Miss Chatelaine

Musical and life partners Leesa Gentz and Julz Parker are the prime movers behind all-female blues-roots band Hussy Hicks. Normally based on the Gold Coast, they are currently riding out the pandemic in their northern New South Wales studio. Katie chats to them about their excellent new album, Gather Up the People, and about adjusting to life without constant touring and gigging. There are beautiful tracks by other artists, too! Here is the playlist:

* Save Myself – Ashe

* Evergreen – Leah Senior

* Drawbridge – Westerman

* Mountain Peak – Hussy Hicks

* Hid Myself – Hussy Hicks

* Wilsons River Blues – Hussy Hicks

* The Beauty of Everyday Things – Luka Bloom

* Love Out Loud – Sonia Disappear Fear

Visit Hussy Hicks’ official website and follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Living through a pandemic sure isn’t easy for anyone, but Katie’s music will hopefully make you feel a little better! In this hour she plays fabulous tunes by artists she knows well, artists she has just discovered, and artists in between. Here is the playlist:

* Devil Off My Back (live) – Little Wise

* Grow Into Love – Half Moon Run

* Easy for No One – Jess Cornelius

* Passing Through – Dylan Wright

* All in Your Stride – Ben Alpine

* Unlikely Believer – Gretta Ziller

* The Truth – Rory Phillips

* Spare Some Light – Justina Ward

* Brand New Heartache – Michael Burrows ft. Lior & Simon Starr

* I’ll Take Lonely Tonight – Tim Minchin

* When We Were Writers – Indigo Girls

Above: Jess Cornelius’ Distance album cover – photography by Rachael Pony Cassells; design by Carl Breitkreuz

It’s all women, all the time! The second hour of the show features tracks by female-identifying artists from the UK, the US, Newcastle, Melbourne, Sydney and Canada, including past Miss Chatelaine guests Chris While and Julie Matthews, Little Wise, Xani and Pamela Claire, and a treat from lesbian icons k.d. lang and Melissa Etheridge. Here is the playlist:

* Embrace – The While and Matthews Collaborative

* Last Cigarette – Melody Moko

* Dancing in the Dark – Little Wise

* Book of Whitney – XANI

* Fight – Em George

* Lonely Sets Me Free – Pamela Claire

* Strange Isabella – Gillian Welch

* You Can Sleep While I Drive (live) – k.d. lang & Melissa Etheridge

* Paralyzed – Delta Goodrem

Above: Melissa Etheridge and k.d. lang backstage at New York’s Beacon Theater in June 1994 at ‘The Beat Goes On’ benefit concert for LIFEbeat, the US music industry’s AIDS awareness and resource organisation

The pandemic hasn’t stopped musicians from releasing gorgeous new music! In the first hour of today’s show, Katie plays new and recent releases by artists from Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Japan, the USA, Canada. Here is the playlist:

* Mother of Muses – Bob Dylan

* The Way You Make Love – Ayane Yamazaki

* Hello in There – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

* It’s Not Enough – Julian Taylor

* Euphoria – Woodes

* The Creatures – Kyle Taylor

* Tick Tock – Loren Kate

* Mint Condition – Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission

* Someone – Nectr

* You’re My Colour – Josh Pyke

* Kitchen Song – Gena Rose Bruce

Above: Nectr’s ‘Someone’ single artwork by Nectr

Katie chats to Melbourne-based artist Pamela Claire about her debut album, Lonely Sets Me Free, and about making music videos and surviving as a musician during iso. There are also great new Australian tracks by Michael Butera, Tash Sultana, Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission and Hachiku, and a song in tribute to the late Naya Rivera of TV’s Glee. Here is the playlist:

* The Green Garden – Michael Butera

* Greed – Tash Sultana

* Songbird – Naya Rivera

* End of Days – Pamela Claire

* Directing Traffic – Pamela Claire

* Thin Air – Pamela Claire

* Rainbows and Bears – Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission

* Dreams – Hachiku

Visit Pamela Claire’s official website and follow her on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Above: Photo of Pamela Claire by Albion Harrison-Naish

