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In the second hour of this year’s JOY Radiothon show, Katie and her co-host, Triana Butler, talk about three mutual passion for music and play some fabulous new tunes. Triana tells us about her show The Sound of Now and chooses some tracks for the playlist, and we receive lovely messages and brilliant memberships and donations from the listeners. Here is the playlist:

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In keeping with this year’s JOY Radiothon theme, ‘Stronger Together’, The Sound of Now’s Triana Butler joins Katie to co-host today’s show. They welcome Brian Nankervis to the studio to chat about his work on TV’s beloved RockWiz and ABC Melbourne’s Friday Revue and his upcoming role in the folk music theatre show Vandemonian Lags. Brian tells us about his connection with community radio and the sector’s importance to Melbourne in particular – and his alter ego Raymond J. Bartholomeuz recites a special Mother’s Day poem! Here is the playlist:

Above: Photo of Brian Nankervis with Katie by Betty Sujecki

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This hour starts with another track from Liz Stringer’s superb new album, The Second High, and continues with songs by artists based in Narrm/Melbourne, northern New South Wales, Perth, Los Angeles, London, and other places around the world. Here is the playlist:

Above: Mildred’s ‘Pig’ single cover artwork by Niko Pirosmani (White Sow with Piglets, 1904) and Mildred

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This hour features songs about the importance of sisterhood, that ‘final straw’ moment in a relationship, joy and release, fighting for First Nations rights, homemade jam, surrendering and longing, loss and grief, and more. Here is the playlist:

Above: Minor Gold’s Way to the Sun album cover artwork by Eric Ernest Johnson

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At the National Folk Festival in Canberra, Katie chats to Canadian singer-songwriter Ruth Moody about the band she has brought to Australia for her current tour (Anthony da Costa on guitar and vocals and Ben Plotnick on fiddle and viola), moving permanently to British Columbia after several years spent dividing her time between Nashville and Canada, her 2024 album Wanderer, the effects of the COVID pandemic on musicians’ creativity and mental health, and more. There are also stunning new songs by artists who are just starting out, mid-career artists, and dead-set legends of the scene. Here is the playlist:

Visit Ruth Moody’s official website and follow her on Facebook and Instagram.

Above (from left): Katie, Ruth Moody, Anthony da Costa and Ben Plotnick at the 2025 National Folk Festival

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Katie is back in the JOY studio after a week off, during which she went to Canberra for the National Folk Festival and to catch up with friends and family. In the first hour today she plays great new songs by Miss Chatelaine favourites Jessie Reid and Leif Vollebekk, tracks from the excellent new albums by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Rufous Whistler and The Audreys, and more. Here is the playlist:

Above: Oceanique’s ‘Window to the Sky’ single cover artwork by Lara Ross-McGlynn

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This hour is full of beautiful sounds! Along with a short and stunning call to arms by US artist Nick Shoulders, there are glorious songs from the new albums by LA-based Indonesian singer-songwriter and producer NIKI, Australian legend Paul Kelly, pansexual Narrm-based multidisciplinary artist and disability advocate MAGNETS, and more. Here is the playlist:

Above: Mi-kaisha’s ‘Edge of Surrender’ single cover photo by Norman Lugtu

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It’s Midsumma Carnival day in Narrm/Melbourne, and Katie warms up her listeners with ten gorgeous songs by Australian artists – based in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, western Victoria, Sydney, nipaluna/Hobart, the Victorian Surf Coast, Narrm/Melbourne, and Newcastle – plus a London-based artist and a Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland–based artist. Here is the playlist:

Above: Rowan Smith’s ‘Your Gift’ single cover design by Rowan Smith (Rowan says: “The bicycle itself – just like in the song – I purchased from a street artist in Sydney in 1990. A stranger in Chinatown was making miniature bicycles in ten minutes out of a length of wire using a spray-can lid and a pair of pliers. I watched it made, and it cost me ten bucks all those years ago. The pedals spin and everything. Still one of the most precious things I own.”)

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Katie welcomes London-based musical comedy duo Flo & Joan, aka English sisters Rosie and Nicola Dempsey, to the JOY studio for a chat about their work. Named for their grandmother and her sister, Flo & Joan have been making people laugh with their dry wit and clever songs since 2015. They perform ‘Lady in the Woods’ live in the studio and tell us about the award-winning One Man Show, which they have brought to this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Here is the playlist:

Visit Flo & Joan’s official website and follow them on Facebook and Instagram. Information about their shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and in Sydney can be found here.

Above: Photo of Flo & Joan with Katie by Meg Bennett

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The past month has been full of fantastic new releases, and Katie plays some of them in the first hour of the show today. The songs are by emerging artists such as Savanah Solomon, Daisy Kilbourne and Velvet Bloom as well as musical stalwarts such as James Vincent McMorrow, Liz Stringer and Dog Trumpet. Here is the playlist:

Above: Velvet Bloom’s self-titled album cover art photography by Valentina Moroney, typography by Edan Strachan

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