Jeff Ament, bass player for Pearl Jam, is featured on Sweet Relief III: Pennies from Heaven, a charity album benefiting the Sweet Relief Fund, which provides financial assistance to musicians that are struggling while dealing with illness, disability or age-related problems.

Ament is joined by Joseph Arthur on a cover of the Townes van Zandt track "If I Needed You."

Other artists appearing on the set include She & Him, Jackson Browne, Ben Harper, k.d. lang, Sam Phillips, Ron Sexsmith, Shelby Lynne, Genevieve Toupin, Eleni Mandell, Joseph Arthur, Rickie Lee Jones and Victoria Williams.

The painter Peter Max created the cover art for Sweet Relief III: Pennies from Heaven. The album is available now via digital download at iTunes and Amazon.

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