Singer-songwriters will be the focus of a new Rough Trade compilation, due this summer via Mute. The double disc, titled Rough Trade Shops: Singer Songwriter 01, will feature 38 songs from underground up-and-comers such as Micah P. Hinson, King Creosote and Diane Cluck along with staples such as Bright Eyes, Nick Cave, Lou Barlow, Elvis Costello, PJ Harvey, Elliott Smith, Tom Waits and Cat Power. The Rough Trade Shops series began in 2001 and has paid homage to various genres of music. Tracklist For Rough Trade Shops: Singer Songwriter 01: Disc One 01. Beneath The Rose - Micah P. Hinson 02. The Calendar Hung Itself - Bright Eyes 03. I've Changed My Number - Plush 04. The Irony Engine - Franklin Bruno 05. The Girl From The Estuary - Adrian Crowley 06. Metal Heart - Cat Power 07. Come Down Slowly - James William Hindle 08. Take Courage - Mark Eitzel 09. Plain Sailing - Tracey Thorn 10. Waving - The Bevis Frond 11. Vincent Black Lightning 1952 - Richard Thompson 12. Dress (demo) - PJ Harvey 13. I Want You - Elvis Costello 14. Little Boy Blue - Tom Waits 15. Scissors - Barbara Manning 16. Needle In The Hay - Elliott Smith 17. Alabaster - Simon Joyner 18. Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 19. Someplace Simple - James Yorkston 20. When The Snow Falls This November - Julie Doiron Disc Two 01. Summer Of Drugs - Victoria Williams 02. Hotel Room - Richard Hawley 03. Easy To Be Around - Diane Cluck 04. Danny Carlisle - Vic Chesnutt 05. The Way That She Really Is - Mark Mulcahy 06. Number One - Matthew Hattie Hein 07. Is Everybody Happy? - Jane Weaver 08. Forever Instant - Lou Barlow & His Sentridoh 09. Blues In Bob Minor - Robert Wyatt 10. Don't Let The Record Label Take You Out To Lunch - Jeffrey Lewis 11. Sundrops - Kristin Hersh 12. Just After 11 She Left - King Creosote 13. To A Scrapyard Bustop - Charlie Parr 14. Dear Darling - Mary Margaret O'Hara 15. Cripple And The Starfish - Antony And The Johnsons 16. Masher - The Mountain Goats 17. Endless Sleep - Nick Lowe 18. Speeding Motorcycle - Daniel Johnston www.mute.com
