By Paul McGowan from PS Audio

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.

1. Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones – Come Away with Me (24Bit /192 kHz)
2. Dark Angel – Blue Rodeo – Five Days in July
3. Angel Vengador – Harry Gregson-Williams – Man on Fire
4. A case of you – Diana Krall – Live in Paris
5. Everything Is Free (feat. Flock of Dimes) – Sylvan Esso – Don’t Dream It’s Over / Everything Is Free
6. Come Away with Me – Norah Jones – Come Away with Me (24Bit /192 kHz)
7. Gaia – James Taylor – Hourglass
8. On a Black Horse / Linearity – Avishai Cohen (b) – Almah
9. Get Lucky – Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams – Random Access Memories (Hi-Res Version)
10. Goodbye Blue Sky – Pink Floyd – The Wall
11. Landslide – Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac (Deluxe Edition)
12. How Insensitive – Diana Krall – From This Moment On
13. Liquid Spirit – Gregory Porter – The Best of Blue Note
14. Gnomus – Jean Victor Arthur Guillou – Mussorgsky: M.P.: Pictures at an Exhibition – Stravinski: 3 Movements from Petrushka
15. Quarter Chicken Dark – Yo-Yo Ma – Yo-Yo Ma – The Classic Albums Collection
16. Raven – GoGo Penguin – A Humdrum Star
17. California Dreamin’ – Diana Krall – Wallflower (Deluxe Edition)
18. San Jacinto – Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel 4: Security (Remastered)
19. Scarlet Town – Brad Mehldau – Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau
20. Seven Years – Norah Jones – Come Away with Me (24Bit /192 kHz)
21. Sleeping by Myself – Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge – Mount Royal
22. Stimela (The Coal Train) – Hugh Masekela – Hope
23. Finale: Presto – Ludwig van Beethoven – Debut
24. Take This Hammer (feat. The Fairfield Four) – Willie Watson – Folksinger, Vol. 2
25. Tennis Court – Lorde – Pure Heroine
26. The Ragpicker’s Dream – Mark Knopfler – The Ragpicker’s Dream
27. The Song Is You – Joe Pass – Virtuoso
28. The Tennessee Waltz – Allan Taylor – Behind the Mix
29. The Time Machine – Jean Michel Jarre – Electronica 1: The Time Machine
30. Train Song – Holly Cole – Temptation
31. Turn Me On – Norah Jones – Come Away with Me (24Bit /192 kHz)
32. Variations on One String on a Theme By Rossini: Moses Fantasie – Janos Starker – Janos Starker: Virtuoso Music for Cello
33. Warm Ways – Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac (Deluxe Edition)
34. Welcome to the Machine – Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
35. Within – Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (Hi-Res Version)
36. Youth – Daughter – A Long Way Down – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
37. Mozart: Sonate in D-Dur Für Zwei Klaviere Kv 448: Allegro Con Spirito – Dena Piano Duo – The Nordic Sound
38. Nordheim: Colorazione – Cikada Duo – Nordheim
39. Islandsmoen: Requiem – Lacrymosa – Kristiansand Symfoniorkester – The Nordic Sound
40. Gjeilo: North Country II – Tom Barber – The Nordic Sound
41. Stairway to Heaven – Rodrigo y Gabriela – Rodrigo y Gabriela (Reedition Digitale)
42. Diving Duck Blues – Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ – TajMo
43. Hip-Notica – Tony Hymas – Who Else!
44. Keep the Wolves Away – Uncle Lucius – And You Are Me
45. 1br/1ba – Vienna Teng – Dreaming Through the Noise
46. Musical Genocide – Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit
47. Arms of A Woman – Amos Lee – Amos Lee
48. Gomni (with Ry Cooder) – Ali Farka TourÈ – Talking Timbuktu (with Ry Cooder)
49. Trouble’s What You’re In – Fink – Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet
50. Line ‘em Up – James Taylor – Hourglass
51. Run Away – Sarah Jarosz – Follow Me Down
52. Alison – Holly Cole – The Best of Holly Cole
53. Gaslighting Abbie – Steely Dan – Two Against Nature (Edition Studio Masters)
54. Where Will I Be – Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball
