Miss Chatelaine

This year’s theme for JOY’s annual Radiothon is ‘Embrace JOY’, and Katie asks her listeners to give generously to keep Australia’s only rainbow, independent community media organisation out, loud and proud! The first hour today includes great new music by artists from the Gold Coast, central west New South Wales, Sydney, Melbourne, Chicago, New York, England and Zimbabwe. Here is the playlist:

* Talk to Me – Elke Schon

* Believe – The Safety of Life at Sea

* Home at Last – Natalie Bergman

* Starlite – Hoko

* Star-Crossed Lovers – John Smith ft. Lisa Hannigan

* Sometimes – Kye

* What Happens to Friendships in Winter? – Grids & Dots

* Lonely – The Paper Kites ft. Gena Rose Bruce

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.

Another guest live in the studio! This week it’s Melbourne artist Sweet Whirl, aka Esther Edquist, chatting about her wonderful 2020 album, How Much Works, and her upcoming gig at Meadow music festival in the Otway region of Victoria. Esther plays a couple of tracks by artists she loves, and there are also great songs by Liz Stringer, Katie Brianna and Fanny Lumsden. Here is the playlist:

* First Time Really Feeling – Liz Stringer

* Making Believe – Katie Brianna

* Sweetness – Sweet Whirl

* Blue Flower – Mazzy Star

* Constant Craving – k.d. lang

* Patterns of Nature – Sweet Whirl

* Fallow – Fanny Lumsden ft. Thomas Lumsden

* Have You Ever Seen the Rain – Sweet Whirl & Gregor

Visit Sweet Whirl’s Bandcamp page and follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Above: Photo of Sweet Whirl by Ellen Fairbairn

After a week off for Easter, Katie is back with gorgeous tunes from a slew of new albums by, among others, Australian artists Jess Locke, The Paper Kites and Katie Brianna; US artists Valerie June, Joe Pug and Morgan Wade; and English artist John Smith. There are songs about realising you deserve better in a relationship, finding solace in the things that bring you happiness, and lots more. Here is the playlist:

* Square One – Caamp

* Winner – Jess Locke

* Look Out Desdemona – Joe Pug

* Within You – Valerie June

* The Fray – John Smith

* King of Cups – Piper Rodrigues

* Take Me Away – Morgan Wade

* To Find Happiness – Josh Pyke

* By My Side – The Paper Kites ft. Rosie Carney

* Georgia Moon – Shakey Graves

Above: Morgan Wade’s Reckless album cover; design by Thinking Out Loud Design; photo by David McClister

Katie welcomes her first flesh-and-blood guest to the studio for over a year! It’s comedian, speaker and author Mandy Nolan, who is in town for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival to do a show with Irish-Australian singer-songwriter Áine Tyrrell. Mandy and Áine live in Mullumbimby, near Byron Bay, and have been performing their Country Witches Association show around Australia since late 2019. Katie gets Áine on the phone and the three women have a yarn about feminism, politics, music, comedy and more. There’s also music by Áine, Valerie June, Hot Potato Band and Charm of Finches! Here is the playlist:

* Two Roads – Valerie June

* Born to Do This – Áine Tyrrell

* It’s Your Own Body – Hot Potato Band

* Pockets of Stones – Charm of Finches

Follow Country Witches Association on Facebook and Instagram.

Above: Photo of Áine Tyrrell and Mandy Nolan by Donatella Parisini

In the first hour today, Katie plays great new tunes by up-and-coming and established Australian artists, including the Paper Kites, James McGuffie, marigolden and Troy Cassar-Daley, as well as artists from the USA and Canada. There are songs by two queer artists: Lucy Dacus from Virginia, USA, and Sarsaparilla from JOY’s home base of Melbourne. Here is the playlist:

* Moving On – Castle

* Lemon Tree – James McGuffie

* Take Me Home – The Paper Kites ft. Nadia Reid

* How Come My Body – Half Moon Run

* Just Like Smoke – marigolden

* Thumbs – Lucy Dacus

* Worse Things Happen at Sea – Sarsaparilla

* Wild Kind of Longing – Joe Pug

* Back on Country – Troy Cassar-Daley

Above: Joe Pug’s The Diving Sun album cover artwork by pearljunior

Katie plays another ten awesome tracks in the second hour today, including one new and one old track from Brooklyn-based powerhouse band Lake Street Dive; a beautiful song from The Paper Kites’ new album, Roses; and an intriguing cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Have You Ever Seen the Rain?’ by Melbourne’s Sweet Whirl and Gregor. Here is the playlist:

