Katie returns to JOY for a one-off episode of Miss Chatelaine while Jason is away at the Broken Heel Festival. In the second hour, she plays some fabulous recently released songs by Australian artists from Narrm, Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the NSW Central Coast and Queensland’s Darling Downs, and a re-worked classic by queer South African artist Orville Peck with the great Willie Nelson. (Katie will be back for a new season of weekly episodes in December 2024.) Here is the...

Katie returns to JOY for a one-off episode of Miss Chatelaine while Jason is away at the Broken Heel Festival. She takes the opportunity to play tracks from some of the superb albums that have been released this year by artists including past guests Matt Joe Gow & Kerryn Fields, Josienne Clarke, Riley Catherall, Emily Wurramara and Michael Waugh, and other favourites. (Katie will be back for a new season of weekly episodes in December 2024.) Here is the playlist: Miss Chatelaine – k.d....

Australia’s annual NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Katie marks it every year with an hour of music by First Nations artists. This year’s songs have all been released in 2023 or 2024, and their themes include family, nature, friendship, culture and truth-telling. Barkindji man Little Jason joins Katie to talk about the music and to introduce his new JOY show, Hot Bread, which will occupy the Miss Chatelaine timeslot...

It’s Katie’s last show before she goes on a long break, and she packs the first hour with great music by previous guests from Australia, Aotearoa, Canada and Ireland; long-running bands from the USA and Aotearoa; artists she has played before from the USA, Australia and Ireland; and new (to Katie) local artists. Here is the playlist: Forever Now – The Avett Brothers Gasoline – Lily Meola Dances Like Diamonds – Jesse Lawrance Forever – Little Green Magic (What She Do) (Acoustic) –...

This hour features superb new releases by past guests Henry Wagons and Michael Waugh; gems from Australian singer-songwriters Andy Golledge, Ella Hartwig and Bec Taylor and Austrian singer-songwriter OSKA; a track from UK ‘pop visionary’ Gia Ford’s upcoming album; a deep cut from 2009 featuring vocals by patron saint of the show k.d. lang; and upbeat songs about love by US artists The Orion Experience and Meghan Trainor. Here is the playlist: Happiness – Andy Golledge Hometown – Ella...

It’s cold again in Melbourne this morning, but Katie plays music that takes her listeners to warm, calm, romantic and adventurous places. There are songs about resilience, regret, recovery, relocation, and raucous Saturday nights by artists based in England, Canada, the USA, Narrm/Melbourne, Meanjin/Brisbane, south-east Queensland and Newcastle. Here is the playlist: The Calm – Josienne Clarke Thrive – Jay Atwill Out of Breath – Lullanas How Romantic, Pt II – pastels Beneath the Light...

This hour includes songs about letting go of a relationship, social anxiety, slowing down, finding happiness wherever you are, the profundity and mundanity of life, heartbreak, a willow tree and a rock, and a Soviet dog in space. The artists come from Narrm/Melbourne, the Bellarine Peninsula, Geelong, Sydney, the Gold Coast, Canada and Nashville. Here is the playlist: Bookmark – Liv Marlton Willow & Rock – Geoff Gates I Wish I Could Be Brave – Maddie Jackway Blame Me If You Want To...

On the coldest morning in the seven-year history of Miss Chatelaine, Katie presents a killer array of songs that warm her and her listeners up. They include moving tracks by Aotearoa’s Georgia Lines, Western Australia’s Emily Barker, and gay US artist Wrabel with the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles. There’s also a seasonal pop favourite by The Twoks, a tune from the new album by the legendary Crowded House, and more. Here is the playlist: Give & Take – Felicity Dowd South of Somewhere –...

Joining Katie in the JOY studio this morning is Narrm/Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Cate Taylor. Cate has a beautiful new album out called Sometimes in Winter, and she and Katie chat about that and about the things that inspire Cate’s music (especially the natural world), her network of friends in the local indie-music community, and more. Here is the playlist: Gypsy Girl – Darlinghurst Never Apart – The Avett Brothers Marlinchen in the Snow – Charm of Finches Everything We Know –...

Katie is a bit croaky this morning as she is recovering from a cold, but she warms herself and the listeners up with a bunch of songs about moving on, the peace of sleep, losing a loved one, what could have been, being overwhelmed by feelings, the need to win at all costs, love for a brother, and more. Here is the playlist: Matter of Time – Elianie Just Be You (Acoustic) – Mark Wilkinson Wild for Change – Lilly Carron All the Ones – Enda Kenny In for the Kill – Rowena Wise Carry On –...

The great new music keeps on coming in the second hour of today’s show. Katie plays songs not only by past guests Anna Scionti, Dan Warner (with The Night Parrots), Josienne Clarke and Joy Oladokun, but also by several artists unfamiliar to her until now – and there’s a classic tune by Tony Bennett and patron saint of the show k.d. lang, too. Here is the playlist: Sing with the Birds – Anna Scionti Serpentine – renforshort She Showed Me to Her Room – Central Rain Stupid – Phoebe...

Katie warms up a cold, grey Melbourne morning with beautiful new music by artists based in Los Angeles, the US Pacific Northwest, Toronto, London, Canberra, the NSW South Coast and Melbourne. She also recaps last week’s crazy Radiothon show and reads out some lovely messages from the Miss Chat family of listeners. Here is the playlist: Cowboy – Lily Meola Me Again – Sasha Alex Sloan Siren – Andy Golledge Here With Me – Goodwerks, SYML ft. Miya Folick HMS Loneliness – Nick Batterham I...

