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 22nd, 2020!
Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) / weru.org
September 7th through September 13th, 2020
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | THE JACOB JAMES | The Jacob James | Self-Released |
| 2 | NEW RESO GATHERING, THE | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Pinecastle |
| 3 | AESOP ROCK | “Rogue Wave” [Single] | Rhymesayers |
| 4 | AVETT BROTHERS, THE | The Third Gleam | Loma Vista |
| 5 | JULIE AND JOHN PENNELL | Keep On Walkin’ | JPE |
| 6 | MAMMALS, THE | Nonet | Humble Abode |
| 7 | CHUCK PROPHET | The Land That Time Forgot | Yep Roc |
| 8 | HIGH FIDELITY | Banjo Player’s Blues | Rebel |
| 9 | SARAH JAROSZ | World On The Ground | Rounder |
| 10 | VICKIKRISTINABARCELONA | Pawn Shop Radio | StorySound |
| 11 | COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS | Old Flowers | Fat Possum |
| 12 | DIRK POWELL | When I Wait For You | Compass |
| 13 | GF PATRICK | One Town Over | Need To Know/Skunkworks |
| 14 | INDIGO GIRLS | Look Long | Rounder |
| 15 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Reunions | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 16 | JAYHAWKS, THE | Xoxo | Sham/Thirty Tigers |
| 17 | RECKLESS KELLY | American Jackpot American Girls | No Big Deal |
| 18 | RUSTON KELLY | Shape & Destroy | Rounder |
| 19 | TOWER OF POWER | Step Up | Mack Avenue |
| 20 | ANDREA AND MUD | Bad News Darlin’ | Self-Released |
| 21 | BOB DYLAN | Rough And Rowdy Ways | Columbia |
| 22 | BOBBY RUSH | Rawer Than Raw | Deep Rush |
| 23 | BRIGHT EYES | Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 24 | CHRISTIAN LEE HUTSON | Beginners | Anti- |
| 25 | ERIC JOHANSON | Below Sea Level | Nola Blue |
| 26 | FRAZEY FORD | U Kin B The Sun | Arts & Crafts |
| 27 | GRETCHEN PETERS | The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs Of Mickey Newbury | Scarlet Letter |
| 28 | HURRICANE RUTH | Good Life | American Showplace |
| 29 | JR MUSIC UNIT | Mini Golfin’ | Self-Released |
| 30 | KELLY’S LOT | Another Sky | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOE WONG | Nite Creatures [Advance Tracks] | Decca |
| 2 | OTIS GIBBS | Hoosier National | Self-Released |
| 3 | BELLA WHITE | Just Like Leaving | Self-Released |
| 4 | CAROTHERS BROTHERS | We The People | CaroBros |
| 5 | ELI COOK | “All Night Thing” [Single] | C.R.8. |
| 6 | HAAI | Put Your Head Above The Parakeets | Mute |
| 7 | LOFT CLUB, THE | Dreamin The Impossible | Lightyear |
| 8 | OSEES | Protean Threat | Castle Face |
| 9 | CULTS | Host | Sinderlyn |
| 10 | FUZZKILL | The Get Better | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS | Got To Be Tough | Trojan Jamaica/BMG |
| 2 | DERYA YILDIRIM AND GRUP SIMSEK | Kar Yagar | Bongo Joe |
| 3 | KABAKA PYRAMID | “Nice Up The Dance” [Single] | VP |
| 4 | MAX HIGHSTEIN | Gratitunes | Desert Heart |
| 5 | MULATU ASTATKE AND BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE | To Know Without Knowing | Agogo |
| 6 | CEU | APKA! | Six Degrees |
| 7 | KELEKETLA | Keleketla! | Ahead Of Our Time |
| 8 | LADAMA | Oye Mujer | Six Degrees |
| 9 | CAPTAIN PLANET | No Visa | Bastard Jazz |
| 10 | VUSI MAHLASELA | Shebeen Queen | ATO |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DJ SHADOW | Our Pathetic Age | Mass Appeal |
| 2 | BSTAR | “Tweety” feat. Boosie BadAzz [Single] | Intrepid Media Giant |
| 3 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ4 | Jewel Runners/RBC/BMG |
| 4 | BLU AND EXILE | Miles | Dirty Science |
| 5 | BLACK SOPRANO FAMILY | Black Soprano Family | eOne |
| 6 | LITTLE SIMZ | Drop 6 [EP] | AGE 101/AWAL |
| 7 | JABEE | This World Is So Fragile And Cruel I’m Glad I Got You | Grand Union |
| 8 | GREENLIGHTS MUSIC | Space Craft | Self-Released |
| 9 | NAS | King’s Disease | Mass Appeal |
| 10 | MOEMAW NAEDON | Dr. Deadhorse | Soul Slime |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ORRIN EVANS AND THE CAPTAIN BLACK BIG BAND | The Intangible Between | Smoke Sessions |
| 2 | FLYING HORSE BIG BAND, THE | Florida Rays | Self-Released |
| 3 | SAMOA WILSON WITH THE JIM KWESKIN BAND | I Just Want To Be Horizontal | Kingswood |
| 4 | TWISTED PINE | Right Now | Signature Sounds |
| 5 | GEORGE COLLIGAN TRIO | Live In Arklow | Ubuntu |
| 6 | DAVID BACH | Fierce Heart | Integrity |
| 7 | GRANT GORDY | Interpreter | Self-Released |
| 8 | KENNY CARR | Hard Jazz | Zoozazz |
| 9 | GEORGE GILLIAM TRIO | Steppin’ Lightly | Self-Released |
| 10 | WAYNE ALPERN | Scarab | Henri Elkan |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | DIVE INDEX | Waving At Airplanes | Neutral |
| 2 | CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA, THE | To Believe (Remixes) | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | FAITHLESS | “Synthesizer” feat. Nathan Ball [Single] | BMG |
| 4 | GORILLAZ | Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, Volume Six (Deluxe) [Advance Tracks] | Parlaphone |
| 5 | LANE 8 | Brightest Lights | This Never Happened |
| 6 | MOBY | All Visible Objects | Mute |
| 7 | WASHED OUT | Purple Noon | Sub Pop |
| 8 | JAGA JAZZIST | Pyramid | Brainfeeder |
| 9 | JESSY LANZA | All The Time | Hyperdub |
| 10 | DISCLOSURE | ENERGY | Capitol |
Electronic / Dance “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | HAAI | Put Your Head Above The Parakeets | Mute |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOE FARNSWORTH | Time To Swing | Smoke Sessions |
| 2 | MIKI YAMANAKA | Human Dust Suite | OutsideIn |
| 3 | NILS | Caught in the Groove | BAJA |
| 4 | MATT DEMERRITT | Fool’s Journey | Self-Released |