Lots of great summertime music in the second hour, including an awesome song about surfing by Canadian artist Leif Vollebekk, a celebration of the festive season by local singer-songwriter Bron, and a worthy edition to the pantheon of songs about cricket by Blue Mountains troubadour CJ Stranger. Here is the playlist:

Above: Shelley Segal’s ‘Free’ single cover photo and design by Shelley Segal

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It’s a rather Narrm/Melbourne-heavy first hour of the show today, with six out of the ten songs being by artists based in that fair city. Katie extols their talents and those of the others she plays while reminiscing about the 90s TV show Melrose Place and talking about ways to cope with Narrm’s summer heat, among other topics! Here is the playlist:

Above: dee holt’s ‘best of me & you’ single cover art by dee holt

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It’s an all-Australian second hour today, featuring new and recent releases by artists from Melbourne, Ballarat, Sydney, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, on themes of starting a new year (timely!), life lessons, unrequited love, and more. Here is the playlist:

Above: Violet Salt’s ‘Confetti’ single cover photo and design by Thomas Calder

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Katie eases us into the post-Christmas week with tales of puppy-sitting and the definition of a cliché – and, of course, some fabulous new and recent tunes! They are all by Australian artists except for one, and include tracks from excellent albums/EPs by the Bellarine Peninsula’s Sarah Carroll, Margaret River’s Salt Tree, Narrm’s Simone Spittle, Byron Bay’s Sam Buckingham, East Gippsland’s Anna Scionti, and NSW’s Sarah Blasko. Here is the playlist:

Above: Simone Spittle’s Drama Queen album cover design by Simone Spittle

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In another carol-free hour of music, Katie plays excellent songs on themes of thinking about times past, being brave and taking a new road, falling in love, wanderlust, finding community, resilience and more. The show finishes with a seriously good tune from the soundtrack of the new Robbie Williams biopic, Better Man. Here is the playlist:

Above: Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes’ ‘The Continuing Saga’ single cover art by Shaun Ryan and Lachlan Bryan

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Katie’s last show before Christmas is a carol-free zone. Instead, she plays beautiful new and recent music by artists from the USA, New Zealand and Australia – including the winner of this year’s Australian Music Prize, and Katie’s perennial favourite Adam Lambert. Here is the playlist:

Above: Ziggy Ramo’s Human? album cover

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In today’s second hour, Katie plays more new/recent songs from past guests – Leif Vollebekk, Katankin, Michael Waugh, The Night Parrots and Alex the Astronaut – plus a ripper from local queer artist Queenie, a classic from patron saint of the show k.d. lang, and more. Here is the playlist:

Above: Queenie’s New Moult album cover photo by Marcus Coblyn

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Katie is back from her five-month break with a batch of new and recent folk, roots, acoustic and pop music to nourish your soul. The first hour includes beautiful songs by former guests Isabel Rumble, Paul Kelly, Joy Oladokun and Alana Wilkinson, and much more. Here is the playlist:

Above: Kim Churchill’s It’s Lovely to Have You Here album cover photo by Saskia Burmeister; design by Raised by Snakes

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Katie returns to JOY for a one-off episode of Miss Chatelaine while Jason is away at the Broken Heel Festival. In the second hour, she plays some fabulous recently released songs by Australian artists from Narrm, Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the NSW Central Coast and Queensland’s Darling Downs, and a re-worked classic by queer South African artist Orville Peck with the great Willie Nelson. (Katie will be back for a new season of weekly episodes in December 2024.) Here is the playlist:

Above: Joel Leggett’s Don’t Wait album cover photo by Alysha Mathieson (Familia Film), designed by Erin Hillock

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Katie returns to JOY for a one-off episode of Miss Chatelaine while Jason is away at the Broken Heel Festival. She takes the opportunity to play tracks from some of the superb albums that have been released this year by artists including past guests Matt Joe Gow & Kerryn Fields, Josienne Clarke, Riley Catherall, Emily Wurramara and Michael Waugh, and other favourites. (Katie will be back for a new season of weekly episodes in December 2024.) Here is the playlist:

Above: Josienne Clarke’s Parenthesis, I album cover photo by Alec Bowman Clarke, design by Josienne Clarke

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