Expansive 30-song tribute album to the mind-bending British folkie who passed away in 2009…four decades of pioneering acoustic music that incorporated “Echoplexed” psychedelica and jazz touches made Martyn an iconic, cult figure among critics, fans and his peers …In the works for a few years, the project includes a number of notable participants including Beck, David Gray, Snow Patrol, Lisa Hannigan, Beth Orton, Robert Smith of the Cure, Phil Collins, Paolo Nutini …Martyn’s discography will, no doubt, continue to receive Deluxe treatments as unreleased material is unearthed, but Johnny Boy Would Love This brings him to a younger demographic of artists alongside more established performers like Beth Orton and Joe Bonamassa, all proving the enduring resonance of his work. Just as Island Records label mate Nick Drake has enjoyed considerable cult success decades after committing suicide in 1974, Martyn deserves similar consideration, and Johnny Boy Would Love This could well be the breakthrough that inspires others to look at his rich, varied and often heartbreaking body of work.
Tracklist:
Disc One
1. Let The Good Things Come-David Gray
2. Glorious Fool-Clarence Fountain & Sam Butler (Formely Of Blind Boys Of Alabama)
3. Small Hours-Robert Smith (Cure)
4. Stormbringer-Beck
5. Over The Hill-Ted Barnes Feat. Gavin Clark
6. I Don’t Want To Know-The Swell Season
7. Bless The Weather-The Emperors Of Wyoming (Butch Vig And Company)
8. Couldn’t Love You More-Lisa Hannigan
9. Go Easy-Vetiver
10. Solid Air-Skye Edwards (Of Morcheeba)
11. You Can Discover-Cheryl Wilson
12. The Easy Blues-Joe Bonamassa
13. Dancing-Sonia Dada
14. Certain Surprise-Sabrina Dinan
15. One World-Paolo Nutini
Disc Two
1. May You Never-Snow Patrol
2. Go Down Easy-Beth Orton
3. Fairytale Lullaby-Bombay Bicycle Club
4. Fine Lines-Syd Kitchen
5. Head And Heart-Vashti Bunyan
6. Run Honey Run-Morcheeba Feat. Bradley Burgess
7. Angeline-Nicholas Barron
8. Walk To The Water-John Smith
9. Hurt In Your Heart-Judie Tzuke
10. Road To Ruin-Jim Tullio
11. John Wayne-Oh My God
12. Rope Soul’d-The Blackships Feat. David Mckellar
13. Back To Stay-Ultan Conlon
14. Anna-Brendan Campbell
15. Tearing And Breaking-Phil Collins
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