Miss Chatelaine

Katie continues her celebration of NAIDOC Week 2023 with a few more songs by First Nations artists, and then introduces her guest, singer-songwriter Alana Wilkinson. Katie and Alana catch up on events of the past three or so years, including a move by Alana and her partner from Melbourne to the Byron Bay hinterland and the birth of their very premature baby, pandemic lockdowns, and being airlifted out of the northern NSW floods in March 2022. We are treated to two beautiful live performances of new songs and hear about Alana’s forthcoming album and other plans. Here is the playlist:

Homeward Bound – Jess Hitchcock

Who Will Sing My Songs – Richard J Frankland

Better Be Home Soon – Budjerah & Wilsn

Closer – Alana Wilkinson

Ultraviolet (live in the studio) – Alana Wilkinson

Make a Baby – The Maes

Bootleg Firecracker – Middle Kids

The Light – Jim Alxndr

With a Boob Out (live in the studio) – Alana Wilkinson

Visit Alana Wilkinson’s official website and follow her on Facebook and Instagram.

Photo of Alana Wilkinson (above) by Betty Sujecki – please visit the Miss Chatelaine Facebook photo album for more pics!

Australia’s annual NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Katie marks it every year with an hour of music by First Nations artists. This year’s songs have all been released in 2023, and include tales of home, culture, change, discrimination, liberation and language. Here is the playlist:

Return Home – Bumpy

It’s Gotta Start Somewhere – Nathan May

Same Train – Sue Ray

Story – Dan Sultan

King of Disappointment – Jem Cassar-Daley

Hammock – Pirritu

Take No More – Kee’ahn, Emma Donovan, Archie Roach Foundation

Fly Like a Bird – Sunny Luwe

Mother Tongue – Kutcha Edwards

Where I Wanna Be – Busby Marou

Above: Detail of official 2023 NAIDOC Week poster, For Our Elders, by Bobbi Lockyer

Katie chats to celebrated Californian duo The Milk Carton Kids about their new album, hugging koalas, and their connection to k.d. lang AND they play live and exquisitely in the studio. There are also excellent new tunes by Melbourne’s McDermott & North, Nashville-based non-binary artist Becca Mancari, and Sydney’s As Seen On TV. Here is the playlist:

Mary Street – McDermott & North

Don’t Even Worry – Becca Mancari

Honey, Honey – The Milk Carton Kids

Deep Water – Charm of Finches

North Country Ride (live in the studio) – The Milk Carton Kids

I Only See the Moon – The Milk Carton Kids

Hallelujah – k.d. lang

Make It Again – As Seen On TV

Visit the Milk Carton Kids’ official website and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

Above: Photo of the Milk Carton Kids and Katie by Betty Sujecki – please visit this Miss Chatelaine Facebook photo album for more pics!

Katie plays fabulous new folk, roots, acoustic and pop songs by artists based in California, Melbourne and Sydney. They include tracks from excellent new albums by singer-songwriter and screen composer Amanda Brown; singer-songwriter, producer and actor Danny Barwick; singer-songwriter and friend-of-the-show John Flanagan; and classically trained First Nations singer-songwriter Jess Hitchcock. Here is the playlist:

Paradise – Buck Meek

Rescue – Woodes

Light Lingers On – Amanda Brown ft. Damien Lane

Jesus – PJ Harding

Where You Are – Velvet Bloom & Jay Jarome

The Ant – Danny Barwick

Someone Who Believes – John Flanagan

Homeward Bound – Jess Hitchcock

Above: Buck Meek’s Haunted Mountain album cover photo by Germaine Dunes

Amid lots of beautiful messages from listeners, Katie plays more tracks from newly released albums in this hour, including by LA-based Niia, recent guest Joy Oladokun, and Adelaide/Kaurna Yerta alt-country string band Mark Curtis & The Flannelettes. There are also new Australian releases from artists based in Toowoomba, Wauchope and Melbourne, a stone-cold classic from the great k.d. lang, and more. Here is the playlist:

A Star for a Star – Niia

Eliza I See – Darlingside

Marco Polo – Tallou

Little Green Man – Angus Gill & Seasons of Change

Sweet Symphony – Joy Oladokun ft. Chris Stapleton

Rock ’n’ Roll – The Cat Empire

Where’d You Go? – Mark Curtis & The Flannelettes

Constant Craving (MTV Unplugged) – k.d. lang

Fat Boy Doyle – Caledonian Castaways

Above: Mark Curtis & The Flannelettes’ self-titled album cover art by Hana Katya

Katie plays tracks from some of the fabulous albums that have been released this week – including by former guests of the show The Teskey Brothers, Nathan Seeckts and David Bridie. There’s also a moving new song by Narrm/Melbourne indie-pop singer-songwriter Mezz Coleman, two songs by teenage artists (Sage Roadknight and d4vd) and more. Here is the playlist:

Hearts Are Strong – Tom Mac

Bittersweet – Lorraine Nash

Take My Heart – The Teskey Brothers

Something Rare and Beautiful – Nathan Seeckts

Aliens – Sage Roadknight

The Wake Singers – David Bridie ft. Anthony Morgan

I Don’t Hear You Anymore – The Money War

Chasing Light – Mezz Coleman

Sleep Well – d4vd

Above: Nathan Seeckts’ Something Rare and Beautiful album cover art by Jase Harper

Katie’s guest today is Narrm/Melbourne singer-songwriter, activist and music writer Les Thomas. He and Katie chat about the power and irresistible spirit of Uncle Kutcha Edwards (and we listen to Kutcha’s new song about language), their mutual admiration for Kerryn Fields, the value Les takes from his friendships with fellow artists, his starring role in the Weeping Willows’ video for ‘House of Sin’, Les’s new single ‘Man on Fire’, and more. Les also performs what he describes as ‘a Sunday morning wake-up song about overthrowing systems of oppression’ live in the studio. Here is the playlist:

Mother Tongue – Kutcha Edwards

Dream Woman – Gabriella Cohen

Bring Down Babylon (live in the studio) – Les Thomas

Atlantis – Kerryn Fields

Man on Fire – Les Thomas

The Murrumbidgee – Neil Murray

Melville Rose – Jasper Bell & the Double Dole String Band

Oh, Won’t You Save Me – Great Aunt

Visit Henry Wagons’ official website and follow him on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Above: Photo of Les Thomas and Katie by Betty Sujecki – please visit this Miss Chatelaine Facebook photo album for more pics!

Katie plays an hour of beautiful new folk, roots, acoustic and pop music by artists from Melbourne, Sydney, Ireland, New York, Paris and Los Angeles, including swoon-worthy tracks by Anohni, The Milk Carton Kids and Laufey. Here is the playlist:

A Trip to the Art Gallery – Alexander William

The Girl – Woodes

Just Like the Sun – Steve Balbi

All That I Can Be – Lorraine Nash

A Dangerous Thing – PJ Harding

Greensick – Yasmin de Laine

Sliver of Ice – Anohni & The Johnsons

Dibs – This Is the Kit

I Only See the Moon – The Milk Carton Kids

Promise – Laufey

Above: Steve Balbi’s ‘Just Like the Sun’ single cover art by Raymond Tuifao Lalotoa

In this hour there’s more great music from former guests of the show – Little Wise, John Flanagan and Sunny Luwe – as well as beautiful new music by Perth’s Katy Steele, Melbourne’s Mike O’Dowd and Velvet Bloom, excellent duos The Money War and Corn Nut Creek, US greats Robert Ellis and Rhiannon Giddens, and more. Here is the playlist:

Wait – Robert Ellis

Big Star – Katy Steele

Miles Away – Velvet Bloom

They Walked Past a Work of Art – Mike O’Dowd

Heart Beats Quicker – Little Wise

It’s Time – John Flanagan

Summer Kisses – Sunny Luwe

This Love – Harrison Storm

You’re the One – Rhiannon Giddens

Ride – The Money War

Once Again – Corn Nut Creek

Above: Mike O’Dowd’s ‘They Walked Past a Work of Art’ single (and forthcoming album) cover art by Paul Ryan

There are some simply stunning tunes in the first hour of today’s show, including by previous guests Kim Yang, Isabel Rumble and Joanna Wallfisch. Queer artists Julie Byrne, Jeremy Dutcher and Brandi Carlile are featured, as well as another track from the fabulous new album by British folk trio The Young’uns, and more. Here is the playlist:

Moonless – Julie Byrne

Skicinuwihkuk – Jeremy Dutcher

Angel (Live at Smith’s Alternative) – Kim Yang ft. LIV LI

Nothin’s Gonna Stop Us Now – Tom Curtain

Home – Brandi Carlile

The Redwing – Feist

Firetails – Dan Tuffy & Song Crew

Life Carries Me On – Isabel Rumble

The Surgeon – The Young’uns

All in Time – Joanna Wallfisch

Above: Jeremy Dutcher’s ‘Skicinuwihkuk’ single cover art; ‘From Earth to Sky’ by Christi Belcourt