Miss Chatelaine

New songs about lovely memories, queer heartbreak, chasing your dreams, holding on to hope, dissociating, escaping from familiar people and places, and more. Here is the playlist:

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Excellent new music from Australian, Aotearoa/New Zealand, American and British artists, and a tiny tribute to the late, great Dolly Parton. Here is the playlist:

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It’s an all-Australian second hour today, with in-studio guest Queenie and new songs by Townsville’s Comfort Royale, Adelaide’s Ryan Martin John and Melbourne’s Kasinda. Queer singer-songwriter and delightful human Queenie chats to Katie about the origins of the name ‘Queenie’, her origins in the music scene, the supportive Narrm music community, her connection with Henry Wagons, her beautiful new album Pleasance, and her upcoming tour. Here is the playlist:

Visit Queenie’s official website and follow her on Facebook and Instagram. You can find her music and merch on Bandcamp.

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Katie plays a selection of beautiful new releases in the first hour of today’s show. The artists come from Gympie, Meanjin/Brisbane, Narrm/Melbourne, Boorloo/Perth, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Canada, and the themes of the songs include childhood memories, obsessive love, daydreaming, the nature of time, and more. Here is the playlist:

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This hour includes songs by long-time Miss Chatelaine favourites (Leah Senior, Valley Road, Piper Butcher, David Keenan, Sunny Luwe), artists who are new to the show (Zoe Elliot, Nathan Coutts, @/at duo), a great new version of a much-loved Australian classic, and more. A couple of these songs are going straight onto Katie’s ‘Best of the Year’ list … Here is the playlist:

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Katie plays fantastic new releases by artists based in Melbourne, Sydney, northern New South Wales, California, Philadelphia and Great Britain. The songs are about valuing the things and people dear to us, feeling overwhelmed, dealing with loss, the experience of deep love, working out where you belong, how going through difficult times can make a relationship stronger, and more. Here is the playlist:

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Katie plays three new releases by Australian artists and then introduces her in-studio guest, well-known Narrm/Melbourne singer-songwriter and guitarist Barb Waters. Barb is a veteran of our city’s live music scene, and she and Katie chat about how that scene has moved from south to north of the river over the years, how her collaborative 2003 album Rosa Duet (re-released in 2023) was made, and how her two new songs were written and recorded. She performs one of those songs live in the studio, and we finish with a song by Folk Bitch Trio, of which Barb’s daughter Jeanie is a member. Here is the playlist:

Follow Barb Waters on Instagram and find her music on Bandcamp.

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The first hour of today’s show features songs about struggling to make ends meet, taking a break from your phone, missing the city after moving to the country, treasuring the people we love and the time we spend with them, the deeds of a couple of psychopathic killers, and more. Here is the playlist:

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The second hour of today’s show features songs about letting go, how the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda got its name, creative obsession, emotionally immature men, unrequited love, and more. The artists come from California, Nashville, Narrm/Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, and the United Kingdom. Here is the playlist:

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Part 1 of today’s show features several great new songs by queer artists: Sydney band FVNERAL, Meanjin/Brisbane singer-songwriter Violet Salt, US superstar (and Katie’s favourite) Adam Lambert, and nonbinary Sydney singer-songwriter and actor Alex the Astronaut. There’s also a beautiful tribute to the late Shane MacGowan by Bruce Springsteen, a song about a middle-aged ten-pin bowler with marriage problems, and more. Here is the playlist:

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