Miss Chatelaine

Katie welcomes Victorian duo Valley Road – Bec Howell and Marty Mckenna – back to the JOY studio for a chat about their beautiful new album, Plein Air . The conversation ranges from the influence of the Australian bush on Bec and Marty’s songwriting, to the meaning behind two of the early singles from the album, ‘Shelter’ and ‘Collapse’, to their songwriting process, and more. They also perform ‘C...

Katie plays wonderful new songs about beloved places and people, a farmer who protested against land clearing, the questions that inevitably arise in a long-term relationship, beer, and more, from artists based in Los Angeles, Texas, the UK, Narrm/Melbourne, Ballarat, NSW’s Illawarra region, Sydney, Queensland’s Darling Downs and the Gold Coast. Here is the playlist: Colorado – Jesse Jo Stark Plea...

This hour’s songs are on themes of overcoming sadness, getting older, existential burnout, the threat of AI to jobs, and more. Here is the playlist: I Will Eat My Heart in the Morning Light – This Is Lorelei Mom, I’m Going Back to Therapy – Julia Cumming Over the Hill (Again) – Mal Webb Hidden Things – Kate Miller-Heidke About Dreams – Theo Kandel ft. Jackie Evans I’ll Crawl Instead – Tom Woodward...

Fabulous new folk, roots, acoustic and pop songs by artists based in Boorloo/Perth, Narrm/Melbourne, New South Wales, Queensland, Wellington (Aotearoa New Zealand), the United States and London. Here is the playlist: Love Dream – Apollo Blue Skipty Doo – Zoë Fox and the Rocket Clocks Mighty Tree – Louis Baker Rally for Love – Cate Taylor Gone Astray – Calida Sari Poets Fall for You – D Henry Fento...

Katie welcomes Australian singer-songwriter, producer, barrister, author, and former Australian Idol judge Mark Holden to the JOY studio for a wide-ranging chat that covers the ABC-TV hit music show Countdown and how Mark dealt with fame as a very young man; writing songs for his new album, Now and Then and Shirley Maclaine , and the story behind the album’s title; setting up and singing with a ba...

Katie reports on Queen Kylie Minogue’s stunning performance at yesterday’s AFL men’s Grand Final and spins tracks from some of the great new albums released lately, including by past guests of the show Les Thomas and Lucy Wise. Here is the playlist: Same Old Blues – Waylon Jennings ft. Jessi Colter Mr Predictable – Jess Beck Say I’m Dreaming – Les Thomas Starlight – Lucy Wise Midnight Vagabond – C...

This hour includes a couple of very special songs: trans Bendigo singer-songwriter Ash Perseus’s debut single, ‘Bone Girl’, and the first radio play of a beautiful new tune by Australian singer-songwriter and actor Keegan Joyce. The rest of the songs aren’t too shabby, either! Here is the playlist: Swarm – Reb Fountain Join the Chorus – Oliver Downes Gallery – Holly Throsby Gold-lined Melancholy –...

Songs about a relationship breakup, telling people you love them while you can, finding beauty in the present moment, longing for home and more, by artists from Narrm/Melbourne, NSW’s north coast, Ireland, Canad and the USA. Here is the playlist: One of These Days – Pinky Beecroft The Governor’s Waltz – Phoebe Bridgers Two Roads – Majid Jordan Day Is Long – Queenie For Free – Declan O’Rourke Whate...

Katie chats to one of the nicest people she has ever interviewed, singer-songwriter and guitarist Nathan Cavaleri, about his remarkable life, which includes stardom and serious illness when he was a child, a long mental health journey, parenting two sons, his relationship with Australian music legend Diesel over the years, working with rising artist Olivia Lay, his autobiographical Growing Pains s...

Songs about commitment, seasons changing, childhood memories, a ghost town, a lake, and more, by artists from Perth, Melbourne, Ballarat, Bathurst, Sydney, south-east Queensland, the Sunshine Coast, the United States and Belgium. Here is the playlist: The Danger – Smith & Jones Embers to Ashes – Everlast Sparrows – Freya & Tom McGowan Days on the Green – Bohemian Rogue Rhyolite – The Stumb...

This hour features truly excellent new songs by past Miss Chatelaine guests Valley Road, Les Thomas and Lucy Wise; rising local folk artists Seal Prince & The Roof Rats and Olivia Lay; Byron Bay super-producer and singer-songwriter Garrett Kato; and more. Here is the playlist: Life Finds a Way – Seal Prince & The Roof Rats Therapist’s Daughter – Sarah Julia Linger – Chris Cobb ft. Felicity...

Katie plays a bunch of new songs, several of which are tracks from some of her favourite recently released albums. These albums include Wastrels by Canberra and Melbourne singer-songwriter Tom Woodward, The Breakdown by US blues legend Keb’ Mo’, Pod by brilliant Narrm musician Mal Webb, tattoos used to come off in the pool by Meanjin-based singer-songwriter Jem Cassar-Daley, and A Horse Named Frid...

