We’ve known about a contribution by the Cure’s Robert Smith to a new John Martyn tribute album since earlier this year, but now details about 21 more artists to interpret songs by the late, great British singer-songwriter, as well as their chosen tracks, have emerged. In addition to Smith’s rendition of Martyn’s 1977 classic “Small Hours,” the as-yet-untitled release features newly recorded covers by Lisa Hannigan, Beth Orton, Devendra Banhart, Beck, Vashti Bunyan, the Swell Season, Vetiver, Blind Boys of Alabama, and many more.
According to official site johnmartyn.com, more details (and possibly artists) will be revealed as the project progresses. Meanwhile, Martyn’s final album, Willing To Work, which he nearly finished before his death at the age of 60 last January, is being mixed and completed by friends Gary Pollitt and Jim Tullio.
Preview the full list of artists/songs known to be on the Martyn tribute record at this time, and stream a collection of 10 original versions below:
01 Beck – “Stormbringer”
02 Snow Patrol – “May You Never”
03 Robert Smith (of The Cure) – “Small Hours”
04 Blackships (Nick McCabe, Simon Jones of the Verve) – “Rope Soul’d or Sapphire”
05 Beth Orton – “Go Down Easy”
06 David Gray – “Let The Good Things Come”
07 Lisa Hannigan – “Couldn’t Love You More”
08 The Swell Season – “I Don’t Want to Know”
09 Paolo Nutini – “One World”
10 Devendra Banhart – “Sweet Little Mystery”
11 Vetiver – “Go Easy”
12 Vashti Bunyan – “Head & Heart”
13 Skye Edwards (Morcheeba) – “Solid Air”
14 Ted Barnes featuring Gavin Clark (of Clayhill & Unkle) – “Over The Hill”
15 The Blind Boys Of Alabama – “Glorious Fool”
16 Brendan Campbell – “Anna”
17 Sonia Dada – “Dancing”
18 Sabrina Dinan – “Certain Surprise”
19 Oh My God – “John Wayne”
20 Foley (Miles Davis Bass Player) – “Clutches”
21 Nicholas Barron – “Angeline”
22 Cheryl Wilson – “You Can Discover”