Katie plays Australian, French, English, Canadian and American pop and folk song requests – several of which are, not surprisingly, extremely queer – from listeners Em, Betty, Lauren, Robbie, Jason, Breed, Wayne, Andy and Tess – showing that the Miss Chatelaine family has very good taste indeed! Here is the playlist:

Sexy Boy – Air

Ode to a Gym Teacher – Meg Christian

Into Temptation – Katie Noonan & Karin Schaupp

The Days We Remember – Kaiyah Mercedes

Chachi’s Theme – Sarah McLeod

Hole in the Heart – Karine Polwart

The Snows – Pentangle

One Misty Moisty Morning – Steeleye Span

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) – The Beatles

The Valley – k.d. lang

You Don’t Speak for Me – Judy Small

It’s that time of the year when there aren’t many new music releases, so after playing three of them, Katie moves on to a kind of ‘stream of consciousness’ set of tracks. The artists are mostly related to each other via TV’s Idol franchise, and this gives Katie the opportunity to play some of her favourite songs from the past few years. And then there’s Grace Petrie’s awesome ‘Black Tie’! Here is the playlist:

Miss Chatelaine (St Tropez Mix) – k.d. lang

Alright (Supergrass cover) – Annie Hamilton

Weather Changes – Cassidy Watts

Gravity Find Us & Bring Us In – Hayden Calnin

Rainbow – Meghan Trainor

Ordinary World – Adam Lambert

Everybody Rise (acoustic) – Amy Shark

Really Saying Something – Casey Abrams

All About That Bass – Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

Black Tie – Grace Petrie

Above: Cassidy Watts’ ‘Weather Changes’ single cover photography and design by Cassidy Watts

The second hour of today’s show features more chilled-out tracks to ease you into 2023, plus the occasional more upbeat one. There’s folk, pop, soul and blues music by artists from Melbourne, Berlin-via-Perth, Geelong, the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Finland and Canada, including a classic by patron saint of the show k.d. lang and a great new cover by the Teskey Brothers. Here is the playlist:

John Snow & the Map that Changed the World – Bruce Watson

All These Years – Coby Grant ft. Jaimi Faulkner

Imaginary Ships – Van Walker & The Ferriters

You Are the One – Andrea Kirwin

Steal My Girl (gender neutral version) – Miki Ratsula

The Death of Stars – Charles Jenkins

Raise Up Your Glass – Matt Andersen

Skylark – k.d. lang

Sweet Summer Nights – Dani Teveluwe

This Will Be Our Year – The Teskey Brothers

Above: The Teskey Brothers’ ‘This Will Be Our Year’ single cover art by Josh Diaz

Katie eases herself and listeners into the new year with songs from some of her favourite releases of 2022 (Gabriel Kahane’s Magnificent Bird, Lisa Richards’ Waiting to Fly, Katie Thorne’s Wine Drunk, Dan Warner & The Night Parrots’ Maybe, Then …, Joyce Prescher’s Out of My Mind), a few New Year songs, and new tunes from Melissa Carper, Anita Lester and Laura Jean. Here is the playlist:

New Year’s Resolutions – Kaiyah Mercedes

Magnificent Bird – Gabriel Kahane

I Want This to Be Home – Lisa Richards

New Year’s in London – Katie Thorne

Maybe, Then … – Dan Warner & The Night Parrots

City Lights – Joyce Prescher ft. Khristian Mizzi

Hanging On to You – Melissa Carper

Jukebox – Anita Lester

Swing Around the Sun – Paul Kelly

Rock’n’Roll Holiday – Laura Jean

Above: Kaiyah Mercedes’ ‘New Year’s Resolutions’ single cover photography by Lauren Ridgway

Katie and her guest Michelle ‘Mama Mish’ Sheppard discuss Mish’s work promoting diversity and inclusion in the Victorian Public Service, how diversity and inclusion are tracking at JOY, and how we don’t just have one big ‘gay community’ but many communities within that. Mish asks for and receives an explanation of the name ‘Miss Chatelaine’, and there are songs, too, of course – including a stunning new 40th-anniversary recording of the classic Australian hit ‘Solid Rock’, two western-swing tracks, a couple of seasonally appropriate tunes, and a hilarious new song by Melbourne folk legend Bruce Watson. Here is the playlist:

Solid Rock, Sacred Ground – Goanna ft. Emma Donovan & William Barton

From What I Recall – Melissa Carper

Graceland Too (gender neutral version) – Miki Ratsula

I’M ON THE TRAIN! – Bruce Watson

Aphelion – Ruth Hazleton

Something Good – Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham

Hanukkah Dance – Hiss Golden Messenger

Mary Poppins – Little Green

My Hometown – Finn Twist ft. Sydney Boys’ Choir

Above: Goanna’s ‘Solid Rock, Sacred Ground’ single cover art by Shane Howard with lettering by Steve Thomas

Diversity-and-inclusion consultant, trans advocate and all-round great person Michelle ‘Mama Mish’ Sheppard joins Katie for a vaguely Christmas-themed show that includes gorgeous new covers by Adam Lambert, Paul Kelly and Amy Shark; the beautiful title tracks from new albums by Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit and New Zealand singer-songwriter Jenny Mitchell; and more. Katie and Mish talk about Mish’s professional life and family relationships, and Katie reports on a fabulous Henry Wagons / Lachlan Bryan concert she went to this week. Here is the playlist:

Palomino – First Aid Kit

Ordinary World – Adam Lambert

Tug of War – Jenny Mitchell

Maybe This Christmas – Paul Kelly

The Beast – Jodi Phillis

Are You Awake Love (Anya’s Song) – Felix Riebl with Roscoe James Irwin

Jacarandas – The Northern Folk

Christmas Lights – Amy Shark

Above: Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train album cover design by Peter Salmon-Lomas

Katie plays fabulous new music from previous guests of the show Tanya-Lee Davies, Mick Thomas, Little Green and Jaime Jackett; the late, great Archie Roach; new/recent favourites Katie Thorne, SYML, Lisa Richards and Dan Warner; and a queer New York band who have recently re-established themselves after going viral online. Here is the playlist:

All Around Me – Tanya-Lee Davies

One Song – Archie Roach

Back in the Day – Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission

Team Sports – Katie Thorne

Better Part of Me – SYML ft. Sara Watkins

Iridescent Ghosts – Little Green

Who Got the Key – Lisa Richards

Every Moon Is Blue – Dan Warner & The Night Parrots

Higher Than High – Jaime Jackett

Sweet Friend – The Orion Experience

Above: Tanya-Lee Davies’ Wallflowers EP cover art by Tanya-Lee Davies

Alone in the studio because Betty is away on a gay cruise (!), Katie keeps herself and her listeners company with a great hour of new music by artists from Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast, Edinburgh, Nashville, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon. Here is the playlist:

Deep Is the Way – Gena Rose Bruce ft. Bill Callahan

Checkers – Bonnie Kemplay

The Outskirts – Melody Moko

Numbers Game – Ben De La Cour ft. Becky Warren

Bluebird – Katankin

Life We’ve Built – Portair & Emily James

I’m gonna die with this frown on my face – Ruby Gill

Madeleine – The Dreggs

Earthly Desire – Anita Lester

Chemex – Gabriel Kahane

Above: Katankin’s ‘Bluebird’ single cover art by Helen Catanchin

It’s hard to pick one song that stands out in this hour full of great songs, but the new one by Jen Cloher is simply stunning, as is the accompanying video. Katie is delighted that five out of the nine tracks are by queer female-identifying or non-binary artists. Here is the playlist:

Blow Up the Pokies (Black Stump) – The Whitlams Black Stump Band

We Ran Anyway – Kaiyah Mercedes

Turquoise Love – Mardi Wilson

Samson (live at Sydney Opera House) – Georgia Maq

Mana Takatāpui – Jen Cloher

Holding All the Cards – Melissa Carper

Folk Festival – Laura Jean

Still Good – Andrea Kirwin

Moonglow – The Pearce Collective

Mr Breezy – Sahara Beck

Above: Mardi Wilson’s ‘Turquoise Love’ single cover photograph by Gus Wilson

Still on a high after the premiership win by her AFLW team, the mighty Demons, Katie presents an hour of music by outstanding artists from Australia, Ireland and Finland. Congratulations to them all, especially previous guests Georgia Fields, Monique Clare, Susan O’Neill and Joyce Prescher. Here is the playlist:

It’s a Grand Old Flag (Melbourne Football Club team song) – The Fable Singers

In My Blood – Georgia Fields

The Aeroplane – Tim Minchin

In the Quiet – Monique Clare

Until the Beat Is Gone – Felix Riebl ft. Graham Candy

Meet Me in the Silence – Susan O’Neill

Crackly Radio – Don Hillman

Slow Motion – Joan & The Giants

She (gender neutral version) – Miki Ratsula

Out of My Mind – Joyce Prescher

Above: Tim Minchin’s ‘The Aeroplane’ single cover art by Julia Parisi