Miss Chatelaine

This hour you’ll hear songs that feature good advice, a tribute to a loving father, praise for being a person who feels things deeply, a story about famous aviator Charles Kingsford Smith, desperate longing for an ex-lover, encouragement for women in the music industry, and more. Here is the playlist:

Hibernate – Woodes

Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself – Wrabel

Same Old Eyes – Amistat

Sensitive – moonsea

Smithy – Pinkerton Pendlebury

Shiver – Cat Canteri

How Will I Know – Riley Pearce

Hen in the Foxhouse – Rhiannon Giddens

Lashings – Dan Sultan

Plug It In (Acoustic) – Mitch Grainger

Above: moonsea’s ‘Sensitive’ single cover photo by Barbara Luyza

Some gorgeous songs in the first hour of today’s show, on themes of love, possession, nostalgia, FOMO, supporting those in need, old friends, and more. The artists are from Narrm/Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Gold Coast, Meanjin/Brisbane, Nova Scotia, and England. Here is the playlist:

She Does It All With Her Eyes – Bill Jackson

Captive of Love – Anousha Victoire

I Adore You (Unplugged) – okmattcollins

Blue Adelaide Sky – Monica Dean

The Only One – Bahamas

FOMO – Maple Glider

The Painting – Jordan Merrick

World’s Too Big – Paige

Daylight Sun – Harrison Storm

Circles (Anniversary Edition) – Passenger & Gabrielle Aplin

Above: Bill Jackson’s 1965 album cover art by Peter Cole

Katie started presenting Miss Chatelaine on JOY in January 2017 at 10pm on Tuesdays, then moved to her current time slot in May that year. Today, on her 300th show, she welcomes her 169th guest, Narrm/Melbourne singer-songwriter Mezz Coleman. Mezz and Katie chat about why musicians do what they do, the magic of connection through music and especially through live performance, their mutual love for k.d. lang, and Mezz’s excellent new album, I Never Said a Word. Here is the playlist:

Cruel Reminders – Clayton Doley

Flowers in the Sky – Sunny Luwe

Lead Me – Ryan Downey

Lion – Mezz Coleman

In My Blood – Georgia Fields

Magic Moment (live in the studio) – Mezz Coleman

Ghost Town – Adam Lambert

We Hardly Speak at All – Yours, Georgina

Lady Fear – Mezz Coleman

Visit Mezz Coleman’s official website and follow her on Facebook and Instagram.

Photo of Mezz Coleman and Katie (above) by Betty Sujecki

Today Katie celebrates the 300th episode of Miss Chatelaine! It’s just a normal show – nothing special or different – but she is chuffed to receive lots of congratulatory messages from listeners, former guests, and JOY colleagues. Here is the playlist:

Miss Chatelaine – k.d. lang

Home Tonight – Lena Anderssen

Hel – Fred Smith

Secret Handshakes – Moira & Claire

Keep Rolling On – Yirrmal

Butterflies Born – Bella Frankie

Marching Band – Miki Ratsula

Newsreader – Alex Lahey

Singin’ the Blues – The Weeping Willows

Unknown/Nth – Hozier

Above: Moira & Claire’s ‘Secret Handshakes’ single cover art by Jennifer Kar-Wei Lee

Katie welcomes rising Central Victorian folk duo Valley Road – Rebecca Jane Howell and Marty Mckenna – to JOY to chat about their self-titled debut album, perform a couple of songs, and share tracks by a couple of their favourite artists. There are also songs from the fabulous recent albums by Narrm/Melbourne singer-songwriters Nat Vazer and Les Thomas, and a jazz standard from k.d. lang. Here is the playlist:

Like a Burning Violin – Nat Vazer

All My Friends Are Superstars – Les Thomas

Skylark – k.d. lang

The Way the Sun Goes Down – Valley Road

The Briny Blue (live in the studio) – Valley Road

Big Sky – Cate Taylor

Dan’s Journey – Valley Road

1982 (live in the studio) – Valley Road

Cold Winds – Lucy Wise

Visit Valley Road’s official website and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

