Miss Chatelaine

Katie counts down her 20 favourite songs of 2022. The top 10 contains some songs with great singalong hooks, a gorgeous cover, and several songs with important messages. Six of the songs in numbers 10 to 1 are by female or non-binary artists, seven are by Australia-based artists, and three are by US-based artists. Here is the playlist:

10. The Outskirts – Melody Moko

9. Lost My Way – Brendan McMahon

8. Love Is Letting Go – Ashe ft. Diane Keaton

7. Ordinary World – Adam Lambert

6. If You Don’t Know Me, Who Am I – Josh Pyke

5. Highrise – Smith & Jones

4. Sweet Summer Nights – Sunny Luwe (formerly known as Dani Teveluwe)

3. Mana Takatāpui – Jen Cloher

2. Just Take Love, For Example – Jordie Lane

1. Canvas – Helen Shanahan

Katie counts down her 20 favourite songs of 2022. The songs in the first half of the countdown have particularly strong female energy, with six by solo women artists, two by female/male duos, and one by a female + non-binary trio. Seven of the songs in numbers 20 to 11 are by Australia-based artists, two are by US-based artists and one is by a London-based artist. Here is the playlist:

20. Like I Do – Emily Lubitz

19. In the Quiet – Monique Clare

18. Be Good Be Kind – Mega

17. You Are Loved – Jodi Phillis

16. Same Colours – Jason Vorherr

15. Rather Be – Luke Sital-Singh ft. Christina Perri

14. Samson (live at Sydney Opera House) – Georgia Maq

13. Summer Love – Folk Bitch Trio

12. Sleep Now – Joyce Prescher

11. Kid Codeine – The Delines

Making her second visit to Miss Chatelaine is Melbourne singer-songwriter Katankin (Helen Catanchin) – an artist whom Katie rates highly and thinks more people should know about! She and Katie chat about Katankin’s musical background and how she moved from singing jazz to writing and performing her own songs; the difficulties local independent artists face in trying to achieve public recognition; and her beautiful debut EP, The Quiet Shimmer of the World. Katie also pays tribute to the late Renée Geyer, and plays a fabulous new version of Dolly Parton’s classic song ‘9 to 5’ as well as Miley Cyrus’s current smash ‘Flowers’. Here is the playlist:

9 to 5 – Dolly Parton & Kelly Clarkson

Flowers – Miley Cyrus

It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World – Renée Geyer

Hey Little Spider – Katankin

Panning for Gold (live in the studio) – Katankin

Live with Me – Massive Attack

Bluebird – Katankin

This Train – Bunny Wailer

Visit Katankin’s official website and follow her on Facebook and Instagram. And buy her music at Bandcamp!

Above: Photo of Katankin and Katie by Betty Sujecki

On this Midsumma Carnival day, Katie plays a selection of new and old tunes by some of her favourite new and old artists. The new favourites are from Brisbane, New York and Sydney, and the old ones are from Canada, Melbourne and Newcastle (among other places). Katie also pays tribute to the late David Crosby and plays a newly available recording of Joe Geia’s ‘Yil Lull’ that features a stellar line-up of Australian singers. Here is the playlist:

Wild Wild Me – Jess Irvine

Burning Lights – Matt Andersen

The Last Day on Earth – Kate Miller-Heidke

On Through Time – Kim Churchill

Lights Light Up – Fenne Lily

Little Barefoot Millie – Colin Buchanan

You’re Still the One – Maple Glider

Guinnevere – Crosby, Stills & Nash

Yil Lull – Singers for the Red, Black & Gold

Above: Fenne Lily’s Big Picture album cover art by Thomas Doyle

Katie welcomes queer English folk singer, songwriter and activist Grace Petrie back to Miss Chatelaine to chat about her current tour of Australia (including her experiences at Woodford Folk Festival and Cygnet Folk Festival), the return of live music after lockdowns, Grace’s 2021 album Connectivity, the political and social situation in the UK, her debut stand-up comedy show at Edinburgh Fringe, and coming back in March 2023 for more local shows. Here is the playlist:

Anthony – Romanie

Don’t Give Up – Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush

Women of the World – Chris While & Julie Matthews

Storm to Weather – Grace Petrie

The Losing Side – Grace Petrie

There Is Power in a Union – Billy Bragg

I Will Be Your Shield – Billy Bragg

Miss Chatelaine (Iron Hoof Remix) – k.d. lang with Orville Peck

Visit Grace Petrie’s official website (tour dates here) and follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Above: Photo of Grace Petrie by Moments to Media

Katie plays an hour of songs by artists based in Melbourne, Newcastle, the Sunshine Coast, the USA, Stockholm and Scotland on themes of potentiality, different ways of loving, accepting people, and more. She also pays tribute to the late and much-missed Melbourne singer-songwriter Suzie Dickinson. Here is the playlist:

Something to Look Forward to Forever – Laura Jean

The Lady on the Water – Dan Warner & The Night Parrots

Aselestine – Yo La Tengo

Part Time Lovers – Hazlett

It’s Been Raining – Suzie Dickinson

The Many Moods of Love – Charles Jenkins

Hold Out for Love – James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra

Come Back Free – Kim Churchill

Ghost – L.i.E

Above: James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra’s The Great White Sea Eagle album cover art by John Broadley

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