Sam Smith To Cover Canadian Legend Beverly Glenn-Copeland on New Compilation 'Transa'
The comp will also feature a host of major musicians including Sade, André 3000 and more in celebration of the trans community. Canadian Allison Russell is also covering Jackie Shane, another belatedly recognized legend who made their reputation in Canada.
Sam Smith is collaborating with Canadian composer Beverly Glenn-Copeland for a new compilation coming this fall.
The duo will cover Glenn-Copeland's "Ever New" off of his 1986 album Keyboard Fantasies, which won the Polaris Heritage Prize in 2020.
The cover will close out an album featuring over a hundred artists in celebration of the trans community. Other major artists involved in the project include Sade — releasing her first new song in six years — André 3000, Clairo, Big Thief's Adrienne Lenker, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, actor Hunter Schafer of Euphoria, and Julien Baker of Boygenius.
The compilation, Transa (stylized as TRAИƧA) is spearheaded by Red Hot, a non-profit promoting equal access to health care and founded during the AIDS epidemic. Producers Dust Reid and Massima Bell conceived of the album in eight parts, reflecting the number of stripes on the pride flag.
Glenn-Copeland, in addition to the closing track with Sam Smith, will also contribute two other songs to the compilation. Canadian Allison Russell is also set to appear, covering the soul song "Any Other Way," by pioneering trans musician Jackie Shane, who rose to fame in 1960's Toronto.
"Trans people have always existed, with many different names across time and culture, often as spiritual healers and leaders," Glenn-Copeland shared on Instagram, announcing the project. "May this be a glimpse of our collective liberation, and the light inside all of us."
The album's first single, Prince's “I Would Die 4 U” covered by Lauren Auder and Wendy & Lisa of the Revolution, is available now.
TRAИƧAis set for release November 24, 2024.
TRAИƧA tracklist:
1. “Midnight Moon Pool” – Mary Lattimore, Laraaji, MIZU and Jamal Shakeri
2. “You Don’t Know Me” – Devendra Banhart, Blake Mills and Beverly Glenn-Copeland
3. “How Sweet I Roamed” – Jeff Tweedy, claire rousay
4. “Same Train” – Heart Shaped and Christian Lee Hutson
5. “STAR” – Ana Roxanne and Nsámbu Za Suékama
6. “Please Tell Me” – Lightning Bug
7. “Make ’em Laugh” – Benét, Faye Webster
8. “Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying” – Julien Baker and Calvin Lauber feat. SOAK and Quinn Christopherson
9. “Rumblin'” – Soft Rōnin feat. Frankie Cosmos
10. “Deeper Understanding” – Hand Habits feat. Bill Callahan
11. “Under the Shadow of Another Moon” – Hunter Schafer and Cole Pulice
12. “Blush” – Grouper and Lucy Liyou
13. “Is It Cold In The Water?” – Moses Sumney
14. “Know Who You Are At Every Age” – Anajah and Gary Gunn
15. “Is It Over Now?” – Niecy Blues feat. Joy Guidry)
16. “Something Is Happening And I May Not Fully Understand But I’m Happy To Stand For The Understanding” – André 3000
17. “Come Back Different” – Nina Keith feat. Julie Byrne and Taryn Blake Miller
18. “Song To The Siren” – Rachika Nayar feat. Julianna Barwick and Cassandra Croft
19. “Love Hymn” – Arthur Baker feat. Pharoah Sanders
20. “People Are Small / Rapture” – L’Rain feat. Voices from the NYC Trans Oral History Project
21. “We’ve Been Through So Much” – Jlin and Moor Mother
22. “My Name” – Kara Jackson, Ahya Simone and Dave Longstreth
23. “Point of Disgust” – Perfume Genius and Low’s Alan Sparhawk
24. “In Another Life” – Lomelda and More Eaze
25. “Pink Ponies” – Teddy Geiger and Yaeji
26. “A Survivor’s Guilt” – Yaya Bey
27. “Just Last Night” – Helado Negro and Eileen Myles
28. “Feel So Different” – Ezra Furman and Sharon Van Etten
29. “Mourning Dove” – Gia Margaret
30. “Feel Better” – Adrianne Lenker
31. “Any Other Way” – Allison Russell and Ahya Simone
32. “Down Where The Valleys Are Low” – Asher White, Eli Winter and Caroline Rose33. “TM” – Fleet Foxes, Cole Pulice and Lynn Avery
34. “Querube” – AV María, SKY and Belina Rose
35. “Within Without” – Green-House and Kelela
36. “Aaron” – Cassandra Jenkins, Bloomsday and Babehoven
37. “Young Lion” – Sade Adu
38. “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” – Moses Sumney, Lyra Pramuk and Sam Smith
39. “Many Ways” – CLARITY feat. Clairo
40. “I Feel Free” – Sparkle Division feat. Pepper MaShay
41. “Get Free” – Nico Georis, KB Brookins
42. “Wolf Like Me” – Bartees Strange, Anjimile, Kara Jackson
43. “Surrender Your Gender” – Laura Jane Grace feat. Lee Ranaldo, Jayne County, Kathi Wilcox, Jay Dee Daugherty and Am Taylor
44. “I Would Die 4 U” – Lauren Auder and Wendy & Lisa of the Revolution
45. “Always” – Time Wharp, Elizabeth and Beverly Glenn-Copeland
46. “Ever New” – Sam Smith and Beverly Glenn-Copeland