Photo of Valley Road (above) by Ande Kempnich

There’s no end to the great new music being released! Here are songs by Australian artists from Melbourne, Sydney, Thirroul, Queensland, Geelong and Perth; and artists from New Zealand, the USA and Canada. Here is the playlist:

Painting Light Across Her Lilies – Mike O’Dowd

So Free So Lonely – Georgia Gets By

Hollow Prayers – d4vd

Champion – Lenka & Josh Pyke

Gomeroi – Jeremy Edwards

Meant to Be – Hannah Gillespie

Goodnight Bluebird – Nathan Seeckts

ouroboros – La Force

Drifting – The Bures Band

Above: Georgia Gets By’s Fish Bird Baby Boy EP cover photo by Silken Weinberg

This hour features ace new songs by a lot of Melbourne-based artists, one Gold Coast artist, and three Canadian artists, on themes of heartbreak, catastrophising, getting back to nature, being comfortable with uncertainty, breaking down personal barriers, and more. Here is the playlist:

Precious Cargo – Bill Jackson

These Words – Mia Dyson

Pocket Full of Rain – The Paper Kites

Too Late Heartbreak – Tig

Living in the City – Dylan Pinkerton

Cannot Have It All – Romanie

Kept You in My Pocket – Terra Lightfoot

I’m Ready – Kim O’Leary

Calling All Angels – Jane Siberry & k.d. lang

Love Ya Like I Can – Matt Joe Gow & Kerryn Fields

Above: Dylan Pinkerton’s ‘Living in the City’ single cover photo by Alisha Todd

This hour includes songs from excellent new and recent albums by Canberra’s Fred Smith, the legendary Neil Young, Adelaide duo The Yearlings, Hobart’s Phil Smith and Isabel Rumble, young Icelandic-Chinese jazz singer Laufey, and the Blue Mountains’ CJ Stranger; a beautiful alternative version of an Australian classic song by the great Margret RoadKnight; and more. Here is the playlist:

Corners of My Mind – Fred Smith

Embers of the Night – Anousha Victoire

Stringman – Neil Young

Parallel – Emilie Kahn

Angel’s Feet – The Yearlings

Girls in Our Town (90s version) – Margret RoadKnight

Pretty Thing – Phil Smith

Second Best – Laufey

Author’s Script – CJ Stranger

Ghosts – Isabel Rumble

Above: The Yearlings’ LUCK album cover art by Jacob Logos

Katie plays songs from fantastic new albums/EPs by UK multidisciplinary artist and producer Laura Misch, local First Nations hero Dan Sultan, Canadian singer-songwriter Bahamas, brilliant US folk artist Rhiannon Giddens, and young Sydney duo As Seen On TV. There are also tracks by Miss Chat favourites from South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and the USA. Here is the playlist:

Jack and Jill – Ryan Daykin & Kelly Brouhaha

Listen to the Sky – Laura Misch

Undreamt Shores – Dan Sultan

The Briny Blue – Valley Road

Insane in the Ukraine – The Beatnik Preachers

Walking These Streets – Sue Ray

Sports Car – Bahamas

Yet to Be – Rhiannon Giddens ft. Jason Isbell

Bleeding – As Seen On TV

We All Could Use Some Help – Wrabel

Above: Laura Misch’s ‘Listen to the Sky’ single cover art: earth spiral by Laura Misch and Ella Pavlides; photo by Ella Pavlides

Continuing to try to catch up with the flood of brilliant new releases, Katie plays songs by three outstanding bands, four stunning female-identifying artists, and two excellent expat Australian male-identifying artists. There are themes of the passage of time, being hurt by a seemingly kind person, experience leading to renewal, and more. Here is the playlist:

Queen of Comedy – Good Morning

Lost in the Shake – Ange Boxall

The Place to Start – Portair ft. Joshua Keogh

Two Years – Maple Glider

Mama’s Boy – Hazlett

All for a Rose – Sadie Mustoe

We Will Meet Again – The East Pointers

Old Dog, New Trick – The Cat Empire

The Fifth Spring – Meaningful Stone

Above: The East Pointers’ Safe in Sound EP cover art by Aidan Searle