Intimate, fearlessly frank, and resonating with profound emotional depth, Kathryn Joseph’s unique musical expression first captivated audiences with her 2015 album “Bones You Have Thrown Me And Blood I’ve Spilled,” which earned her the prestigious Scottish Album of the Year award. Her subsequent release, “From When I Wake The Want Is,” continued this tradition of devastating honesty and understated intensity, showcasing her mastery of heavily rhythmic piano work, striking vocals, and vivid lyrics. With a newfound muscular edge and textured depth, this album further solidified Kathryn Joseph as a force to be reckoned with in the music scene.
In April 2022, Joseph unveiled her latest offering, “for you who are the wronged” which quickly garnered attention and was shortlisted for that year’s SAY Award. If “From When I Wake The Want Is” was a plea for love’s return, “for you who are the wronged,” represents her unyielding determination to defend it at all costs. In January 2024, a five-track EP was released featuring reworkings of songs from “for you who are the wronged” by producer and collaborator Lomond Campbell. This EP takes the delicate instrumentation of the original record and elevates it to new heights—bigger, bolder, and stronger, yet still retaining the raw emotion and vulnerability that defines Kathryn Joseph’s signature sound.
Her debut, Bones You Have Thrown Me and Blood I’ve Spilled, won 2015’s Scottish Album of the Year award. An uncompromising gut-punch that grieved aloud, she mourned passing relationships and, with unimaginable courage, the loss of her son. This possession with truth-telling is her hallmark, digging straight for the heart.
Originally from Inverness, she was a child happiest outside and never afraid of the dark. Though she hadn’t written before songwriting and her debut was released years after the songs were finished, her lyrics are steeped in the magical, creepy shadows of her youth – even if she now splits her time between Aberdeen and Glasgow.
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READ MOREThe John Martyn Project, an ongoing homage to a truly pioneering and unique musical soul, come to The Tolbooth, Stirling on Thursday 6th March!
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READ MOREOn the last Sunday of every month, Slanj-A-Va hosts the Stirling Song Club, providing a platform for musicians and songwriters to form a community and refine their craft.
READ MOREReady to showcase your talent? Then come along to the monthly Open Mic night At Slanj-A-Va!
READ MOREGet ready to rock with The Mini Guns as they take the stage at The Riverside Inn, Callander!
READ MOREGet ready to rock with The Mini Guns as they take the stage at Slanj-A-Va, Stirling!
READ MOREBruce Molsky is one of the most revered 'multi-hyphenated career' ambassadors for America’s old-time mountain music and you can catch him at the Tolbooth Stirling on 20th November!
READ MOREHorse takes to the road once more, armed with her new Studio album 'The Road Less Travelled' and stops off at The Albert Halls on Thursday 21st November!
READ MORECult legend and all-round hero ‘Beans on Toast’ will take to the road this winter for The Wild Goose Chase, an extensive tour of the UK, visiting the Tolbooth Stirling on 22nd November!
READ MOREDon't miss James Grant, one of the most renowned and respected performers Scotland has ever produced, when he returns to the Tolbooth on 23rd November!
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