Cope Land
Cope Land is a Montreal-based band that combines rock, jazz, and rap in a way seldom heard. Their unique sound and energetic performances make sure to engage, surprise and touch their audiences. Since joining forces in 2021, Cope Land has sought to keep pushing their musical boundaries further, creating music that never ceases to evolve.
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About Us
Cope Land is a genre-bending band from Montreal, creating music that is exciting, original and varied. Led by guitarist Ben Copland Gilbert, this bilingual group fuses alternative and progressive rock with rap, jazz and metal, sounding powerful and virtuosic both in performance and on recordings. Available in several ensembles, combining a variable brass section with an ensemble of vocals, guitar, synthesizer, bass and drums, Cope Land always captivates with its driving rhythms, intensity and nuances. Formerly known as Crossroad Copeland, they enjoyed many successes, most notably a main stage performance at the International Montreal Jazz Festival. The band released their second album, “Expire”, on February 14, 2025. This album, more so rock music than ever before, is sung and rapped half in English, half in French. Many exciting things on the horizon, including playing in support of Maruja and Dweezil Zappa in the coming months.
We're all living in Cope Land....
Cope Land is:
Guitar and Compositions: Ben Gilbert
Voice and Synthesizer: Jeanne Laforest
Trumpet: Antoine Tardif
Saxophone/Clarinet/Flute: Valérie Lachance-Guillemette
Trombone: Alex Desjardins
Electric Bass: Julien Pageau-Grégoire
Drums: Greg Kustka-Tsimbidis
