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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Australia’s annual NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Katie marks it every year with an hour of music by First Nations artists. This year’s songs have all been released in 2023 or 2024, and their themes include family, nature, friendship, culture and truth-telling. Barkindji man Little Jason joins Katie to talk about the music and to introduce his new JOY show, Hot Bread, which will occupy the Miss Chatelaine timeslot for the next few months while Katie takes a break. Here is the playlist:

Above: Detail of official 2024 NAIDOC Week poster, Urapun Muy, by Deb Belyea

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It’s Katie’s last show before she goes on a long break, and she packs the first hour with great music by previous guests from Australia, Aotearoa, Canada and Ireland; long-running bands from the USA and Aotearoa; artists she has played before from the USA, Australia and Ireland; and new (to Katie) local artists. Here is the playlist:

Above: The Avett Brothers’ self-titled album cover art by Scott Avett

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This hour features superb new releases by past guests Henry Wagons and Michael Waugh; gems from Australian singer-songwriters Andy Golledge, Ella Hartwig and Bec Taylor and Austrian singer-songwriter OSKA; a track from UK ‘pop visionary’ Gia Ford’s upcoming album; a deep cut from 2009 featuring vocals by patron saint of the show k.d. lang; and upbeat songs about love by US artists The Orion Experience and Meghan Trainor. Here is the playlist:

Above: Ella Hartwig’s ‘Hometown’ single cover art by Ella Hartwig

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It’s cold again in Melbourne this morning, but Katie plays music that takes her listeners to warm, calm, romantic and adventurous places. There are songs about resilience, regret, recovery, relocation, and raucous Saturday nights by artists based in England, Canada, the USA, Narrm/Melbourne, Meanjin/Brisbane, south-east Queensland and Newcastle. Here is the playlist:

Above: Ta’sia’s ESTA album cover art by Ross Wehlburg

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This hour includes songs about letting go of a relationship, social anxiety, slowing down, finding happiness wherever you are, the profundity and mundanity of life, heartbreak, a willow tree and a rock, and a Soviet dog in space. The artists come from Narrm/Melbourne, the Bellarine Peninsula, Geelong, Sydney, the Gold Coast, Canada and Nashville. Here is the playlist:

Above: Sarah Carroll’s ‘The Artist Original’ single cover art, a drawing by Sarah’s older son, Fenn, at age 12

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On the coldest morning in the seven-year history of Miss Chatelaine, Katie presents a killer array of songs that warm her and her listeners up. They include moving tracks by Aotearoa’s Georgia Lines, Western Australia’s Emily Barker, and gay US artist Wrabel with the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles. There’s also a seasonal pop favourite by The Twoks, a tune from the new album by the legendary Crowded House, and more. Here is the playlist:

Above: Daniel J Townsend’s The Eye Begins to See album cover art ‘Sunrise Near the Blowhole’ by Josh Foley

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Joining Katie in the JOY studio this morning is Narrm/Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Cate Taylor. Cate has a beautiful new album out called Sometimes in Winter, and she and Katie chat about that and about the things that inspire Cate’s music (especially the natural world), her network of friends in the local indie-music community, and more. Here is the playlist:

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Above: Photo of Cate Taylor by Betty Sujecki – please visit this Miss Chatelaine Facebook photo album for more pics!

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Katie is a bit croaky this morning as she is recovering from a cold, but she warms herself and the listeners up with a bunch of songs about moving on, the peace of sleep, losing a loved one, what could have been, being overwhelmed by feelings, the need to win at all costs, love for a brother, and more. Here is the playlist:

Above: Elianie’s ‘Matter of Time’ single cover photo by Stephanie Senior

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