The Ones Ahead Beverly Glenn-Copeland

• 1 Africa Calling 05:40
• 2 Harbour (Song For Elizabeth) 04:38
• 3 Love Takes All 04:39
• 4 People Of The Loon 04:56
• 5 Stand Anthem 05:58
• 6 The Ones Ahead 04:56
• 7 Prince Caspian's Dream 04:10
• 8 Lakeland Angel 03:04
• 9 No Other 04:09
• Total Runtime 42:10

Info for The Ones Ahead

Beverly-Glenn Copeland veröffentlicht The Ones Ahead - sein erstes neues Album seit 20 Jahren über Transgressive Records. Seit Jahrzehnten beleuchtet der in Pennsylvania geborene, in Kanada lebende Sänger, Songwriter und Komponist mit seiner aufrichtigen, suchenden Stimme und seiner flinken Melodik Fragen der menschlichen Verbundenheit. Sein neues Album The Ones Ahead - seine erste Sammlung neuer Musik seit fast zwei Jahrzehnten - vertieft seine Erkundungen über die Art und Weise, wie wir uns alle gegenseitig in die nächste Welt tragen müssen.

Die Songs auf The Ones Ahead schöpfen ihre Inspiration aus einer Fülle von Traditionen, vom amerikanischen Jazz über irische Fiddle-Songs bis hin zu westafrikanischer Perkussion. Das temperamentvolle, polyrhythmische "Africa Calling" eröffnet The Ones Ahead, ein Lied ohne Text, das Glenn-Copelands westafrikanisches Erbe ehrt. The Ones Ahead verwebt geschickt ergreifende Themen: die Notwendigkeit von Liebe und gegenseitiger Fürsorge im Angesicht von Zerstörung und Ungewissheit, die Kraft, die Menschen haben, wenn sie einander die Hand reichen, und die Art und Weise, wie die Weisheit vergangener Generationen uns den Weg in die Zukunft weisen kann. The Ones Ahead kultiviert eine lebendige Hoffnung für diese Welt und das, was sie werden muss, um zu überleben. Als neues Kapitel in einem umfangreichen und einzigartigen Werk bietet Glenn-Copelands jüngstes Album eine blühende Weisheit für die kommende Welt, die jetzt dringender denn je benötigt wird.

Beverly Glenn-Copeland

Beverly Glenn-Copeland
The diverse work of legendary singer, composer and transgender activist Beverly Glenn-Copeland has been gathering momentum in recent years thanks to a reissue of the extraordinary folk-jazz explorations of his debut self-titled album (1970) and the widespread discovery of his acclaimed masterpiece Keyboard Fantasies (1986); an ahead-of-it’s-time synth exploration which somehow combines the essence of new-age minimalism, early Detroit techno and the warmth of traditional songwriting.

Throughout a fifty year recording career, Beverly Glenn-Copeland's music has defied categorisation and genre, its only consistency being the extraordinary fusion of vision, technology, spirituality and place.

Beverly Glenn-Copeland (Glenn to his friends and acquaintances) is now in his late-70’s, Glenn-Copeland was born into a musical family and studied the classical piano repertoire from ‘cradlehood,’ listening to his father playing the piano four to five hours a day. He moved from his home-town of Philadelphia to study classical music at McGill University, Montreal in 1961 (focussing on the European song repertoire) before he suddenly felt called to write music that would weave influences from the myriad musical cultures he had come to love.

After many years of absence from the concert stage, Glenn-Copeland has resumed performing with his new band, Indigo Rising, in Canada and Europe. With great joy and appreciation Glenn-Copeland acknowledges his deep connection with the younger generations that are now so enthusiastically embracing his music!

Moved from Philadelphia to Canada in 1961 to study at McGill University. Trained as a vocalist, he released a self-titled debut album in 1970, now a collector’s favorite, before earning a spot as a regular contributor on children’s TV show Mr. Dressup. Over 40 years Copeland remained dedicated to forward movement, writing plays, composing soundtracks and writing music that channels and celebrates the varied cultural influences of his own background. His 1984 self-released electronic album Keyboard Fantasies was reissued in 2016, its visionary approach resonating with the ears of a new generation.

In this lecture at the Red Bull Music Academy Bass Camp Montréal 2017, Copeland spoke with refreshing honesty and generosity about lessons learned, and imparted plenty of timeless advice about the unifying and healing powers of art.

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