Melbourne singer-songwriter and violinist extraordinaire XANI returns to Miss Chatelaine to talk to Katie on the phone about her current and recent projects, including performing in the on-stage band for the highly successful musical Come From Away; recording new music in her home studio; live-streaming twice a week during lockdown; and her new single and video ‘Who Would’ve Thought’. There are also great new tracks by Australian artists based in the Blue Mountains, Melbourne, Brisbane and Yackandandah, and a classic by the great Peggy Lee. Here is the playlist:

* Fool’s Gold – CJ Stranger

* You Be You – This Way North

* Too Far to Go – Matt Joe Gow ft. The Weeping Willows

* Little Soul – XANI

* Who Would’ve Thought – XANI

* My Town – The English Rain

* Stay for a While – Jed Zarb

* The Boy from Ipanema – Peggy Lee

Visit Xani’s official website and follow her on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Her Bandcamp page is here and you can watch her Twitch.tv streams here.

Above: XANI’s ‘Who Would’ve Thought’ single artwork; photography by Michelle Grace Hunder, design by Meg Kolac