During this hour Katie tells the listeners how she became excited about getting back on air because of all the great music that was released while she was away for five weeks (she also gets on her soapbox about a certain type of pronunciation). A lot of that music is by Australian artists, and there are ten of their fabulous songs on this playlist:

No Medicine – Bron

Best Friend – Clayton Francis

Ten Fingers – Lontano

Missionary Feelings – Hazlett

Gentle – okmattcollins

Come to Me – Mia Dyson

Closer – Alana Wilkinson

Crying Out for Love – Angus Gill & Seasons of Change

Bills – Carla Geneve

Slow Down – Jem Cassar-Daley

Above: Mia Dyson’s ‘Come to Me’ single cover photograph by Daniel Wright

Katie returns to JOY after her break and makes a start on the long list of great songs that were released while she was away. She discovers why Irish artist Hozier is a lesbian icon, tells the story of her dramatic overseas ‘holiday’, and reconnects with her fabulous listeners. Here is the playlist:

De Selby (Part 1) – Hozier

Lover’s Race – Minor Gold

St Patrick & St Michael – The Night Parrots

Tenderly – Isabel Rumble

Between Tonight & Tomorrow (Reprise) – Matt Joe Gow

Wish I Was a Single Girl Again – Sophie May

Numb – Didirri

You at the Top of the Driveway – Maple Glider

Cup A Tea (Live) – Carus Thompson

Above: Isabel Rumble’s Bird Be Brave album cover art by Emily Eliades

Just before she goes off air for a few weeks’ break, Katie plays great new songs by artists from Narrm/Melbourne, Central Victoria, Gippsland’s Snowy River region, Brisbane, Gold Coast, south-eastern New South Wales, Boorloo/Perth, and California. Here is the playlist:

1982 – Valley Road

Ring of Fire – Kaitlin Keegan

Back Around – Wicker Suite

Old Omeo – Misty Harlowe

Canis Major – Emma Bosworth and The Meeting Seasons

Painting – Clint Wilson

Seven Years of Bad Luck – The Stamps

I Came Back – Kim O’Leary

Ugly Flowers – Fanny Lumsden

Number 9 – Miguel ft. Lil Yachty

Above: Emma Bosworth and The Meeting Seasons’ ‘Canis Major’ single cover art by Emma Bosworth: “The artwork is a pressing of a pepperberry tree branch that I collected at a recent special trip to Tasmania. I then used my ancient A3 flatbed printer to do weird scans of it …”

On her last show before she takes a few weeks’ break, Katie plays gorgeous new music about wanting to get out of your current situation and do something spontaneous, the craft of writing songs, longing for your hometown, being anxious and holding your loved ones close, facing difficult choices, fishing, the ocean, and more. Here is the playlist:

Mundane – Moira & Claire

I Saw You Last Night – Mark Moldre

The Music That I Make – Leah Senior

Home – Nathan May

My Father Is a Rolling Stone – Rue Tiay

Heaving Chest – Didirri

Hard to Make Plans – Naomi Keyte

Line in the Water – Michael Menager

Salt – Sarah Belkner

Cannonball – Minor Gold

Above: Leah Senior’s The Music That I Make album cover art by Ashley Goodall

This hour contains some wonderful new music, including two exceptionally good cover versions, the latest release from this year’s newly crowned NIMA Artist of the Year, some fabulous bluegrass out of Nashville, and an out-of-this-world song from Miss Chat favourite Little Green. Here is the playlist:

Flower in the Ash – Sage Roadknight

Even When I’m Sleeping – Mark Seymour

Lazy – Jane Walker

Closer to Fine – Brandi Carlile ft. Catherine Carlile

Video Game – Budjerah

Alice in the Bluegrass – Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway

New Day – Greg Lyon & The Hip Operation

Off By Heart – Dulcie

Where It All Began – Amanda Brown ft. Daniel Champagne

The View – Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real

Alien – Little Green

Above: Jane Walker’s ‘Lazy’ single cover photography by Susan Stitt, typography and design by Kristian Molloy

