND CARL MICHEL | Emergence | Bandcamp |
| 8 | PETE MCCANN | Without Question | McCannic |
| 9 | JASON KAO HWANG AND CRITICAL RESPONSE | Book Of Stories | True Sound |
| 10 | MATT KANE | Song Poems | Bounce Step |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JUNGLE | Volcano | Caiola/AWAL |
| 2 | LITTLE DRAGON | Slugs Of Love | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | APHEX TWIN | Blackbox Life Recorder 21f/In A Room7 F760 [EP] | Warp |
| 4 | ODESZA AND YELLOW HOUSE | Flaws In Our Design [EP] | Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune |
| 5 | JESSY LANZA | Love Hallucination | Hyperdub |
| 6 | GEORGE CLANTON | Ooh Rap I Ya | 100% Electronica |
| 7 | DISCLOSURE | Alchemy | Apollo/AWAL |
| 8 | EDAPOLLO | Technicolour Places | Foreign Family Collective |
| 9 | BAMBII | INFINITY CLUB [EP] | Innovative Leisure |
| 10 | TENSNAKE | Stimulate | Armada |
World “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BOBBY ROZARIO | Spellbound | Origin |
| 2 | AGUANKO | Unidad | Self-Released |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BOBBY ROZARIO | Spellbound | Origin |
| 2 | THREE STORY SANDBOX | Artful Dodgers | Tall Grass |
| 3 | AGUANKO | Unidad | Self-Released |