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This year’s theme for JOY’s annual Radiothon is ‘Together We Thrive’, and Katie asks her listeners to give generously to keep Australia’s only rainbow, independent community media organisation thriving! The second hour continues today’s Sunday-morning ‘love-in’, with listeners sending beautiful messages and financial support. Fiona Newton from JOY’s Chicks Talking Footy joins Katie to chat about Radiothon, her job as manager of JOY Academy, the importance of diversity in sports media, and more. And of course there are great tunes, too! Here is the playlist:

Hammock – Pirritu

Tiny Notes – The Young’uns

Drunk on a Flight – Eloise

Keepers of the Morning – Tay Oskee

Portrait of the Artist as a Middle Aged Man – Hannah Aldridge

Love Song for Sierra Nevada – Philippa Nihill

A Moment Too Soon – Nigel Wearne

Radiothon is over for this year, but there are several ways you can still support JOY: become a member, donate, subscribe or become a patron.

This year’s theme for JOY’s annual Radiothon is ‘Together We Thrive’, and Katie asks her listeners to give generously to keep Australia’s only rainbow, independent community media organisation thriving! The music today is particularly gorgeous, and so are the messages from the dearly loved and loving family of Miss Chatelaine listeners. Here is the playlist:

Speak Soon – Lucy Wise

Brown Coat – Oscar Lush

Pretty Skies – Cassidy Watts

Bedroom Window – Henry Wagons

Addicted to Misery – Nat Vazer

Afterglow – Portair ft. WYNNE

These Days – Riley Catherall & Charm of Finches

Return to the Sea – Yves Paquet

Health – Coda Chroma

Radiothon is over for this year, but there are several ways you can still support JOY: become a member, donate, subscribe or become a patron.

More great songs and more beautiful messages from the Miss Chat community help Katie feel less stressed today. The tunes include new ones from past guests Don Walker, Alice Cotton and John Flanagan, an Australian radio premiere from Irish singer-songwriter Lorraine Nash, a gorgeous Billy Joel cover by Gretta Ray, and more. Here is the playlist:

Don’t Smoke in Bed – Dan Tuffy ft. Song Crew

Vienna – Gretta Ray

When I Win the Lottery – Don Walker

I’ll Go – Lorraine Nash

Till the Flame Turns Blue – The Paper Kites

Home Sweet Home – Eddie Ink

Coming Home – Alice Cotton

Down to the Wild Stuff Now – Sea Swallow

I Am Not in a Hurry – Georgia Mooney

One Punch Ryan – John Flanagan

Above: Don Walker’s Lightning in a Clear Blue Sky album cover photography by Wendy McDougall; design by Dave Homer

Katie is stressed-out by life this morning, so she takes comfort from the music and from the messages from her Miss Chat family. There are beautiful new tunes by rising artists Oceanique, As Seen On TV and Lucinda Chua, powerful songs by the great Jen Cloher and Neil Murray, delicious tracks from upcoming albums by Robert Ellis and The Milk Carton Kids, and more. Here is the playlist:

Anything at All – Oceanique

Close Your Eyes – Robert Ellis

Unsteady (Ever Since You’re Gone) – Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham

Visualise – As Seen On TV

To the World – Murphnick

Harakeke – Jen Cloher

Tears of Wybalenna – Neil Murray

Star Shine – The Milk Carton Kids

Something Other Than Years – Lucinda Chua ft. Yeule

Above: Lucinda Chua’s YIAN album cover photography and design by Nhu Xuan Hua

Katie welcomes rising lutruwita (Tasmania) singer-songwriter Isabel Rumble to the studio to chat about Isabel’s experiences at the recent National Folk Festival; her gorgeous debut album, Bird Be Brave; and some of the artists who have influenced her. Isabel also gives us two exquisite live performances. Here is the playlist:

Broken and Beautiful – Lucy Wise

Out on a Whim – Pirritu

Life Carries Me On – Isabel Rumble

Blackberry Stone – Laura Marling

Bird Be Brave (live in the studio) – Isabel Rumble

California – Joni Mitchell

Blue Skies – Felicity Dowd

Time Will Show (live in the studio) – Isabel Rumble

Love Holds Me Still – Isabel Rumble

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

Katie reports on her time at this year’s National Folk Festival in Canberra, which included an outstanding performance by much-loved Australian band The Waifs. She also plays new songs by Miss Chatelaine favourites Sunny Luwe and Georgia Fields, an old one by Melbourne singer-songwriter Dan Warner, and more. Here is the playlist:

