Miss Chatelaine

This hour Katie plays smooth soul, acoustic folk, alt-country, electro-folk and gentle dance-pop songs by artists from the Gold Coast, South Australia, Melbourne via New Zealand, Montreal, Dublin, Newfoundland and Sydney – and they’re all fabulous! Here is the playlist:

* Love – Buttered

* Watch Fires Burn – Kelly Brouhaha

* Escape – Kerryn Fields

* A Mermaid in Lisbon – Patrick Watson ft. Teresa Salgueiro

* Manchester Air – Saint Sister

* Fall Awake – The Once + Jack Carty

* Cornetto – Pirra

* Rolling on the Spot – Oly Sherman ft. Aya Yves

* Don’t Want to Grow Up – Martha Marlow

Above: Kerryn Fields’ Water album cover artwork by Louise Mitchell; design by Kerryn Fields

Today’s first hour has music by three artists from Australian coastal areas – the New South Wales Central Coast and far south coast, and the Gold Coast – and by artists from Tasmania, Melbourne, Canada and Sweden. There is great music everywhere! Don’t miss the hilarious new song about cheese by friends-of-the-show Tuck Shop Ladies – it’s an earworm. Here is the playlist:

* Closer – Nuria

* Somebody – Ella Powell

* Take Me There – Leticia Maher

* How Am I Supposed to Be a Mother – The New Graces

* Evermore – Hollow Coves

* Catfish – Harper Bloom

* Where Does All the Love Go – Courtney Keil

* Breaking Point – Aerialists + Långbacka/Bådagård

* Cheese – Tuck Shop Ladies

Above: Aerialists + Långbacka/Bådagård’s ‘Breaking Point’ single cover design by Roberta Landreth

In today’s second hour, Katie plays gorgeous new songs from artists based in Australia, Canada, Scotland, Iceland and Sweden, and an upbeat classic from the patron saint of the show, k.d. lang. Here is the playlist:

* Little Bird – Goldfynch

* Sons & Daughters – Jenn Grant + Ash Bell & Sara Tindley

* Lonely Nights – Hollow Coves ft. Priscilla Ahn

* Cloudy Day – Tones and I

* Slice of Happiness – Bella Mackenzie

* Five Foot Tall – Jenny Biddle

* Hope & Fortune – Irish Mythen + Svavar Knútur

* Sketches – Ell & Hart

* Lifted by Love – k.d. lang

Above: COViD 4740: Community Resilience Project album cover artwork by Ryan Vella (check out Sugar Town Music’s website for more information)

In the first hour of today’s show we’ve got blackbirds and hummingbirds, creeks and flowing water, dreams of Tuscany, a devil’s curse, and a rising sun – and we’re having one of those days. Here is the playlist:

* All of My Days – Martha Marlow

* Devil’s Curse – Helen Townsend with Shannon Smith

* Stoney Creek – Xavier Rudd

* Blackbird – Kelly Brouhaha

* Hiding Out in Tuscany – Paula Standing

* The Hummingbird – Josh Pyke ft. Gordi

* The Sun Goes On Rising – Sarah McQuaid

* Tired – Yeo

* Water Flowing Downward – Andrea von Kampen

* One of Those Days – Nidala

Above: Andrea von Kampen’s That Spell album cover artwork by Luke Wohlgemuth

In the second hour of her first broadcast from the JOY studios in the pre-opening stage of the brand-new Victorian Pride Centre in Melbourne’s St Kilda, Katie plays gorgeous tunes by artists from Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, the USA and Canada. Here is the playlist:

* Takotsubo – Nicole McKinney

* Derail – Strange River

* Poets Troubadours & Me – Kelly Brouhaha

* Melbourne Town – Dominic Finley

* Yellow – Maddie Jackway

* ’S iomadh rud tha dhìth orm / Ciamar a nì mi ’n dannsa dìreach – Rhiannon Giddens