After a very cruisy start to today’s show, Katie moves into fabulous new songs by past guests Emily Barker and Ryan Downey, a bit of finger-pickin’ guitar, folk-pop from Paris and Montreal, a classic covered by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, and more. Here is the playlist:

* Am Meditations – Jameson Clarke

* Thief – Hello Satellites

* Queen Jane Approximately – Emma Swift

* The Woman Who planted Trees – Emily Barker

* This Is What You Did – This Is the Kit

* Last Fair Deal – Ray Beadle

* Ticket to Heaven – Alice Ivy ft. Thelma Plum

* Good Time Girl – Ryan Downey

* Here 4 U – Braids

* Jackson – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Above: Remote Control’s Bloom and Simmer album artwork by Darren Lesaguis; get the album (which includes the Ryan Downey track) at Bandcamp

Katie has a chat with Australian country music star and all-round great guy Casey Barnes about his excellent album Town of a Million Dreams, his career since appearing on the final season of Australian Idol in 2009, and how he is coping with the pandemic. She also plays awesome songs by artists from the UK, Netherlands, Perth, Tumbarumba, Melbourne and Paris. Here is the playlist:

* No Belongings – Aware

* I Don’t Want to Watch the World End with Someone Else – Clinton Kane

* Lifetime – The Money War

* Sparks Fly – Casey Barnes

* No Other You – Casey Barnes ft. Missy Lancaster

* We’re Good Together – Casey Barnes

* Fierce – Fanny Lumsden

* Leave Me Out to Dry – Riley Catherall

* Honest Man – Oracle Sisters

Visit Casey Barnes’ official website and follow him on Facebook, Instagram  and Twitter.

Above: Photo of Casey Barnes by Luke Marsden

Today’s first hour has songs about being young and out of control, understanding and accepting that you deserve a place in this world, being generous with love, offering wisdom to your children, grieving a loved one, trying to enjoy every moment, and more. Here is the playlist:

* Dominoes – Lisa Richards

* Malleable – Max Leone

* No Face – No Face

* Patterns of Nature – Sweet Whirl

* Worth – Benjamin Trillado

* Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (Titoli) – Ennio Morricone

* If You Call – Angie McMahon ft. Leif Vollebekk

* Found My Place – Pete Murray

* Ordinary Day – Chris While & Julie Matthews

* Don’t Let It Wait – Josh Pyke

Above: Benjamin Trillado’s ‘Worth’ single artwork by Benjamin Trillado

More music to nourish your soul in this hour, plus many beautiful messages of support from listeners. Here is the playlist:

* 26 Letters – David Piltch ft. k.d. lang

* Driving Me Crazy – Lisa Richards

* This Time Lucky – Jamie Scott

* Wolf – Hannah Frances

* On Hold – Trad Ukiyo

* A Year from Now – Dom Italiano

* Boas from the Inside – Katankin

* Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Yola

* Human – Rag’n’Bone Man

* See You When I’m Looking at You (radio edit) – Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission

Tremorverse Records’ Songs from Home album artwork; get the album (which includes the Trad Ukiyo track) at Bandcamp

Katie is a bit shaken up this morning due to the Victorian premier’s announcement that various public housing towers in Melbourne are being locked down due to COVID-19. In an effort to comfort herself and her listeners, she offers a range of beautiful music by artists from around Australia and the world. Here is the playlist:

* Shiver – Ben Evolent

* When We Travel – Joanna Wallfisch

* Can’t Get Enough of You Baby – Greg Gould ft. Rhonda Burchmore

* The Weekend – Runaway Belles

* I Contain Multitudes – Bob Dylan

* Mixed Bag – Innocent Eve

* 4:05 – Alex Lleo

* Aralia – Leah Flanagan

* Janelle – Sean McMahon

Above: Runaway Belles’ ‘The Weekend’ single artwork by Louise Thrush; it features a Caladenia coudata orchid (commonly known as the tailed spider orchid), which is endemic to Tasmania and on the endangered species list

Find out about Joanna Wallfisch’s film The Great Song Cycle Down Under here.