This hour features songs by artists based in Texas, Chicago, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Cape Breton, London, Brisbane and Melbourne. It includes powerful new tracks by Australian singer-songwriters Dan Sultan and Melody Moko, an intriguing cover of a Culture Club classic, a song for which everyone involved – from writing and recording to releasing – is female, non-binary and/or LGBTQIA2S+, and more. Here is the playlist:

Gene – Robert Ellis

Pretending – Michal Leah

See This Through – Matt Andersen

I Will Never Know (Who’s Always on Your Mind) – Jonesing

Story – Dan Sultan

Take Me Over – Katankin

No God – Sam Smith

I Don’t Wanna Change – Julia Sound ft. Larissa Tandy

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me – Adam Lambert

Great Australian Dream – Melody Moko

Above: Photo of Dan Sultan (and ‘Story’ single cover) by Clint Peloso