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Katie previews the 49th Port Fairy Folk Festival, which takes place from 6 to 9 March 2026, by playing tracks by some of the outstanding artists on the festival line-up. They include several of the queer artists appearing this year and songs with queer themes, as well as some particular Miss Chat favourites. Here is the playlist:

Petrichor – Steve Poltz

Magnets – Gráinne Hunt

Tie It Onto Me – Kaurna Cronin

Hope and Fortune – Irish Mythen & Svavar Knútur

Soon Enough the Leaves Will Turn – Blair Dunlop

The Waiting Room – Chris While & Julie Matthews

Sing With the Birds – Anna Scionti

Lapsed Catholic – Darren Hanlon

Small Town Gay Bar – The Cartridge Family

Alone With You – Queenie & Hank

Above: Port Fairy Folk Festival artwork by Tom Hulse, Hound Machine Studio

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Katie plays tracks from some of the many new and recent album releases, including those by Irish folk duo Ye Vagabonds, American-Japanese singer-songwriter Mitski, Aotearoa/NZ ‘progressive bluegrass’ band You, Me, Everybody, Narrm/Melbourne soul/jazz outfit Jake Mason Trio, US queer artist Brandi Carlile, and more. Here is the playlist:

Young Again – Ye Vagabonds

I’ll Change for You – Mitski

Winds of Change – You, Me, Everybody

Stop Searching for Love – Jake Mason Trio ft. Kate Ceberano

Feel It All (Willow’s Song) – Brook St

Any Other Way Out – Warde Elliott & The Sum of Things

A Woman Oversees – Brandi Carlile

Ring of Fire – Buck Meek

Take Me to the River – Emma Donovan

Above: Mitski’s Nothing’s About to Happen to Me album cover art by Marc Burckhardt

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Today’s second hour features beautiful new songs by past Miss Chatelaine guests The Milk Carton Kids and MAXON, a timely protest song by Australian legend Ben Lee, tracks from excellent debut albums by American singer-songwriter Tyler Ballgame and Narrm/Melbourne favourite Loretta Miller, and more. Here is the playlist:

Life and Time – Mike Reid & Joe Henry

Here All Night (Ode to Procrastination) – Paula Standing

Ribbon – The Milk Carton Kids

Everybody – MAXON

Hot Hot Sweaty (Summers Night) – Bohemian Rogue

The Fall of America (Acoustic) – Ben Lee

long haul – Sidney

You’re Not My Baby Tonight – Tyler Ballgame

Reason – Loretta Miller

Dreamager – Reluctant Bob & the Lonely Lovers

Above: Tyler Ballgame’s For the First Time, Again album cover art by Tauni Western

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The songs in this hour, by artists based in Sweden, French Polynesia, Meanjin/Brisbane, western New South Wales, Sydney, Narrm/Melbourne and lutruwita/Hobart, explore themes of meeting the challenges of the future, what it means to be famous, making difficult choices, escaping our chaotic world, surrender and growth, calling out negative self-talk, love, and surviving a break-up. Here is the playlist:

Against the Dying of the Light – José González

Do I Want Fame? – Sally Seltmann

All I Stand to Lose – William Alexander

Queen’s Goodbye – 15 15

Change – Jack Carty

Sight of You – Dami Im

For Your Love – The Black Sorrows

Gasoline – MUKI

Betting Man – Sam McMeekin

Above: 15 15’s Mārara album cover photo by Rachel Bühlmann

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Darwin singer-songwriter and producer Tracey Bunn started making music around 20 years ago with Gleny Rae in the Toe Sucking Cowgirls. She joins Katie in the JOY studio for a chat about her excellent 2025 album Another Broken Juliet, collaborating with other artists, the music scene in Darwin, and more. The hour also features a track from the stunning new album by Liberian-American artist Mon Rovîa, a song by rising Australian folk artists Daisy Kilbourne, and a cool tune by south-east Queensland band Rusty Pickups. Here is the playlist:

Black Cauldron – Mon Rovîa

Northern Wind – Daisy Kilbourne

Another Broken Juliet – Tracey Bunn

Love Like Water – Leah Flanagan

Robert – Tracey Bunn

Cowgirl Blues – Anne McCue

Blue – Tracey Bunn

Holding Onto My Hip – Rusty Pickups

Visit Tracey Bunn’s official website, follow her on Facebook and Instagram, and find her music at Bandcamp.

Above: Photo of Tracey Bunn by Triana Butler

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