30 Silky Tracks of 2013 – KALX 90.7FM Berkeley

Omar Souleyman – “Wenu Wenu” – Wenu Wenu (Ribbon Music)
Charles Bradley – “Where Do We Go From Here” – Victim of Love (Daptone)
Terry Malts – “Life’s a Dream” – Nobody Realizes This is Nowhere (Slumberland)
Trombone Shorty – “Vieux Carre” – Say That To Say This (Verve)
Fuck Buttons – “Prince’s Prize” – Slow Focus (ATP Recordings)
King Krule – “Border Line” – 6 Feet Beneath The Moon (XL)
Joanna Gruesome – “Anti-Parent Cowboy Killers” – Weird Sister (Slumberland)
RJD2 – “Temperamental feat Phonte Coleman” – More Is Than Isn’t (RJ’s Electrical Connections)
Kaleidoscope Jukebox – “Flame Thrower” – Infinite Reflection (Rhythm & Culture)
M.I.A. – “Bad Girls” – Matangi (Interscope)
Blood Orange – “Uncle Ace” – Cupid Deluxe (Domino)
Clairy Browne & The Bangin‘ Rackettes – “Love Letter” – Baby Caught The Bus (Universal)
Emiliana Torrini – “Speed of Dark” – Tookah (Rough Trade)
Elvis Costello and the Roots – “CINCO Minutos Con Vos” – Wise Up Ghost (Blue Note)
AlunaGeorge – “Your Drums, Your Love” – Body Music (Vagrant)
Africando – “Deni Sabali” – Viva Africando (Forced Exposure)
Fat Freddy’s Drop – “Bohannon” – Blackbird (The Drop)
Mavis Staples – “Far Celestial Shore” – One True Vine (Ada Us)
Carla Bruni – “Chez Keith et Anita” – Little French Songs (Universal)
The Mavericks – “Come Unto Me” – In Time (Decca)
Alice Russell – “Let Go (Breakdown)” – To Dust (Tru Thoughts)
Bombino – “Imuhar” – Nomad (Nonesuch)
Red Baraat, Chico Mann – “Azad Azad (Chico Mann Remix)” – Big Talk (Sinj Records)
Afrolicious – “Pleasure Time” – California Dreaming (S/R)
Debruit – “Sharara” – Aljawal (Soundway)
Rokia Traore – “Melancolie” – Beautiful Africa (Nonesuch)
Beats Antique – “Veil of Tears” – A Thousand Faces – Act I (Beats Antique Records)
Prince – “Breakfast Can Wait” – Breakfast Can Wait (NPG Records)
Black Sabbath – “Love Forever” – 13 (EMI)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “And No More Shall We Part” – Live from KCRW (Bad Seed Ltd)

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