The morning after the Matildas’ dramatic quarter-final win over France in the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Katie and her listeners celebrate by telling stories about where they were during the exciting penalty shootout. We also hear some fabulous new music by artists based in Bendigo, Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Gold Coast, Sweden and Canada. Here is the playlist:

The Dance – Louise MacGregor

Tonight – Ryan Downey

Angel (Acoustic String Version) – First Aid Kit

Grain of Salt – Fallon Cush

Light Years – Chloe Styler

Take My Hand – Jeremy Dutcher

Burn Out – Bree Rusev

Tail Tale – Ernest Aines

Above: Ernest Aines’ ‘Tail Tale’ single cover art by Nicky Barkla

Narrm/Melbourne singer-songwriter John Flanagan joins Katie in the studio for a chat about his brilliant new album, Manhood Method Actor, and its strong 70s folk-rock era influences. John tells us about recently touring with Fanny Lumsden and his relationships with The Maes and Didirri, and he performs his outstanding song ‘Son of a Father’. There are also brand-new tracks by Canberra’s Fred Smith, Darwin’s David Garnham & The Reasons to Live, and Sydney’s As Seen On TV. Here is the playlist:

Strange How – Fred Smith

Chelsea Motel – David Garnham & The Reasons to Live ft. Alison Thorsteinsen

Dark Moon Night – John Flanagan

Back to You – Maggie Rigby

Dig (Variation) – Fanny Lumsden

Son of a Father (live in the studio) – John Flanagan

Begin Again – Didirri

At War – As Seen On TV

I See You – John Flanagan

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Photo of John Flanagan (above) by Betty Sujecki – please visit this Miss Chatelaine Facebook photo album for more pics!

Katie plays swoonworthy new songs by English artists Bruno Major and The Japanese House, Icelandic-Chinese artist Laufey, American artist Julie Byrne, and Australia’s own Melody Moko. There are also fabulous new releases from four other outstanding Australian singer-songwriters, and a classic by The Whitlams remade into ‘a three-minute slice of banjo bliss’. Here is the playlist:

Trajectories – Bruno Major

Indexical reminder of a morning well spent – The Japanese House

No Aphrodisiac (Black Stump) – The Whitlams, Black Stump Band

Portrait of a Clear Day – Julie Byrne

A Perfect Day – Steve Balbi

Bewitched – Laufey

Fly on the Wall – Nolan Angell

Honeycomb & Glue – Felicity Dowd

How Long – Tom Harrison

Till the Day I Die – Melody Moko ft. Michael Moko

Above: Felicity Dowd’s ‘Honeycomb & Glue’ single cover art by Judy Nadin

This crop of new releases includes songs about road trips, grieving the loss of a friend, reflecting on the passage of time, being courageous and taking risks, showing up as your true self, and more. Here is the playlist:

Blame the Moon – Hazlett

Mole Creek – Anousha Victoire

Angel Eyes – Seetali & Kaiyah Mercedes

In Good Time – Harrison Storm

Every Stranger – Jessie Reid

I Imagine You Are Happy – Laura Lucas & Lawson Hull

Road Trippin’ – Xavier Rudd

Harder Now – Tania Doko

All the Way Up – CJ Stranger

People Pleaser – Laura Ellen

Above: Laura Lucas & Lawson Hull’s ‘I Imagine You Are Happy’ single cover art by

Katie plays excellent new tunes by artists from Melbourne, Sydney, northern New South Wales, Bendigo and New York, and pays tribute to the great Sinéad O’Connor, whom we lost this week. Here is the playlist:

Cheralee – Bella Frankie

Happy Birthday – Danny Barwick

Fly By Night – Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham

It Must Change – Anohni & The Johnsons

So Long, Farewell, Goodbye – Velvet Bloom

The Ghost of Melbourne City – Les Thomas

Moonbeam – Longlea Lane

Hang On to Me – Fallon Cush

This Is to Mother You – Sinéad O’Connor

Above: Longlea Lane’s In the Place of the Sun EP cover design by Daniel Mayes; photography by Brooke Hedger