Beverly Glenn-Copeland

Singer and composer Beverly Glenn-Copeland's hard-to-categorize music is filled with wonder, compassion, and hope. Beginning his recording career in the early '70s with two self-titled albums of poetic jazz-folk, he spent much of the following decades working in children's television, and sang on several albums by iconic singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. In 1986, he released Keyboard Fantasies, a meditative album of uplifting new age pop. After decades of obscurity, Glenn-Copeland's music was rediscovered by younger audiences, and artists such as Blood Orange, Moses Sumney, and Caribou counted him as an influence. He began performing frequently and giving interviews, and following the production of a documentary about his life, the career-spanning collection Transmissions: The Music of Beverly Glenn-Copeland was released in 2020. His first studio album in nearly 20 years, the anthemic, passionate The Ones Ahead, arrived in 2023, and Laughter in the Summer followed three years later.