Paul's Picks updated

August 3, 2020 by Paul McGowan

For several years now, my list of favorites has made its way around the internet and shared by many. That's great. I thought perhaps it's time to update and extend that list for those music lovers looking for some fresh reference tunes. This task has been on my list of to-dos for some time. Recently, I got jogged out of complacency as the bull grabbed its own horns. Members of our Forums started a new thread called "Our list for Paul". You can visit that thread here. Much appreciated as we all like to have new and great recordings to play. In the meantime, I share with you my playlist.

Don’t Know Why - Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (24Bit /192 kHz)
Dark Angel - Blue Rodeo - Five Days in July
Angel Vengador - Harry Gregson-Williams - Man on Fire
A case of you - Diana Krall - Live in Paris
Everything Is Free (feat. Flock of Dimes) - Sylvan Esso - Don’t Dream It’s Over / Everything Is Free
Come Away with Me - Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (24Bit /192 kHz)
Gaia - James Taylor - Hourglass
On a Black Horse / Linearity - Avishai Cohen (b) - Almah
Get Lucky - Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams - Random Access Memories (Hi-Res Version)
Goodbye Blue Sky - Pink Floyd - The Wall
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (Deluxe Edition)
How Insensitive - Diana Krall - From This Moment On
Liquid Spirit - Gregory Porter - The Best of Blue Note
Gnomus - Jean Victor Arthur Guillou - Mussorgsky: M.P.: Pictures at an Exhibition - Stravinski: 3 Movements from Petrushka
Quarter Chicken Dark - Yo-Yo Ma - Yo-Yo Ma - The Classic Albums Collection
Raven - GoGo Penguin - A Humdrum Star
California Dreamin’ - Diana Krall - Wallflower (Deluxe Edition)
San Jacinto - Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 4: Security (Remastered)
Scarlet Town - Brad Mehldau - Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau
Seven Years - Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (24Bit /192 kHz)
Sleeping by Myself - Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge - Mount Royal
Stimela (The Coal Train) - Hugh Masekela - Hope
Finale: Presto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Debut
Take This Hammer (feat. The Fairfield Four) - Willie Watson - Folksinger, Vol. 2
Tennis Court - Lorde - Pure Heroine
The Ragpicker’s Dream - Mark Knopfler - The Ragpicker’s Dream
The Song Is You - Joe Pass - Virtuoso
The Tennessee Waltz - Allan Taylor - Behind the Mix
The Time Machine - Jean Michel Jarre - Electronica 1: The Time Machine
Train Song - Holly Cole - Temptation
Turn Me On - Norah Jones - Come Away with Me (24Bit /192 kHz)
Variations on One String on a Theme By Rossini: Moses Fantasie - Janos Starker - Janos Starker: Virtuoso Music for Cello
Warm Ways - Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (Deluxe Edition)
Welcome to the Machine - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Within - Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (Hi-Res Version)
Youth - Daughter - A Long Way Down - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Mozart: Sonate in D-Dur Für Zwei Klaviere Kv 448: Allegro Con Spirito - Dena Piano Duo - The Nordic Sound
Nordheim: Colorazione - Cikada Duo - Nordheim
Islandsmoen: Requiem - Lacrymosa - Kristiansand Symfoniorkester - The Nordic Sound
Gjeilo: North Country II - Tom Barber - The Nordic Sound
Stairway to Heaven - Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela (Reedition Digitale)
Diving Duck Blues - Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ - TajMo
Hip-Notica - Tony Hymas - Who Else!
Keep the Wolves Away - Uncle Lucius - And You Are Me
1br/1ba - Vienna Teng - Dreaming Through the Noise
Musical Genocide - Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit
Arms of A Woman - Amos Lee - Amos Lee
Gomni (with Ry Cooder) - Ali Farka TourÈ - Talking Timbuktu (with Ry Cooder)
