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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 Go

Ordinary Shadow – The Night Parrots

Friendly Teeth – Josienne Clarke

Questions, Chaos, and Faith – Joy Oladokun

Blue Velvet – Tony Bennett & k.d. lang

You and I – Lovesick

We Made It – Sammy Rae & The Friends ft. Celisse



Above: Anna Scionti’s ‘Sing With the Birds’ single cover photo by Lydia Scionti; design by Anna Scionti

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 Know You – Jackie Marshall

Skinny – Billie Eilish

Back for the Funeral – Donovan Woods

We’re Getting Older – Ivor Game

Go On Without Me – Bec Taylor & The Lyrebirds



Above: Nick Batterham’s The Sentimentalist album cover artwork by Nick Batterham; typography by Sarah Hartley

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 depictions of queer people and diversity of on-air voices. Michael tells the stories behind two of his new songs and performs the powerful and moving ‘Fix Me’ live in the studio (check out the Instagram video here). Here is the playlist:



Before I Met You – Aaron Thomas

Elephant – Miki Ratsula

We Are Here – Michael Waugh

Sincerely, Your Girlfriend – Little Green

Fix Me (live in the studio) – Michael Waugh

Sundial – Hussy Hicks

Playlist – Michael Waugh



Here’s how you can support JOY this Radiothon (or anytime): donate, become a member or renew your membership, or buy some of our gorgeous merch!

Visit Michael Waugh’s official website and follow him on Facebook and Instagram. His new album, Beauty and Truth, is out on 21 June – see Michael’s socials for details of where you can buy it and where/when you can see him perform.

Above: Photo of Michael Waugh and the Miss Chatelaine Radiothon crew by Betty Sujecki – please visit this Miss Chatelaine Facebook photo album for more pics!

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 Barker

Heatwave – Amarillo

Too Much of a Good Thing – NIKI

Church Bells – The Lemon Twigs

All This Noise – We Mavericks

My Little Anchor – Angus & Julia Stone

Shine Through – Alana Wilkinson

Texas Ain’t That Far, Is It Dear? – Jem Cassar-Daley



Here’s how you can support JOY this Radiothon (or anytime): donate, become a member or renew your membership, or buy some of our gorgeous merch!

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 You – Terrible Sons

Black Sand – Matt Joe Gow & Kerryn Fields

Wonboyn Waters – Virjilla Joyce

The Changing Weather – Jordie Lane

To the Bone – BOWEN * YOUNG

Stars of Fitzroy – Mark Seymour & The Undertow

Anyways, I Love You – Wild Rivers

Blackbiird – Beyoncé, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy, Reyna Roberts



Above: Jordie Lane’s ‘The Changing Weather’ single cover photo by Bree Marie Fish, design by Grouch Bucket

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 – Kacey Musgraves

This Beating Heart – Floyd Thursby

Leave It All Behind – Charm of Finches

Rosewood – Eric Bibb

In the Sweet By and By – Montgomery Church

Buffalo – Tom Harrison

Seventeen (Acoustic) – Benny Elder

Mary Bryant – Broken Creek



Above: Floyd Thursby’s ‘This Beating Heart’ single cover design by Lwnski