* If It Comes in the Morning – Hiss Golden Messenger

* Hula Girl – A Whale Called Phoenix

* You Go Down Smooth – Lake Street Dive

* Being a Woman – Lake Street Dive

* Readymade – Gretta Ray

* Good-bye – Mary Gauthier

* Anything Could Happen – Dylan Cartlidge

* Born to Do This – Áine Tyrrell

* Steal My Heart Away – The Paper Kites ft. Ainslie Wills

* Have You Ever Seen the Rain – Sweet Whirl & Gregor

Above: Dylan Cartlidge’s ‘Anything Could Happen’ single cover artwork by Jodie Canwell

Today’s first hour includes new music from Miss Chat favourites Michael Waugh, The Weeping Willows and Valerie June, a Grammy-nominated instant classic by US singer-songwriter Mickey Guyton, the sea shanty that kicked off the current revival in shanties, and heaps more. Here is the playlist:

* Black Like Me – Mickey Guyton

* Real Love – George Cosby

* Igna – L. Flora

* Dirty River – Michael Waugh

* Fallin’ – Valerie June

* Black Crow – The Weeping Willows

* Wellerman – Nathan Evans

* Cover Me in Sunshine – Pink + Willow Sage Hart

* Washington to West Texas – Callum Wylie

* This Is Not a Love Song – Delilah Montagu

Above: Michael Waugh’s ‘Dirty River’ single cover artwork; photo by Sean Kirkwood

Katie welcomes South Australian singer-songwriter Kelly Brouhaha back to the show to chat about her joyous return to live gigging after a year of staying in one place. We hear some tracks from Kelly’s fabulous 2019 self-titled album, as well as new songs from artists out of Brisbane, Byron Bay, Melbourne and California. Here is the playlist:

* Sunday Feeling – Jimmy Harwood ft. r.em.edy

* Collective – Citadel

* As Long as There’s a Smile – Kelly Brouhaha

* Open Road – Kelly Brouhaha

* 40,000 Star Hotel – Kelly Brouhaha

* The Birds & the Bees – L. Flora

* A Blackbird’s Way – Cate Taylor

* Till Forever Falls Apart – Ashe & Finneas

Above: Photo of Kelly Brouhaha and Katie by Kerryn Fields, taken at Some Velvet Morning on 19 March 2021

Today’s show starts with a stunning new song from ARIA-nominated singer-songwriter Jodi Phillis, inspired by the 2019–20 Australian bushfires. Following that are some shimmering new releases by US and Australian artists, including another track from the gorgeous debut EP by Jessie Monk, a beautiful song by friend-of-the-show Kerryn Fields, and the first taste of a new album by previous guest Joe Pug. Here is the playlist:

* Summer of Fires – Jodi Phillis

* 68 – Garrett Kato

* Queenie – Kerryn Fields

* Boys! – Saint Barae

* Drive – Ashley Monroe

* Crescent Bridge – Joe Pug

* Good Thing – Maple Glider

* All the Lilacs in Ohio – John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band

* Dark Cafe – Jessie Monk

* Because of You – Pete Murray

Above: Jodi Phillis’s ‘Summer of Fires’ single cover artwork, featuring a still from the music video made by Stephen Dupont and Liz Tadic

Katie chats to Rachel Olsson from Queensland sister duo Innocent Eve about their superb new album, Viking. Rachel and Bec sing folk, Americana and nu-country styles – whatever you want to call it, it’s great! There are also awesome new tunes by other artists, and a couple of old favourites. Here is the playlist:

* The Housebuilding Song – David Ferguson ~

* Little Lady – Julian James

* Mixed Bag – Innocent Eve

* My Despair – Innocent Eve

* Twenty Four – Innocent Eve

* The Rant – Innocent Eve

* Midnight Lights – Josh Orange

* You Don’t Speak for Me – Judy Small

* The Boy – Shannon & the Clams

Visit Innocent Eve’s official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Above: Photo of Innocent Eve by Lee Hanly-Bailey