Trouble’s What You’re In - Fink - Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet
Line ‘em Up - James Taylor - Hourglass
Run Away - Sarah Jarosz - Follow Me Down
Alison - Holly Cole - The Best of Holly Cole
Gaslighting Abbie - Steely Dan - Two Against Nature (Edition Studio Masters)
Where Will I Be - Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
Sex in a Pan - Bela Fleck - UFO Tofu
Requiem: Pie Jesu - Mass Text - Rutter: Requiem - Five Anthems
Fanfare for the Common Man - Aaron Copland - Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man - Appalachian Spring - Symphony No. 3
Raleigh and Spencer - Tony Furtado - Tony Furtado Band
Harlem Nocturne - Illinois Jacquet - Swing’s the Thing
Celestial Echo - Malia - Convergence
Samurai Cowboy - Various Interprets - The Gate
Swallow Your Pride - Rhys - Swallow Your Pride
Mose Allison Played Here - Greg Brown - Slant 6 Mind
Alexandra Leaving - Leonard Cohen - The Essential Leonard Cohen
Cowgirl in The Sand - Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall 1971
My Romance - Gene Ammons - Boss Tenor
Fever - Petra Magoni - Musica Nuda - Live FIP
Lost and Lookin’ - Sam Cooke - The Man Who Invented Soul
Yesterday - Boyz II Men - II
Be Brave - My Brightest Diamond - All Things Will Unwind
Life on Mars? - Seu Jorge - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Hey Now - London Grammar - If You Wait (Deluxe)
Asheville Skies - The Milk Carton Kids - Monterey
Love Is A Verb - John Mayer - Born and Raised
Once You - Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol.1
Don’t Mess with Mister T - Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra - The Capitol Studios Sessions
Don’t Even Sing About It - The Books - The Lemon of Pink (Remastered)
Like I Was Sayin’ - Chick Corea - Chinese Butterfly
Thanks to You - Boz Scaggs - Dig
Whiskey and You - Chris Stapleton - Traveler
Brother Can You Spare a Dime - George Michael - Songs from the Last Century
Take Five - Dave Brubeck - Time Out
Skin - Jamie Woon - Making Time
Friend of the Devil - Bob Weir - Dear Jerry: Celebrating the Music of Jerry Garcia
Dance with Waves - Anouar Brahem - The Astounding Eyes of Rita
Pärt: Credo for Piano Solo, Mixed Choir and Orchestra - Arvo Pärt - Corigliano / Beethoven / Pärt "Credo"
So What - Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time
Opus One - Emmet Cohen - Masters Legacy Series Volume 2: Ron Carter
House Carpenter - Nickel Creek - This Side
Variations on One String on a Theme By Rossini: Moses Fantasie - Janos Starker - Janos Starker: Virtuoso Music for Cello
(Improvvisazione) Adagio - Georg Friedrich Handel - Handel: Organ Concertos, Op.4
Sleeper - Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
Voyeur - James Blake - Overgrown
Double Edge - Emika - Emika
Poco adagio - Olivier Latry - Francis Poulenc: Organ Concerto in G minor - Camille Saint-SaÎns: Symphony No. 3, "Organ" - Samuel Barber: Toccata festiva
When the Party’s Over - Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Bad Guy - Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
You Don’t Get Me High Anymore - Phantogram - Three
Deeper - Pete Belasco - Deeper
Fit Song - Cornelius - Sensuous
You Can’t Fail Me Now - Bonnie Raitt - Slipstream
Infernal Dance of King Kaschei - Myung-Whun Chung - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Stravinsky: Firebird
Riverside - Agnes Obel - Philharmonics (Deluxe Edition)
No Tears Left to Cry - Ariana Grande - Sweetener (Explicit)
Kyrie - Jose Carreras - Ramirez: Missa Criolla; Navidad Nuestra; Navidad en Verano
Limehouse Blues - Bengt Hallberg - Jazz at the Pawnshop: 30th Anniversary
Someday House - Greg Brown - Freak Flag
Walking on Sacred Ground - Many Nations/ Thayne & Taiowa Hake - One Voice
With Every Breath I Take - Frank Sinatra - Close to You
The Maze - Herbie Hancock - Jazz ‘Til the End of the Night (All Tracks Remastered)
Jazz Variants - O-Zone Percussion Group - O-Zone Percussion Group: Bamba (La)