According to pitchfork.com, artist Beverly Glenn-Copeland has shared new song from his upcoming LP The Ones Ahead. The new song is titled “Harbour (Song for Elizabeth),” which is a tribute to Copeland’s wife of nearly 15 years.
As a whole,“Harbour (Song For Elizabeth)” is a lovely ditty which displays how much Copeland loves his wife. The instrumentation is beautiful due to how each note blends in with emotions of Copeland expressing his feelings and the vocals are just as good because the singer’s voice brings extra emotion on this piece.
In the following statement Copeland discusses more of the meaning behind his latest tune.
“On each of Elizabeth’s birthdays, I write her a song. I’m not sure of the date that I wrote this one, but we are lucky she had a copy of it or it would have been lost. I had totally forgotten about it. Elizabeth and I have been friends since 1992. In 2007, at a mutual friend’s wedding, the spark of a deep personal love was ignited (there’s an amazing story here about a dream she had prior to that wedding about us, but I’ll leave that for her to tell!).”
The artist adds: We married in 2009. Since then, she has been my partner in every aspect of life personally and creatively. This song is included on this album to honor her deep love and commitment to me which kept us afloat during the first years of our marriage. I need to also acknowledge her dedication over the last few years during a physically and emotionally harrowing time which necessitated her giving up her own creative life to care for me.”
“Copeland continues with: For me, a harbour represents a place of safety when the wild oceans of life are going berserk. Elizabeth has been this for me in spades. She had faith in my work when no one much in the world seemed to care. She is the love of my life given to me by the universe and I am grateful.”
Other than his latest song, Copeland has announced reissues of two of his earlier records Beverly Copeland and Beverly Glenn-Copeland. Both of those will be out on CD and vinyl on July 7.
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