Miss Chatelaine

Katie recaps the recent Topp Twins 40th-anniversary tribute concert and then has a chat to guest Riley Catherall about returning to live shows since COVID lockdowns, his connections to Canberra (where Riley started), his work with Miss Chat favourites Lachlan Bryan and Michael Waugh, and more. Riley also does a beautiful live performance in the studio. Here is the playlist:

If You Were a Bird – Jenny Mitchell

Stay Outta My Business – Tami Neilson

Vacant Lot – Riley Catherall

Jackson – Georgia State Line

Leave Me Out to Dry (live in the studio) – Riley Catherall

Weighing on Me – Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes

They Don’t Let the Girls in the Game – Michael Waugh

Bark at the Moon – Riley Catherall

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

Regular (and very kind) listeners Caroline and Trish described this hour of music as a lovely, calming balm. There are beautiful new songs from artists based in Canada, Nashville, Massachusetts, the Pacific Northwest of the USA, Brisbane, northern New South Wales, Melbourne, and the Victorian Surf Coast. Here is the playlist:

Somedays – Old Sea Brigade

I’ll Find a Way – Hussy Hicks

What Am I Doing – Tennyson King

Don’t You Cry – Meg Mac

Rigged Games – Ernest Aines

Rainbow – Meghan Trainor

Howling – SYML & Lucius

Glass – Moreton

King Parrot Creek – Don Hillman

Above: Hussy Hicks’ Same Boat EP cover art and app creation by Monkey Noise

Katie plays ten really lovely songs in the second hour, by artists based in Melbourne, Perth, Fremantle, Brisbane, Ireland, Nashville, North Carolina, and Portland, Oregon. Bliss out to the superb voice of Susan O’Neill, the ethereal sounds of Perolas, the outstanding songwriting of Jordie Lane, the beautiful mandolin-picking of Watchhouse, and more. Here is the playlist:

Just a Little Closer – Susan O’Neill

All I Want to Do Is Sleep – Rob Snarski

Lucid Dream – Perolas ft. Alethia, Vinod Prasanna & Jag Shergill

Just Take Love, For Example – Jordie Lane

Hardest Part – Joan & The Giants

Let the Anger Go – Dave Johnson

Eyes Wide Open – Georgie Nielsen

Mexico Smile – Carus Thompson

Better Way (Duo) – Watchhouse

Hot Pink Raingear – Gabriel Kahane

Above: Rob Snarski and His So-Called Friends’ Searching for the Heart of It All album cover design by Jamie Coghill; artwork by Kirsty Budge (detail from Thumb on the Pulse)

On a spectacular Melbourne spring day, Katie plays new and recently released music by some of her favourite Australian artists, including Lisa Richards, the great Eric Bogle, Stu Larsen, Georgia Fields, The Whitlams and more. Themes of the songs include all the biggies: love, death, and beer! Here is the playlist:

Flowers and Weeds (Dead and Gone) – Lisa Richards

If I Should Wake – Eric Bogle

Lover Boy – Sophie May

These Days – Stu Larsen

Accidental – Catherine Traicos

Life’s Gonna Kill You (If You Let It) – Man-Made Sunshine

Tigress – Georgia Fields

Nobody Knows I Love You – The Whitlams

House the Hurt – Monique Clare

Barcelona Beers – Felix Riebl ft. Joe Bel

Above: Stu Larsen’s ‘These Days’ single photography by Stu Larsen

Katie’s guest today is Netherlands-born, Melbourne-based Americana and folk singer-songwriter Joyce Prescher. She and Katie chat about Joyce’s musical background; her gorgeous new album, Out of My Mind; her work with previous Miss Chatelaine guest Delsinki’s projects Keep the Circle Unbroken and Sing a Song of Sixpence; and her upcoming gigs – and she performs a song live in the studio! Here is the playliat:

Right Place Wrong Time – This Way North & Buckman Coe

Table for One – Sally Seltmann

Sick – Alex the Astronaut

Sleep Now – Joyce Prescher

Priest – William Crighton

Am I Lost (live in the studio) – Joyce Prescher

The Story – Brandi Carlile

Paper and Pen – Joyce Prescher

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Above: Photo of Joyce Prescher at JOY by Betty Sujecki – please visit this Miss Chatelaine Facebook photo album for more pics!