This year’s theme for JOY’s annual Radiothon is ‘Flourish’, and Katie asks her listeners to give generously to keep Australia’s only independent rainbow community media organisation flourishing! Out and proud local singer-songwriter Michael Waugh joins Katie and members of the Miss Chat crew in the studio to talk about why it’s important to support JOY and how JOY helped in their various comings-out. Katie also shares her reasons for volunteering at JOY, which include the station’s positive...

This year’s theme for JOY’s annual Radiothon is ‘Flourish’, and Katie asks her listeners to give generously to keep Australia’s only independent rainbow community media organisation flourishing! Members of the Miss Chat crew – Joss, Jason, Jennifer and Betty – join Katie in the studio to talk about why JOY is important and to cheer loudly whenever a membership or donation comes in. It’s a lot of fun, and there’s great music too, of course! Here is the playlist: With Small We Start – Emily...

Katie is delighted to have new music from some of her favourites to play in this hour, including past guest Jordie Lane and local hero Mark Seymour. There’s some wry commentary on America by South Texas troubadour Charley Crockett, an examination of how the ego can trick us by Boorloo/Perth’s Tanaya Harper, a magnificent track from the new album by recent guests Matt Joe Gow and Kerryn Fields, and more. Here is the playlist: America – Charley Crockett Night Terrors – Tanaya Harper Thank...

Many folk and roots artists write songs about real historical events, and in this hour Katie plays several such ‘story songs’ – about a mining disaster in Victoria, a racially motivated massacre in Florida, ‘missing persons’ notices at a New York bus depot, and a mighty and courageous convict woman. There are also tracks from the excellent new albums by Bobby Alu, Kacey Musgraves, Charm of Finches and Benny Elder. Here is the playlist: Would It Feel Nice – Bobby Alu Lonely Millionaire –...

Katie plays more excellent new releases in the second hour, including tracks from great new albums by local artists The Little Lord Street Band (Boorloo/Perth), Enda Kenny (Narrm/Melbourne), Andy Golledge (NSW South Coast) and Jackie Marshall (Meanjin/Brisbane). Here is the playlist: Hold Me – Annie-Rose Maloney The Mess – The Little Lord Street Band Pain – Fernie Edges of Memory – The Orbweavers Your Story – Jessie Reid Day After Blues – Enda Kenny I Wished on the Moon – Joy...

Katie returns from two weeks in the Cook Islands, feeling relaxed and refreshed! She plays some of the fabulous new releases from the past month, including beautiful offerings from Australian heroes Missy Higgins and Ben Lee, and is thankful for the Miss Chat family of listeners who send in lots of lovely messages to welcome her back. Here is the playlist: Poem Song ­– Lily Kershaw Bones Shake – Hazlett The Second Act – Missy Higgins Life’s Just No Fun – Banners Fantasy Girl – Melody...

Katie welcomes the very classy, very sexy duo of Matt Joe Gow and Kerryn Fields to the studio for a chat about their shared Aotearoa/NZ background, the joys of being based in the hub of live music that is Narrm/Melbourne, Matt’s nomination for Best Country Artist at the 2024 Aotearoa Music Awards, Kerryn’s new solo EP The Folk Singer, the power of networking and friendship at music festivals, and, their debut album as a duo, I Remember You, and its launch on 3 May at the Brunswick Ballroom....

Regular Miss Chatelaine listener (and co-presenter of The I in Us on JOY) Little Jason from Heidelberg is in the studio with Katie to celebrate the birthday of ‘Sister Chats’ (Katie’s sister Alison) and enjoy beautiful new folk, roots, acoustic and pop music. Most of the songs in the first hour are by female-identifying artists, including show favourites and former guests Emily Barker, Charm of Finches and Jaime Jackett. Here is the playlist: I’m Back – girl in red Loneliness – Emily...

After playing three awesome new Australian releases, Katie welcomes local musician Dan Warner to the JOY studio for a chat about how the two of them met and became friends, night parrots and other bird stuff, working with Marcel Borrack on the Night Parrots musical project, co-writing with the late Renee Geyer and with Sally Dastey from Tiddas, the influence of musicians who wrote/write about civil rights, and more. Dan also performs the great protest song ‘Anthem’ live in the studio. Here is...

Katie fills the first hour with beautiful music by artists from New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, New York and Georgia in the USA, the Sunshine Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, and England via the Philippines,. Themes in the songs include growth, change, a historical murder, broken relationships, taking time to rest and look around, and more. Here is the playlist: It’s Only a Paper Moon ­– beabadoobee Minefield – Tom Neilson 2 Become 1 – Goodwerks, Georgia Mooney Wildflower and Barley – Hozier ft....

Katie reports on the shows she has seen at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival and plays fabulous new songs by artists based in England, New Zealand, New Orleans, nipaluna/Hobart, Narrm/Melbourne, Darwin and the Sunshine Coast. Here is the playlist: yeti – Paris Paloma ft. Old Sea Brigade A Fire on a Hill – Daniel J Townsend The Thing at Hand – Ani DiFranco Down from Paradise – The Night Parrots Art – Canisha Coming Down, Coming Over – Riley Catherall Another Broken...

In this hour, Katie plays nine new chilled-out songs in various styles: traditional folk, contemporary folk, jazz, cinematic soundscape and Americana. The artists are based in Melbourne, Sydney, the NSW Central Coast, western New South Wales, County Meath (Ireland) and Nashville. Here is the playlist: Northern Star – Mark Lucas Waiting in the Wings – Alanna & Alicia Empire – Oisin Leech ft. Steve Gunn Body of Clay – Isabel Rumble Dogs on the Beach – Good Morning Sleep – Audrey...