* Paint – Voye ft. Matilda Duncan

* Calling All Angels – k.d. lang & Jane Siberry

* Arrested – HETHA

Above: Photo of Katie in the new JOY studio by Betty Sujecki

Katie is excited to broadcast for the first time from the JOY studios in the pre-opening stage of the brand-new Victorian Pride Centre in Melbourne’s St Kilda! The music in the first hour includes a new/old remix of the show’s theme song, a new cover from past guest Angie McMahon, tracks from two new albums that Katie is loving, and more. Here is the playlist:

* Miss Chatelaine (St Tropez Mix) – k.d. lang

* Change Is Coming – Hussy Hicks

* Blessings – Hollow Coves

* Tea, Milk & Honey – Angie McMahon

* Waiting – Alannah Chapman

* Opus – Goldfynch

* California – Yung Sum

* Ain’t No Ash Will Burn – The Weeping Willows

* Family of Liars – Grand Baxter

* The More I Give – Paula Standing

* Left Broken – Sheldon Riley

Above: Photo of Katie in the new JOY studio by Betty Sujecki

In the second hour today, Katie plays the stunning new version by First Nations artist Ziggy Ramo of Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody’s classic ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’, new songs by past guests Larissa Tandy and Michael Waugh, new bangers by British powerhouses Yola and Joan Armatrading, and more. Here is the playlist:

* Little Things – Ziggy Ramo ft. Paul Kelly

* Coming Up Roses – Melody Moko

* Sirens – Larissa Tandy

* In the Summer – Oly Sherman

* Stand for Myself – Yola

* Have Mercy – Kim Cheshire

* One Kind Favour (See That My Grave Is Kept Clean) – The Weeping Willows

* The Sea – Sierra Ferrell

* Flying – Michael Waugh

* Already There – Joan Armatrading

Above: Michael Waugh’s ‘Flying’ single cover design by Craig Kelly at The 16th Floor

Still in lockdown, but the music is keeping Katie’s spirits up! This hour there are songs about inner reflection, trying to look cool, the healing power of a campfire, unrequited love, emerging from lockdown, and more. Here is the playlist:

* Lorelai – Tayla Young

* Sun and Moon and Stars – Anita Lester

* Give Me Good Reason – SON (Susan O’Neill)

* Red – Maddie Jackway

* Hold On – Glee Cast ft. Adam Lambert & Demi Lovato

* The World Can Be So Cold – Cedric Burnside

* Campfires – Kelly Brouhaha

* Everytime – Michael Leonardi

* Heart – Reb Fountain

* Graceful Lady with the Lamps – Nick Batterham

* Good Things Will Come – Emily Soon

Above: Emily Soon’s ‘Good Things Will Come’ single cover photo and design by Emily Soon

Katie plays fabulous new all-Australian music by three First Nations women, two Michaels, two artists with ‘x’ in their name, a talented teenager from Moreton Bay, and the magnificent Ngaiire. Here is the playlist:

* Sardine Baby – Maurial Spearim

* Silhouette – Michael Leonardi

* Damaged – Miiesha

* Lion – XANI

* Liguria – Michael Brinkworth

* Let Go – Dani Teveluwe

* I Must Be in a Good Place Now – Tex Perkins & The Fat Rubber Band ft. Matt Walker

* Closer – Ngaiire

* Walls – Cassi Marie

Above: Ngaiire’s ‘Closer’ single cover artwork by Ngaiire

Another week of lockdown in Melbourne and another pre-recorded show – but it’s full of gorgeous music! Here is the playlist:

* Baby Tiger – Maple Glider

* Never the Same – Ryan Downey

* California – Roz Pappalardo ft. Anthony Dettori

* My Thoughts Were So Loud – Hannah Frances

* Road to Nimbin – Miguel Rios

* Fake Friends – Romanie

* Echoes – Ida Wenøe

* Homage #1, Pt 1 – Corduroy Spaceship

* Love Will Be Reborn – Martha Wainwright

* The Bakers Daughters – Louise Bruce

* Gravity – Charm of Finches

Above: Ryan Downey’s A Ton of Colours album cover artwork by Kate Adams