Among the recent flood of new releases are tracks by several past guests of the show, including Dani Teveluwe, Little Green and Mick Thomas. This hour has some of Katie’s favourite songs of the year so far – can you pick which ones they are? Here is the playlist:

Sweet Summer Nights – Dani Teveluwe

Lost in Limbo – Little Green

Cherry (gender neutral version) – Miki Ratsula

Uneasy me – Merci, Mercy

Shipwreck – Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission

The Sea – Baby Cool

Brand New Man – Tex Perkins & The Fat Rubber Band ft. Matt Walker

Sanctuary – Tilly Tjala Thomas

Above: Merci, Mercy’s is it me, or is it you? EP artwork created with Jess Gleeson

Katie plays eleven stunning new tracks, some by artists she knows and loves (grentperez, Ashe, The 1975, Adam Lambert) and others by artists she is unfamiliar with but has been happy to discover! There are songs about growing up, letting go, longing for connection with humans and with the earth, commitment, and more. Here is the playlist:

Don’t Grow Up Too Fast – grentperez

Love Is Letting Go – Ashe ft. Diane Keaton

I’ll Be Home – Paul Greene

mona lisa – mxmtoon

Precious Burden – Isabel Rumble

Sequoia (Lovers on the Mountain) – Tay Oskee

Never Settle – Jodi Martin

This One’s Going to Hurt – Harlequins

When We Are Together – The 1975

Overland – Rose Bassett

Mad About the Boy – Adam Lambert

Above: The 1975’s Being Funny in a Foreign Language album cover photograph by Samuel Bradley

Back after ten days in New Zealand, Katie plays beautiful music from some of the albums she has enjoyed the most over the past couple of years – Bloom by queer Queensland artist Andrea Kirwin, House to House by Canadian singer-songwriter-guitarist Matt Andersen, Connectivity by queer English singer-songwriter and activist Grace Petrie, Living in the Suburbs by Melbourne’s Jason Vorherr, and Kingmaker by NZ-Canadian powerhouse Tami Neilson – and new tunes by some fabulous Australian artists. Here is the playlist:

Love’s Fool – Andrea Kirwin

Let Me Hold You – Matt Andersen

Time After Time – Garrett Kato

Haul Away – Grace Petrie

Gravity – Lisa Richards

Radio Show – Jason Vorherr

The Grudge – Tami Neilson

Old Road – Steve Earle & The Dukes

I forgot to be profound today – Ruby Gill

Above: Steve Earle & The Dukes’ JERRY JEFF album artwork by Tony Fitzpatrick

Katie’s guest in the second hour is Melbourne singer-songwriter Tanya-Lee Davies, who specialises in dreamy pop/folk/country sounds and counts Laurel Canyon, Nashville and early 1970s New York among her musical influences. She and Katie chat about the fine art of blurb-writing, the healing power of feminine energy, Tanya-Lee’s fabulous new album Dreamland, and more – and we are treated to a live performance as well. Here is the playlist:

High Cost of Living – PJ O’Brien

Helpless – k.d. lang

complex (demo) – Katie Gregson-MacLeod

Bless You – Tanya-Lee Davies

I Never – Rilo Kiley

Breathe (live in the studio) – Tanya-Lee Davies

Pale Blue Eyes – The Velvet Underground

Collector – Tanya-Lee Davies

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Above: Photo of Tanya-Lee Davies and Katie by Betty Sujecki – please visit this Miss Chatelaine Facebook photo album for more pics!

The songs in today’s first hour are particularly gorgeous. The artists come from Melbourne, Wollongong, the south coast of New South Wales, Brisbane, New Zealand, England, North Carolina and Toronto; sing in pop, indie, folk, alt-country, blues, roots and alt-rock styles; and variously identify as lesbian, bisexual, pansexual and straight. The hour also includes a Katie sneeze! Here is the playlist:

Running – Flynn Gurry

Send My Love to John – Rina Sawayama

Wondrous Love – Watchhouse

You Are Loved – Jodi Phillis

Opening the Sky – Julian Taylor

Where I’ve Been – Kerryn Fields

Strangest Times – Corey Legge

Summer Love – Folk Bitch Trio

Empty Highs – Kaypo

Put Up with the Weather! – Last Dinosaurs

Above: Flynn Gurry’s Weather & Dogs? album artwork by BOY & DOG