Stars come together for John Martyn tribute

A unique tribute album dedicated to the legendary John Martyn will be released in Ireland next month.

Entitled "Johnny Boy Would Love This - A Tribute To John Martyn", the double album – which will also include a DVD of interviews with a number of the artists and videos of performances by Martyn himself – will be available from Friday 12 August.

It will include 30 cover versions of Martyn's songs recorded by some of the biggest stars of the music business, including Beck, Phil Collins, Snow Patrol, David Gray, Paolo Nutini, Morcheeba, Beth Orton and The Cure's Robert Smith.

John Martyn was born in Surrey, England but lived in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny for a number of years before his death.

All proceeds from the release will go to Martyn's family.

The full track listing is as follows:

CD1: David Gray - Let The Good Things Come; Clarence Fountain and Sam Butler - Glorious Fool; Robert Smith -Small Hours; Beck – Stormbringer; Ted Barnes (featuring Gavin Clark) – Over The Hill; The Swell Season – I Don’t Wanna Know; The Emperors Of Wyoming – Bless The Weather; Lisa Hannigan – Couldn’t Love You More; Vetiver – Go Easy; Skye Edwards – Solid Air; Cheryl Wilson – You Can Discover; Joe Bonamassa – The Easy Blues; Sonia Dada – Dancing; Sabrina Dinan – Certain Surprise; Paolo Nutini – One World.

CD2: Snow Patrol – May You Never; Beth Orton – Go Down Easy; Bombay Bicycle Club – Fairytale Lullaby; Syd Kitchen – Fine Lines; Vashti Bunyan – Head And Heart; Morcheeba – Run Honey Run; Nicholas Barron – Angeline; John Smith – Walk To The Water; Judy Tzuke – Hurt In Your Heart; Jim Tullio – Road To Ruin; Oh My God – John Wayne; The Blackships – Rope Soul’d; Ultan Conlon – Back To Stay; Brendan Campbell – Anna; Phil Collins – Tearing And Breaking.