Musician Beverly Glenn-Copeland Announces Collaborative Album "Laughter in Summer"

In October 2025, acclaimed musician Beverly Glenn-Copeland revealed plans for a new collaborative album, "Laughter in Summer," set to release in February 2026 via Transgressive. The album is a follow-up to his 2023 release, "The Ones Ahead," and is a joint effort with his partner, Elizabeth Copeland, who served as the album's producer.

Accompanying the announcement are two new songs, "Children's Anthem" and "Let Us Dance (Movement One)." The couple described "Let Us Dance" as holding "deep personal meaning" and being one of their "most favorite songs to perform together." They see it as a "gentle reminder that life invites us to embody joy through movement, no matter the circumstances."

"Children's Anthem," written in 2007 for an anti-bullying conference, has been revived with a fresh arrangement. The couple dedicated the song to their granddaughter, hoping it will "serve as a rally cry to support and protect all the children of the world" during a time when "violence has become endemic."

The album itself is described as a "love letter" between the couple, created in the time since Beverly Glenn-Copeland was diagnosed with dementia. Elizabeth Copeland shared that it was a "very painful time" as she became "so aware of just how much of [her] sweetheart [she] was losing."