In December 2021, Kathryn was invited by the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (SMHAF) to record a cover of A Way From Rage by the late Beldina Odenyo Onassis, aka Heir of the Cursed.
Beldina's original version was recorded in 2019 for the Mental Health Foundation's 70th anniversary. You can listen to it here:
heirofthecursed.bandcamp.com/track/a-way-from-rage
This new version is dedicated to Beldina's memory. Proceeds will go to the Mental Health Foundation to support artistic projects that address mental health.
“Beldina was one of the most beautiful and amazing humans I have ever known. Her songs are the most beauty of all and it’s a total privilege for me to get to sing one of them. The words that she left us are important and I hope will help others. She was the kindest, most supporting, beautiful champion of others always and our hearts are broken that she is gone. She was our goddess. And always will be.” - Kathryn Joseph
The song is accompanied by a short film directed by Adura Onashile and Laura Cameron-Lewis, also commissioned by the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival and shot on the Isle of Lewis in April 2022.
Find out more about SMHAF at
www.mhfestival.com.
released May 6, 2022
Written by Heir of the Cursed
Arranged and performed by Kathryn Joseph
Recorded by Derek O'Neill at Chem19, Glasgow.
We would like to thank Emma Pollock and everyone at Chem19 for supporting this project.