55. Sex in a Pan – Bela Fleck – UFO Tofu
56. Requiem: Pie Jesu – Mass Text – Rutter: Requiem – Five Anthems
57. Fanfare for the Common Man – Aaron Copland – Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man – Appalachian Spring – Symphony No. 3
58. Raleigh and Spencer – Tony Furtado – Tony Furtado Band
59. Harlem Nocturne – Illinois Jacquet – Swing’s the Thing
60. Celestial Echo – Malia – Convergence
61. Samurai Cowboy – Various Interprets – The Gate
62. Swallow Your Pride – Rhys – Swallow Your Pride
63. Mose Allison Played Here – Greg Brown – Slant 6 Mind
64. Alexandra Leaving – Leonard Cohen – The Essential Leonard Cohen
65. Cowgirl in The Sand – Neil Young – Live at Massey Hall 1971
66. My Romance – Gene Ammons – Boss Tenor
67. Fever – Petra Magoni – Musica Nuda – Live FIP
68. Lost and Lookin’ – Sam Cooke – The Man Who Invented Soul
69. Yesterday – Boyz II Men – II
70. Be Brave – My Brightest Diamond – All Things Will Unwind
71. Life on Mars? – Seu Jorge – The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
72. Hey Now – London Grammar – If You Wait (Deluxe)
73. Asheville Skies – The Milk Carton Kids – Monterey
74. Love Is A Verb – John Mayer – Born and Raised
75. Once You – Jacob Collier – Djesse Vol.1
76. Don’t Mess with Mister T – Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra – The Capitol Studios Sessions
77. Don’t Even Sing About It – The Books – The Lemon of Pink (Remastered)
78. Like I Was Sayin’ – Chick Corea – Chinese Butterfly
79. Thanks to You – Boz Scaggs – Dig
80. Whiskey and You – Chris Stapleton – Traveler
81. Brother Can You Spare a Dime – George Michael – Songs from the Last Century
82. Take Five – Dave Brubeck – Time Out
83. Skin – Jamie Woon – Making Time
84. Friend of the Devil – Bob Weir – Dear Jerry: Celebrating the Music of Jerry Garcia
85. Dance with Waves – Anouar Brahem – The Astounding Eyes of Rita
86. Pärt: Credo for Piano Solo, Mixed Choir and Orchestra – Arvo Pärt – Corigliano / Beethoven / Pärt “Credo”
87. So What – Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue
88. Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt – Nick of Time
89. Opus One – Emmet Cohen – Masters Legacy Series Volume 2: Ron Carter
90. House Carpenter – Nickel Creek – This Side
91. Variations on One String on a Theme By Rossini: Moses Fantasie – Janos Starker – Janos Starker: Virtuoso Music for Cello
92. (Improvvisazione) Adagio – Georg Friedrich Handel – Handel: Organ Concertos, Op.4
93. Sleeper – Snarky Puppy – We Like It Here
94. Voyeur – James Blake – Overgrown
95. Double Edge – Emika – Emika
96. Poco adagio – Olivier Latry – Francis Poulenc: Organ Concerto in G minor – Camille Saint-SaÎns: Symphony No. 3, “Organ” – Samuel Barber: Toccata festiva
97. When the Party’s Over – Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
98. Bad Guy – Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
99. You Don’t Get Me High Anymore – Phantogram – Three
100. Deeper – Pete Belasco – Deeper
101. Fit Song – Cornelius – Sensuous
102. You Can’t Fail Me Now – Bonnie Raitt – Slipstream
103. Infernal Dance of King Kaschei – Myung-Whun Chung – Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Stravinsky: Firebird
104. Riverside – Agnes Obel – Philharmonics (Deluxe Edition)
105. No Tears Left to Cry – Ariana Grande – Sweetener (Explicit)
106. Kyrie – Jose Carreras – Ramirez: Missa Criolla; Navidad Nuestra; Navidad en Verano
107. Limehouse Blues – Bengt Hallberg – Jazz at the Pawnshop: 30th Anniversary
108. Someday House – Greg Brown – Freak Flag
109. Walking on Sacred Ground – Many Nations/ Thayne & Taiowa Hake – One Voice
110. With Every Breath I Take – Frank Sinatra – Close to You
111. The Maze – Herbie Hancock – Jazz ‘Til the End of the Night (All Tracks Remastered)
112. Jazz Variants – O-Zone Percussion Group – O-Zone Percussion Group: Bamba (La)

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