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 15th, 2020!
Community Radio WERU-FM 89.9 (Blue Hill) / weru.org
August 31st through September 6th, 2020
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MOLLY TUTTLE | …But I’d Rather Be With You | Compass |
| 2 | HARROW FAIR | Sins We Made | Brad Paul Media |
| 3 | JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT | Reunions | Southeastern/Thirty Tigers |
| 4 | JAYHAWKS, THE | Xoxo | Sham/Thirty Tigers |
| 5 | AVETT BROTHERS, THE | The Third Gleam | Loma Vista |
| 6 | LORI MCKENNA | The Balladeer | Thirty Tigers |
| 7 | RACHAEL SAGE | Character | MPress |
| 8 | CHUCK PROPHET | The Land That Time Forgot | Yep Roc |
| 9 | DAVID HAERLE | Death Valley | Edendale |
| 10 | DIRK POWELL | When I Wait For You | Compass |
| 11 | JAMES BLOUNT | Spider Tales | Free Dirt |
| 12 | MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER | The Dirt And The Stars | Lambent Light |
| 13 | OLD 97S | Twelfth | ATO |
| 14 | SHELBY LYNNE | Shelby Lynne [Advance Tracks] | Everso/Thirty Tigers |
| 15 | SHERYL CROW | “In The End” [Single] | UMG Valory |
| 16 | BETTYE LAVETTE | Blackbirds | Verve |
| 17 | BOB DYLAN | Rough And Rowdy Ways | Columbia |
| 18 | BRIGHT EYES | Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
| 19 | CARY MORIN | Dockside Saints | Self-Released |
| 20 | DOWNTOWN MYSTIC | Better Day | Sha La |
| 21 | ELEANOR UNDERHILL | Land Of The Living | Self-Released |
| 22 | ELIZA GILKYSON | 2020 (Twenty Twenty) | Red House |
| 23 | FATHER JOHN MISTY | “To S” b/w “To R” [Single] | Sub Pop |
| 24 | FORREST HILL | River Of Stars | Self-Released |
| 25 | FRETLAND | Fretland | Self-Released |
| 26 | GRETCHEN PETERS | The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs Of Mickey Newbury | Scarlet Letter |
| 27 | INDIGO GIRLS | Look Long | Rounder |
| 28 | JOHN CRAIGIE | Asterisk The Universe | Thirty Tigers |
| 29 | LAZER LLOYD | Tomorrow Never Comes | Lots Of Love |
| 30 | LOWEST PAIR, THE | The Perfect Plan | Delicata |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | JOHN POPS DENNIE | I’ve Got Something to Say | Freestone |
| 2 | BRENNEN LEIGH | Prairie Love Letter | Self-Released |
| 3 | MARK EGAN AND DANNY GOTTLIEB | Electric Blue | Wavetone |
| 4 | BOBBY RUSH | Rawer Than Raw | Deep Rush |
| 5 | CHRIS SMITHER | More from the Levee | Signature Sounds |
| 6 | JEREMIAH JAMES | Render [EP] | Self-Released |
| 7 | JOHN WILLIAM WATKINS | The Oracle [EP] | Self-Released |
| 8 | TREY CONNOR | Horizons | Self-Released |
| 9 | AVETT BROTHERS, THE | The Third Gleam | Loma Vista |
| 10 | HALEY BLAIS | Below The Salt | Tiny Kingdom |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | TIDIANE THIAM | Siftorde | Sahel Sounds |
| 2 | MDOU MOCTAR | “Ibitlan” b/w “Tiknass (Sunbone)” [Single] | Sahel Sounds |
| 3 | ONE FOR THE FOXES | Take A Look Around | Self-Released |
| 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 | CAPTAIN PLANET | No Visa | Bastard Jazz |
| 9 | LADAMA | Oye Mujer | Six Degrees |
| 10 | KHRUANGBIN | Mordechai | Dead Oceans/Secretly Group |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BLU AND EXILE | Miles | Dirty Science |
| 2 | DENZEL CURRY AND KENNY BEATS | Unlocked | Loma Vista |
| 3 | BLACK SOPRANO FAMILY | Black Soprano Family | eOne |
| 4 | LITTLE SIMZ | Drop 6 [EP] | AGE 101/AWAL |
| 5 | JABEE | This World Is So Fragile And Cruel I’m Glad I Got You | Grand Union |
| 6 | BSTAR | “Tweety” feat. Boosie BadAzz [Single] | Intrepid Media Giant |
| 7 | RUN THE JEWELS | RTJ4 | Jewel Runners/RBC/BMG |
| 8 | MOEMAW NAEDON | Dr. Deadhorse | Soul Slime |
| 9 | GREENLIGHTS MUSIC | Space Craft | Self-Released |
| 10 | GASLAMP KILLER | Heart Math | NAYMLIS |
Top Ten Jazz Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | SAM HIRSH | Quite Frankly – Introducing Sam Hirsh | Umadas |
| 2 | BUTCHER BROWN | “Gum In Mouth b/w Cabbage” [Single] | Concord Jazz |
| 3 | DUCHESS | Live At Jazz Standard | Anzic |
| 4 | IMMANUEL WILKINS | Omega | Blue Note |
| 5 | SAMOA WILSON WITH THE JIM KWESKIN BAND | I Just Want To Be Horizontal | Kingswood |
| 6 | JOAN WATSON JONES | Choices | Self-Released |
| 7 | LAUREN HENDERSON | The Songbook Session | Brontosaurus |
| 8 | NILS | “Caught In The Groove” [Single] | Baja |
| 9 | TWISTED PINE | Right Now | Signature Sounds |
| 10 | KENNY CARR | Hard Jazz | Zoozazz |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LITTLE SIMZ | Drop 6 [EP] | AGE 101/AWAL |
| 2 | MACHINEDRUM | “Kane Train” feat. Freddie Gibbs b/w “Ur2yung” [Single] | Ninja Tune |
| 3 | MONSTER RALLY | Castaways, Vol 1 | Gold Robot |
| 4 | JAGA JAZZIST | Pyramid | Brainfeeder |
| 5 | WASHED OUT | Purple Noon | Sub Pop |
| 6 | BRONSON | BRONSON | Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune |
| 7 | AVALANCHES, THE | “Wherever You Go” b/w “Reflecting Light” [Single] | Astralwerks |
| 8 | JESSY LANZA | All The Time | Hyperdub |
| 9 | CAPTAIN PLANET | No Visa | Bastard Jazz |
| 10 | CUT COPY | Freeze, Melt | Cutters |
World “Add”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | MARK EGAN AND DANNY GOTTLIEB | Electric Blue | Wavetone |
Jazz “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ASHLEY LOCHEED AND CHRIS ROTTMAYER | So In Love | Timucua Arts Foundation |
| 2 | MARK EGAN AND DANNY GOTTLIEB | Electric Blue | Wavetone |
| 3 | MARK HYNES TRIO | Tribute | Cellar |
| 4 | SABERTOOTH SWING | Songs of Future Past | Slammin Media |