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