Recorded shortly after his 1986 cult classic, Keyboard Fantasies, “Light of the Heavens” is a nearly lost relic by Beverly Glenn-Copeland. Existing in the same mesmeric electronic sphere of that album, the track features rippling synths and heavenly chants, as Glenn-Copeland sings lovingly of our infinite cosmic connection. A dazzling video for the song, also unearthed, features trance-like interpretive dance, celestial stained glass, and a bespectacled Glenn-Copeland draped in era appropriate silky headband and robe, singing of “the weaving stars of deepest night,” a paean to the master plan behind our mysterious existence.
Category: Beverly Glenn-Copeland
Group Listening
Group Listening return with Clarinet & Piano: Selected Works Vol. 2, set for release at the top of next year. This new collection finds the U.K. duo setting their sights on works from Robbie Basho, Syrinx, popular folk, and, in this first taste, the inimitable Beverly Glenn-Copeland, covering “Sunset Village” from his 1986 masterpiece Keyboard Fantasies.
Transmissions :: Beverly Glenn-Copeland
The release of the new collection Transmissions: The Music of Beverly Glenn-Copeland continues a wave of new appreciation for the pioneering folk, electronic, and experimental composer’s celestial and enveloping songs. Glenn-Copeland joins us to discuss science fiction, aliens, and picking up broadcasts from the universe.
Beverly Glenn-Copeland :: At Last!
This fall promises the release of Transmissions: The Music of Beverly Glenn-Copeland—a survey of the brilliant catalog of a pioneering transgender artist. But first, the funk rock ep At Last! It’s the latest affirmation of the seemingly impossible magic of Glenn-Copeland’s catalog.
Beverly Glenn-Copeland :: La Vita
Our fascination with Beverly Glenn-Copeland is no secret, from the jazzy folk of his 1970 debut to his 1986 minimalist electronic masterpiece, “Keyboard Fantasies.”
Beverly Glenn-Copeland :: Keyboard Fantasies
In 1970, Canada via Philadelphia singer / songwriter Beverly Glenn-Copeland cut his first two records. One self-titled, the other just called Beverly Copeland , on both discs he creates an intense and intimate dialogue amongst backdrops of […]
Beverly Copeland :: Good Morning Blues (1970)
With vox akin to Linda Perhacs, Beverly Copeland dropped this one in 1970. Soul deep, Copeland’s vocals are sparsely accented by acoustic guitar and trumpet, riffing on the stirring black hound of depression that woefully does not […]