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 30th, 2023. Our next weekly airplay chart will be posted on Tuesday, August 8th.
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July 31st through August 6th, 2023
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LUKAS NELSON AND PROMISE OF THE REAL | Sticks And Stones | Ace |
| 2 | LUCINDA WILLIAMS | Stories From A Rock And Roll Heart | Highway 20 |
| 3 | MOLLY TUTTLE AND GOLDEN HIGHWAY | City Of Gold | Nonesuch |
| 4 | DREW HOLCOMB AND THE NEIGHBORS | Strangers No More | Magnolia/Tone Tree |
| 5 | BOB AND SARAH AMOS | Ever Onward | Self-Released |
| 6 | GREAT GET GONE, THE | Westerlies | Self-Released |
| 7 | IRIS DEMENT | Workin’ On A World | Flariella |
| 8 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Weathervanes | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 9 | JONI MITCHELL | “A Case of You” [Single] | Rhino |
| 10 | PRINCESS PINE | “Bone Dry” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 11 | RODNEY CROWELL | The Chicago Sessions | New West |
| 12 | BETTYE LAVETTE | LaVette! | Jay-Vee |
| 13 | BOY GOLDEN | “Mountain Road” [Single] | Six Shooter |
| 14 | BRENNEN LEIGH | Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet | Signature Sounds |
| 15 | DOM FLEMONS | Traveling Wildfire | Smithsonian Folkways |
| 16 | ELIZA GILKYSON | Home | Realiza |
| 17 | ERIN VIANCOURT | Won’t Die This Way | Late August |
| 18 | GOTH BABE | “Bioluminescence” [Single] | Mom + Pop |
| 19 | KASSI VALAZZA | Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing | Fluff And Gravy |
| 20 | LORI MCKENNA | 1988 (Nineteen Eighty Eight) | CN/Thirty Tigers |
| 21 | MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES | Altitude | Self-Released |
| 22 | MITSKI | “Bug Like An Angel” [Single] | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 23 | SELWYN BIRCHWOOD | Exorcist | Alligator |
| 24 | SOULFUL FEMME | Attitude | Self-Released |
| 25 | TESKEY BROTHERS, THE | The Winding Way | Glassnote |
| 26 | TIM O’BRIEN | Cup Of Sugar | Howdy Skies |
| 27 | WOOD BROTHERS, THE | Heart Is The Hero | Honey Jar/Thirty Tigers |
| 28 | REVEREND FREAKCHILD | Songs Of Beauty For Ashes Of Realization | Treated And Released |
| 29 | DIANE GENTILE AND THE GENTLE MEN | “Walk With Me” [Single] | Velvet Ilk |
| 30 | GREG SOVER | His-Story | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | A PRODUCE | Land Of A Thousand Trances | Independent Project |
| 2 | RAYE ZARAGOZA | Hold That Spirit | Rebel River |
| 3 | GREAT GET GONE, THE | Westerlies | Self-Released |
| 4 | LITTLE WRETCHES, THE | Burning Lantern Dropped In Straw | Self-Released |
| 5 | SHANNON CLARK AND THE SUGAR | “This Old World” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | RACHEL ANNE GOODMAN | California Morning | Coastridge |
| 7 | CLIENTELE, THE | I Am Not There Anymore | Merge |
| 8 | NATHAN MONGOL WELLS | From a Dark Corner | State Fair |
| 9 | JEFF JOLLY BAND | Lucky | Self-Released |
| 10 | MAE SIMPSON | Chandelier & Bloom | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ASSYNT | Where From Here | Self-Released |
| 2 | EASY STAR ALL-STARS | Ziggy Stardub | Easy Star |
| 3 | GONZALO GRAU AND LA CLAVE SECRETA | De Verdad Verdad | Self-Released |
| 4 | REGINALD CYNTJE | “Mirror Soul” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | REGINALD POLICARD AND RICHARD BONA | “Encuentro Theme” [Single] | Encuentro |
| 6 | WITCH | Zango | Desert Daze/Partisan |
| 7 | TINARIWEN | Amatssou | Wedge |
| 8 | CAPTAIN PLANET | Sounds Like Home | Bastard Jazz |
| 9 | TONY ALLEN AND ADRIAN YOUNGE | Tony Allen JID018 | Jazz Is Dead |
| 10 | TEKE TEKE | Hagata | Kill Rock Stars |
Top Ten Hip Hop Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DE LA SOUL | 3 Feet High And Rising | AOI/Chrysalis |
| 2 | KILLER MIKE | Michael | Loma Vista/Concord |
| 3 | HAVIAH MIGHTY | Crying Crystals | Mighty Gang |
| 4 | LIL UZI VERT | Pink Tape | Generation Now/Atlantic |
| 5 | KARI FAUX | REAL B*TCHES DON’T DIE | Drink Sum Wtr |
| 6 | BLACK MILK | Everybody Good? | Mass Appeal |
| 7 | BILLY WOODS AND KENNY SEGAL | Maps | Backwoodz Studioz/Fat Possum |
| 8 | MCKINLEY DIXON | Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? | City Slang |
| 9 | KASSA OVERALL | ANIMALS | Warp |
| 10 | ATMOSPHERE | So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously | Rhymesayers |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ACUTE INFLECTIONS | Let Go | Self-Released |
| 2 | LAILA BIALI | Your Requests | Empress/ACT/Core Port |
| 3 | LAURA AINSWORTH | You Asked For It | Eclectus |
| 4 | MICHAEL FEINBERG | Blues Variant | Criss Cross |
| 5 | SCOOCHES, THE | Lift You Up | On The Bol |
| 6 | HOT TODDIES JAZZ BAND | Hot Toddies Jazz Band | Prohibition |
| 7 | MICHAEL WHALEN | Walk In Beauty, Like The Night | Spout/MWM |
| 8 | MICHAEL COSTANTINO | The Song Inside The Tune | Self-Released |
| 9 | ALAN MATTHEWS | Season’s Change | Self-Released |
| 10 | PACIFIC JAZZ GROUP, THE | The Pacific Jazz Group | Ropeadope |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GEORGE FITZGERALD | Not As I [EP] | Double Six/Domino |
| 2 | KOMOREBI | “I Grew Up” [Single] | Chicken Ranch |
| 3 | LUIZA LIAN | 7 Estrelas | Quem Arrancou O Céu? | ZZK |
| 4 | NANEUM | Ollopa Othello | Electrofone |
| 5 | SPEAKERS CORNER QUARTET | Further Out Than The Edge | OTIH |
| 6 | JAYDA G | Guy | Ninja Tune |
| 7 | TENSNAKE | Stimulate | Armada |
| 8 | DJANGO DJANGO | Off Planet | Because |
| 9 | LITTLE DRAGON | Slugs Of Love | Ninja Tune |
| 10 | CAPTAIN PLANET | Sounds Like Home | Bastard Jazz |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | GAEA SCHELL | In Your Own Sweet Way | Sapho |
| 2 | OLIVIA VAN GOOR | Don’t Be Mad At Me | Self-Released |
| 3 | DAVE GOLDBERG | The Other Side | Tritone |
| 4 | JOE ALTERMAN | Plays Les McCann: Big Mo And Little Joe | Self-Released |
| 5 | PETE MCCANN | Without Question | Self-Released |