Beverly Glenn-Copeland has released his first new piece of music in over 15 years. Called “River Dreams”, it’s s the lead single for his forthcoming album Transmissions: The Music Of Beverly Glenn-Copeland. It will be released on 25 September by Transgressive, the label now also home to Glenn-Copeland's back catalogue.

“I feel that music originates from the Universe itself, and it comes to me via something I call the UBS – ie The Universal Broadcasting System,” says Glenn-Copeland. “This song “River Dreams” came to me through the UBS. The song has a feeling to it. It is both calming and interesting because of the unusual time signature which is 17 eighth notes to every bar. Musically that is expressed as 17/8 instead of time signatures with which we are more familiar like 4/4 or 3/4. I recorded it in my home studio sometime in 2019.”

The new album includes music composed throughout his career to date and features both new and unreleased tracks and live versions. Leaving the US in 1970 to study music in Canada, Glenn-Copeland recently embarked on his first world tour at the age of 74, an experience documented in a three-part film Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story directed by Posy Dixon.

Glenn-Copeland regularly guests as Beverly on Canadian TV’s kids show Mr Dressup. He has also composed music for Sesame Street.

Listen to “River Dreams” and preorder Transmission on vinyl and CD via Boomkat and digitally on Bandcamp.