Amid lots of beautiful messages from listeners, Katie plays more tracks from newly released albums in this hour, including by LA-based Niia, recent guest Joy Oladokun, and Adelaide/Kaurna Yerta alt-country string band Mark Curtis & The Flannelettes. There are also new Australian releases from artists based in Toowoomba, Wauchope and Melbourne, a stone-cold classic from the great k.d. lang, and more. Here is the playlist:

A Star for a Star – Niia

Eliza I See – Darlingside

Marco Polo – Tallou

Little Green Man – Angus Gill & Seasons of Change

Sweet Symphony – Joy Oladokun ft. Chris Stapleton

Rock ’n’ Roll – The Cat Empire

Where’d You Go? – Mark Curtis & The Flannelettes

Constant Craving (MTV Unplugged) – k.d. lang

Fat Boy Doyle – Caledonian Castaways

Above: Mark Curtis & The Flannelettes’ self-titled album cover art by Hana Katya