Miss Chatelaine

Katie previews the 45th Port Fairy Folk Festival, which takes place next weekend, by playing tracks by the festival’s Artist of the Year, Kutcha Edwards, and Emerging Artist of the Year, Kee’ahn, and by several other artists on the festival line-up. She also chats on the phone with Abby Dobson from Sydney duo Baby et Lulu, who are on the bill of the festival. Abby (Baby) and Lara Goodridge (Lulu) sing classic and contemporary chansons and their own compositions, and their Album Deux (2015) was nominated for an ARIA Award. Abby and Katie talk about how Baby et Lulu started, their beautiful new Album Trois, Abby’s involvement in recent Miss Chatelaine guest Delsinki’s Keep the Circle Unbroken project, and more. C’est bon! Here is the playlist:

* Song for Elijah (Wrap Our Arms Around You) – Kutcha Edwards, Archie Roach, Emma Donovan, Radical Son, Ilanna Atkinson, Tjimba Possum Burns, James Henry, David Bridie, Brendan Gallagher, Nao Anzai

* Boys Will Be Boys – Emily Barker & Lukas Drinkwater

* Better Things – Kee’ahn

* La Ballade de la mer – Baby et Lulu

* L’amour L’amour L’amour – Baby et Lulu

* One for Each Person, and One for the Pot – Archie Roach

* Dragnet – Jack Carty

* Bells Are Ringing in the Churchyard – The Weeping Willows

Visit Baby et Lulu’s official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Above: Photo of Baby et Lulu by Henryk

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Katie plays tracks from some of her favourite new and recent albums and EPs, including Aurora’s The Gods We Can Touch, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’s Raise the Roof, Punch Brothers’ Hell on Church Street, Leif Vollebekk’s New Ways, Josienne Clarke’s I Promised You Light, The Delines’ The Sea Drift, The Black Sorrows’ Saint Georges Road and Lontano’s self-titled debut album – plus a wonderful recent track by Northern Rivers artist Stephanie Cherote. Here is the playlist:

* Exist for Love – Aurora

* Searching for My Love – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

* Cattle in the Cane – Punch Brothers

* What Becomes of the Things I’ve Seen? – Stephanie Cherote

* Hot Tears (Live at KCRW) – Leif Vollebekk

* Where the Light Comes In – Josienne Clarke

* Drowning in Plain Sight – The Delines

* What’s Taken Your Smile Away – The Black Sorrows

* Lights – Lontano

Above: The Delines’ The Sea Drift album cover photo by David Zamora; graphic design by Draplin Design Co.

Laura Coates and Andrew Wrigglesworth are the Weeping Willows, a multi-award-winning bluegrass, alt-country, gothic Americana duo from Melbourne whose third album, You Reap What You Sow, will be released on 4 March 2022. They join Katie in the studio to talk about the album; the latest single from it, ‘House of Sin’, and the accompanying video starring various local musicians; the dark, haunted nature of their music; and more. They also perform two songs live! Here is the playlist:

* Nothing on the Windows – Don McGlashan

* So in Love – k.d. lang

* Prelude – The Weeping Willows

* Oh, Won’t You Save Me – Great Aunt

* House of Sin – The Weeping Willows

* Wheels Won’t Roll – The Weeping Willows (live in the studio)

* If You Don’t Like My Peaches – The Cartridge Family

* Black Crow – The Weeping Willows (live in the studio)

* Hangman (The Gallows Tree) – The Weeping Willows

Visit the Weeping Willows’ official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Photo of the Weeping Willows and Katie (above) by Betty Sujecki – please visit this Miss Chatelaine Facebook photo album for more pics!

In this hour there are new songs by three artists from Sydney, two from Canada, and one from each of Iceland, the UK, Fremantle, Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne. Great music can be found everywhere! Here is the playlist:

* Selfish – GRAACE

* Burn & Release – Yo Yo Sun

* A Newtown Old Again – darby

* Mean Old World – Gordie Tentrees

* Other Side of Goodbye – Matt Andersen

* Seasick – Hollie Col

* No Man Can Survive Alone – Bortier Okoe

* Sarah Oversharer – Kat Flowers

* Something – Rakel

* We’ve Got an Office in Hackney – Grace Petrie

* Always New Days Always – Grace Cummings

Above: Yo Yo Sun’s Sunrise in You album cover art by Carolyn White; typeface and graphics by Iain Roy

Today’s second hour has beautiful new releases not only from past Miss Chatelaine guests Josienne Clarke, Dani Teveluwe and Sam Buckingham, but also from fabulous artists based in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, London and the US Pacific Northwest. W00t! Here is the playlist:

* Be Good Be Kind – Mega

* Dreamer – Hayden Calnin

* Workhorse – Josienne Clarke

* Sweet Home – SYML

* Double Shot – Dani Teveluwe

* Why I Love You – grentperez

* Run – Sam Buckingham

* When My Ship Comes In – Asleep at the Reel

* Her Beautiful Ways – Josh Orange

* Amazing – Cassidy-Rae

Above: Asleep at the Reel’s Time and Tide album cover photography by David Symons

Katie plays great new folk, roots, acoustic and pop music by artists from northern New South Wales, Sydney, Melbourne, Far North Queensland, Tasmania, the NSW Riverina, Montreal and London. So much to love! Here is the playlist:

* Faces – Stephanie Cherote

* Long Blue Light (Live at Starling Farm) – Leif Vollebekk

* Be My Babe – Brent Duncan

* Oh I See It – JESSICA

* Dear Grandpa – Ella Hartwig

* Disappear in Smoke – Cowboy Joan

* Gone Bushwalking – Bity Booker

* Maybe I – Cahill Kelly ft. Grace Cummings

* Trails of Truth – Corn Nut Creek

* The Wheel – William Crighton

Above: Bity Booker’s Dreaming in the Morning EP cover art by Bity Booker

After spinning the great new song by queer Irish artist and former guest of the show Wallis Bird, Katie welcomes Australian music legend Joe Camilleri to the studio. Currently on tour with his band the Black Sorrows, he tells Katie how constant performing and songwriting still motivate him and give him joy after more than 50 years in the music business. They chat about the band’s latest album, Saint Georges Road – which is Joe’s 22nd album with the Black Sorrows and his 50th release overall – and heaps more. Enjoy! Here is the playlist:

* What’s Wrong with Changing – Wallis Bird

* Raise Your Hands – The Black Sorrows

* King Without a Throne – The Black Sorrows

* What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) – Junior Walker & The All Stars

* Saint Georges Road – The Black Sorrows

* Ghost Writer – Garland Jeffreys

* Chained to the Wheel – The Black Sorrows

Visit the Black Sorrows’ official website and follow them on Facebook and Twitter, and follow Joe on Instagram.

Photo of Joe Camilleri (above) by Betty Sujecki – please visit this Miss Chatelaine Facebook photo album for more pics!

On the morning of the inaugural Melbourne Pride festival, Katie plays songs about hope, new beginnings, embracing what life has to offer, rising up in solidarity, and more – including tracks from superb recent albums by great US and UK artists, and excellent new Australian songs. Here is the playlist:

* Giving Up – Jack Carty

* Gillian – Naomi Keyte

* Orphan Annie – Punch Brothers

* Perfect Imperfection – Dana Gehrman

* Paint the Red Rose Blue – Elvis Costello & The Imposters

* The Price of Love – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

* Ruby – D Henry Fenton

* The Losing Side – Grace Petrie

* Growing Up – Alex the Astronaut

Above: Dana Gehrman’s ‘Perfect Imperfection’ single cover art by Julian Walz

Katie plays a track from Grace Cummings’ stunning new album, pays tribute to the late, great English folk singer Norma Waterson, enjoys a new guitar piece from D.C Cross, blisses out to Lisa Mitchell’s new song, and spins several more excellent new and recent tracks by Australian artists. Here is the playlist:

* Two Little Birds – Grace Cummings

* My Heart Don’t Feel a Thing – The Black Sorrows

* Smile – Kate Leahy

* Red Wine and Promises – Lal & Mike Waterson ft. Norma Waterson

* Cootamundra – D.C Cross

* Trouble – Maya O’Loughlin

* I Believe in Kindness – Lisa Mitchell

* Broken Toys – Nick O’Mara

* Never Alone – Hello Jane

Above: Hello Jane’s ‘Never Alone’ single cover design and photography by Hello Jane

This hour starts with a beautiful cover of an Australian classic and finishes with a stunning piece of music that tells a story of repatriation of Aboriginal ancestral remains. In between is a posthumous release by the great Scottish artist Gerry Rafferty, gorgeous new music from Norway’s Aurora and England’s Josienne Clarke, an extended meditation on stress dreams, the fourth single from Michael Waugh’s outstanding album The Cast, and a song that speaks to land rights and environmental degradation. Whew! Here is the playlist:

* Under the Milky Way – Emily Barker & Lukas Drinkwater ft. Fanny Lumsden

* Wild Mountain Thyme – Gerry Rafferty

* Artemis – Aurora

* Stress Dreams – Greensky Bluegrass

* Driving at Night – Josienne Clarke

* He Taught Me – Michael Waugh

* Australia – Ny Oh

* The Dawn – Bob Weatherall & Halfway with William Barton

Above: Greensky Bluegrass’s Stress Dreams album cover; artwork by Kent Elliott/Black Lab Five, photography by Dylan Langille/ontheDL