Kathryn Joseph (born Kathryn Emma Sawers) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. Her debut album ''Bones You Have Thrown Me and Blood I've Spilled'' won the 2015

Scottish Album of the Year Award The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award is an award given annually for an outstanding album produced by a Scottish artist. The award was launched in 2012 by thScottish Music Industry Association(SMIA) in partnership with Creative Scotland Cre ...

. In 2016, Joseph appeared on

RM Hubbert RM Hubbert (Robert McArthur Hubbert, born 12 May 1974 in Glasgow, Scotland), commonly known as Hubby, is a Scottish guitarist and singer. Best known for his solo work as RM Hubbert and as a member of Scottish post rock band El Hombre Trajeado, ...

's collaborative album ''Telling the Trees'', providing vocals for the track "The Dog". In 2017, Joseph collaborated with Marcus Mackay and

The Twilight Sad The Twilight Sad are a Scottish post-punk/indie rock band, comprising James Graham (vocals), Andy MacFarlane (guitar), Johnny Docherty (bass), Brendan Smith (keyboards) and Grant Hutchison (drums). They have released five studio albums, as well ...

's James Graham on the project Out Lines. Their album ''Conflats'' (2017,

Rock Action Records Rock Action Records is a Scottish, Glasgow-based independent record label, founded and maintained by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai. The label has showcased such diverse talents as Part Chimp, Errors, Chris Brokaw, Trout, The James Orr Complex ...

) was released in October 2017. Joseph, along with director, actor and musician

Cora Bissett Cora Bissett (born 1974) is a Scottish theatre director, playwright, actor and musician. As a director she has created ''Amada'', ''Roadkill'', ''Grit: The Martyn Bennett Story'', ''Glasgow Girls'' and ''Room''. As an actor she had regular appea ...

, wrote the music for a 2017 stage version of

Emma Donoghue Emma Donoghue (born 24 October 1969) is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter. Her 2010 novel ''Room'' was a finalist for the Booker Prize and an international best-seller. Donoghue's 1995 novel '' Hood'' ...

's book ''Room'', which was produced by

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and Dublin's

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, in association with

National Theatre of Scotland The National Theatre of Scotland, established in 2006, is the national theatre company of Scotland. The company has no theatre building of its own; instead it tours work to theatres, village halls, schools and site-specific locations, both at h ...

and Covent Garden Productions. In June 2018, she appeared on the

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programme " Loose Ends", and in August 2018 released her second album ''From When I Wake the Want Is''. This album, like her debut, was shortlisted for the

, but this time did not win the main prize. In 2018, her versions of "Land O the Leal" and "

Scots Wha Hae "Scots Wha Hae" (English: ''Scots Who Have''; gd, Brosnachadh Bhruis) is a patriotic song of Scotland written using both words of the Scots language and English, which served for centuries as an unofficial national anthem of the country, but h ...

" were included in the film ''

Outlaw King ''Outlaw King'', stylized as ', is a 2018 historical action drama film about Robert the Bruce, the 14th-century Scottish King who launched a guerilla war against the larger English army. The film largely takes place during the 3-year period from ...

''. In 2022 Joseph released her third album, ''For You Who Are the Wronged'', to critical acclaim.

Discography

* ''Bones You Have Thrown Me and Blood I've Spilled'' (2016, Hits the Fan Records) * ''From When I Wake the Want Is'' (2018,

) * ''For You Who Are the Wronged'' (2022, Rock Action Records) * ''For You Who Are the Wronged'' ( Lomond Campbell remixes EP) (2024, Rock Action Records)

References

External links

* 21st-century Scottish women singers Scottish women singer-songwriters Scottish singer-songwriters 1974 births Living people Rock Action Records artists Scottish Album of the Year Award winners {{Scotland-musician-stub