New songs about lovely memories, queer heartbreak, chasing your dreams, holding on to hope, dissociating, escaping from familiar people and places, and more. Here is the playlist: Breakfast in Paris – Don Walker Watch Me Go – Odette Garland’s Rainbow – Patsy & Dave My Guy – Sam Smith Believe in the Magic – Jackie Bristow Sincerely – Haruomi Hosono The Outside – Phoebe Bridgers Waiting By the B...

Excellent new music from Australian, Aotearoa/New Zealand, American and British artists, and a tiny tribute to the late, great Dolly Parton. Here is the playlist: Oxygen and Earth – North and Elsewhere Windows – DMA’s Call the Days (Live at Old St Paul’s) – Nadia Reid The Mirror – 3 Miles From Texas I Just Wanna Dance – Alex the Astronaut Friends – Emmy Ryan Jolene – Pentatonix ft. Dolly Parton Ma...

It’s an all-Australian second hour today, with in-studio guest Queenie and new songs by Townsville’s Comfort Royale, Adelaide’s Ryan Martin John and Melbourne’s Kasinda. Queer singer-songwriter and delightful human Queenie chats to Katie about the origins of the name ‘Queenie’, her origins in the music scene, the supportive Narrm music community, her connection with Henry Wagons, her beautiful new...

Katie plays a selection of beautiful new releases in the first hour of today’s show. The artists come from Gympie, Meanjin/Brisbane, Narrm/Melbourne, Boorloo/Perth, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Canada, and the themes of the songs include childhood memories, obsessive love, daydreaming, the nature of time, and more. Here is the playlist: Kitchen Window – Caitlyn Shadbolt Officially – Way Dynamic Sing t...

This hour includes songs by long-time Miss Chatelaine favourites (Leah Senior, Valley Road, Piper Butcher, David Keenan, Sunny Luwe), artists who are new to the show (Zoe Elliot, Nathan Coutts, @/at duo), a great new version of a much-loved Australian classic, and more. A couple of these songs are going straight onto Katie’s ‘Best of the Year’ list … Here is the playlist: Lovelily – Leah Senior Co...

Katie plays fantastic new releases by artists based in Melbourne, Sydney, northern New South Wales, California, Philadelphia and Great Britain. The songs are about valuing the things and people dear to us, feeling overwhelmed, dealing with loss, the experience of deep love, working out where you belong, how going through difficult times can make a relationship stronger, and more. Here is the playl...

Katie plays three new releases by Australian artists and then introduces her in-studio guest, well-known Narrm/Melbourne singer-songwriter and guitarist Barb Waters. Barb is a veteran of our city’s live music scene, and she and Katie chat about how that scene has moved from south to north of the river over the years, how her collaborative 2003 album Rosa Duet (re-released in 2023) was made, and ho...

The first hour of today’s show features songs about struggling to make ends meet, taking a break from your phone, missing the city after moving to the country, treasuring the people we love and the time we spend with them, the deeds of a couple of psychopathic killers, and more. Here is the playlist: Island in a River – Steel City Sue Don’t Pick Up the Phone – Watling & Bates V Line – Lucy Wis...

The second hour of today’s show features songs about letting go, how the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda got its name, creative obsession, emotionally immature men, unrequited love, and more. The artists come from California, Nashville, Narrm/Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, and the United Kingdom. Here is the playlist: Day You Die – ILUKA Through My Hands – Greg Williams When the Water Is Muddy – Milli...

Part 1 of today’s show features several great new songs by queer artists: Sydney band FVNERAL, Meanjin/Brisbane singer-songwriter Violet Salt, US superstar (and Katie’s favourite) Adam Lambert, and nonbinary Sydney singer-songwriter and actor Alex the Astronaut. There’s also a beautiful tribute to the late Shane MacGowan by Bruce Springsteen, a song about a middle-aged ten-pin bowler with ma...

This hour features great new releases by past Miss Chatelaine guests Tuck Shop Ladies, Georgia Fields and Tracey Bunn; a cheeky classic from the patron saint of the show, k.d. lang; swoony romantic sounds from Canada’s Basia Bulat and Australia’s own Mark Wilkinson; and more. Here is the playlist: Infinity Baby – Baby Cool Right Now (Bouquet Version) – Basia Bulat Joie de Vivre – Mark Wilkinson U-...

Katie plays fabulous new releases by Australian artists from Boorloo/Perth, Tarntanya/Adelaide, Narrm/Melbourne, Torquay and the Sunshine Coast, and international artists from Paris, California and New York. The songs’ themes include backpacking, falling for the wrong person, accepting yourself flaws and all, and more. Here is the playlist: Sit On My Shoulders – Julia Wallace Atlas, Here You Are –...

Katie celebrates the 400th episode of Miss Chatelaine by revisiting the theme of her very first show in 2017: protest songs. Singer-songwriter, fiddler and activist Steel City Sue (Su Morley) joins Emmy Ryan and Katie to the studio to talk about the new Australian group Folk the System and her work with Rising Tide , and the important meaning behind the title of her new album, The Red Zone . There...