Everything I Am – Chris Cavill

The Grants – Lana Del Rey

Is That What They’re Saying? – Dan Warner

Fly Like a Bird – Sunny Luwe

Nadia – Circle

Bridal Train – The Waifs

The Finest Day – Coconut Shy

Snakes and Ladders – Georgia Fields

Mainies – Matt Corby

Above: Chris Cavill’s ‘Everything I Am’ single cover artwork by Neue Future Lane

Katie plays another eleven songs in this hour, all new except for Sunny Luwe’s ‘Double Shot’, which was a nominee in the ‘Indigenous’ category at the recent Queensland Music Awards. There’s new music from Miss Chatelaine favourites Woodes, Jordan Merrick and Jen Mize; Australian music stalwarts Phillippa Nihill and Tommy Emmanuel; rising artists Blake O’Connor, Jamie Mac and Bud Rokesky; and more. Here is the playlist:

Lifetime – Woodes

If You’re Looking Down – Blake O’Connor

Getaway – Philippa Nihill

Darkest Days – Matt Glass

Sorry, Thank You – Jamie Mac

Two Hands – Jordan Merrick

Out the Back of the House – Jen Mize & The Rough N’ Tumble

White Freight Liner Blues – Tommy Emmanuel ft. Molly Tuttle

Go It Alone – Bud Rokesky

Double Shot – Sunny Luwe

In My Head – The Lemon Twigs

Above: The Lemon Twigs’ Everything Harmony album cover photography and design by Eva Chambers

Today’s show is stacked full of new music by artists familiar and unfamiliar to Katie, including a demo version of Miley Cyrus’s mega-hit ‘Flowers’, a beautiful song from the debut album by Australian pop star Ruel, thought-provoking stuff from Melbourne’s Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission, and a gorgeous cut from Feist’s new album. Here is the playlist:

Brothers, Sisters, Mothers, Fathers – Oscar Lush

Love Who We Are Meant To – Feist

Learning How to Die – Portair

On My Way to You – Emily Grace Taylor

Lie – Ruel

Flowers (demo) – Miley Cyrus

Not a Soul to Be Seen – John Lloyd

Pinball Machine – Axe & the Ivory

Lilac Trees – Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission

Laura Elsa – Yasmin de Laine

Above: Feist’s Multitudes album cover photography by

More fabulous new music in the second hour of today’s show, from artists based in Dundalk (Ireland), Belgium, Boston, Nashville, California and Melbourne. Styles include folk, noir-pop, roots, alt-country and more. Here is the playlist:

Aldente Pasta – David Keenan

Solstice Hymn – Jessye DeSilva

Anchor – Lisa Richards

The Sweet Sound of You – The Paper Kites

Dorero – Hannah Aldridge

Fish and Whistle – Alan Fletcher

I Walk the Same Way to Work – Henry Wagons

Heart of Giants – Yves Paquet

Bahamas – Jim Alxndr

All of the Time in the World to Kill – The Milk Carton Kids

Above: The Paper Kites’ ‘The Sweet Sound of You’ single cover photography by Dara Munnis

This hour features songs by artists based in Texas, Chicago, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Cape Breton, London, Brisbane and Melbourne. It includes powerful new tracks by Australian singer-songwriters Dan Sultan and Melody Moko, an intriguing cover of a Culture Club classic, a song for which everyone involved – from writing and recording to releasing – is female, non-binary and/or LGBTQIA2S+, and more. Here is the playlist:

Gene – Robert Ellis

Pretending – Michal Leah

See This Through – Matt Andersen

I Will Never Know (Who’s Always on Your Mind) – Jonesing

Story – Dan Sultan

Take Me Over – Katankin

No God – Sam Smith

I Don’t Wanna Change – Julia Sound ft. Larissa Tandy

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me – Adam Lambert

Great Australian Dream – Melody Moko

Above: Photo of Dan Sultan (and ‘Story’ single cover) by Clint Peloso