The final album that he recorded, "Grit", was released in October 2003 on Real World Records. It had been recorded while he was ill, and he was unable to play his instruments. He brought together samples of unaccompanied traditional Scottish folk singers, his own bagpipe and fiddle playing, with and electronic drum beats. For the opening track, "Move" he sampled a recording of traditional singer Sheila Stewart performing the "Moving On Song", Ewan MacColl’s song about travellers; she was delighted that he was taking it to a new audience. His song "Liberation" featured Michael Marra narrating an English translation of psalm 118. The album has been "credited with starting the musical evolution of Celtic fusion". On 10 December 2003 BBC Two Scotland aired an "ArtWorks Scotland" documentary "Martyn Bennett: Grit".