The Ones Ahead
TRANSGRESSIVE
9/10
SINGER, songwriter and composer Beverly Glenn-Copeland was so far ahead of his time when he began writing and performing music that several decades had to pass before his audience revealed itself. A long life lived in between then and now fully informs the sweeping, expansive music on his new album, The Ones Ahead.
Born in Philadelphia and based in Canada, Glenn-Copeland’s musical trajectory began in the 1960s at Montréal’s McGill University, where for 25 years, and writing songs for . A defining moment occurred in 1986, when Glenn-Copeland discovered the world of digital synthesis and recorded , a gorgeous New Age album. Only 200 cassettes were produced, most of which never made it out of storage.
