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Beck, Robert Smith, The Swell Season Pay Tribute to John Martyn

July 22 2010, Whitney Baker, PasteMagazine.com

Late British singer-songwriter John Martyn passed away last January before he could finish his latest album, Willing to Work. News surfaced that Martyn’s friends and producers Gary Pollitt and Jim Tullio are finishing the album for release sometime soon; Martyn’s official website has also released a partial tracklisting for a tribute album featuring several awesome artists rehashing Martyn songs that is shaping up.

Twenty-two artists have confirmed their contribution to the album, among them Robert Smith of The Cure, Devendra Banhart, Snow Patrol, Beck and The Swell Season. No information on a release date or whether more artists will be pledging contributions has been given yet.

See the partial tracklist for the as-yet-unnamed album below:

1. Beck – “Stormbringer”
2. Snow Patrol – “May You Never”
3. Robert Smith (of The Cure) – “Small Hours”
4. Blackships (Nick McCabe, Simon Jones of the Verve) – “Rope Soul’d or Sapphire”
5. Beth Orton – “Go Down Easy”
6. David Gray – “Let The Good Things Come”
7. Lisa Hannigan – “Couldn’t Love You More”
8. The Swell Season – “I Don’t Want to Know”
9. 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”