Miss Chatelaine

In her last show before she takes a few weeks off, Katie catches up with albums released recently and a bit further back in 2025, and premieres the gorgeous new song by Sydney singer-songwriter, producer and screen composer Josie Mann. Josie released a couple of songs under the name ‘Jofi’ in 2020 and 2021 that Katie loved, and she is thrilled to now have new music from Josie! Katie also talks abo...

All of the songs in the second hour of today’s show are Australian, except for the seasonal ‘The Bleak Midwinter’ from Irish singer-songwriter Lisa O’Neill’s excellent new EP. The Australian artists range from the legendary Paul Kelly to a brand-new alt-folk singer-songwriter from Boorloo/Perth. And there’s a very special first radio play of a new acoustic cover by the fabulous Michael Waugh. Here...

Katie presents an hour of beautiful new tracks by artists based in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Ireland and the USA. There are songs about the weird side of life, appreciating the small things, dealing with setbacks, disillusionment, grief, and more. Here is the playlist: Alright Now – Hayden Calnin Some Kind of Paradise – Dana Gehrman Ain’t Done Yet – Alan Fletcher For What? – Nat Vazer...

In the second hour of the show, Katie rhapsodises about the new albums by Narrm-based singer-songwriter Stella Donnelly and English musical genius Jacob Collier, and plays tunes that fit into the genres of folk, blues, Americana, alt-country and more. Whatever you call it, it’s all great music! Here is the playlist: Know You Child – Cat Canteri Peace With Me (Acoustic) – Tom Harrison You’ll Sing –...

In the first hour of today’s Miss Chatelaine, friend-of-the-show Emily Barker sings about letting go of a relationship, Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith tells us about the angel on his shoulder, there are two songs about mountains, Meanjin/Brisbane polymath Danny Widdicombe and his band give us a great tune about reinvigoration, Castlemaine’s Eliza Hull covers the 1994 silverchair hit ‘Tomo...