Beginnings – Show #385 (part 1), 29 March 2026

Beginnings – Show #385 (part 1), 29 March 2026

Author: JOY 94.9 - LGBTI, LGBTIQA+, LGBTQIA+, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGB, Gay, Lesbian, Trans, Intersex, Queer Podcasts for all our Rainbow Communities April 14, 2026 Duration: 48:14

Today’s first hour features songs about storms, relationship conflicts, how the past intrudes into the present, the importance of community, unrequited love, losing a loved one to Alzheimer’s, and more. The artists are from Melbourne, Ballarat, Daylesford, Gippsland, Fremantle and the USA. Here is the playlist:

  • This Morning/U/The Rain – Sea Swallow
  • Back to School – Alan Fletcher
  • Whiskey Driven – Daisy Kilbourne
  • Blue Water – The Milk Carton Kids
  • Anything or Anyone – Romanie
  • Room – Mike Reid & Joe Henry
  • Beginnings – Chloe Violette
  • Felicity (Demo) – Lewis Love
  • Dance On – PepperCreek Revival ft. Kelly Auty
  • You’d Gone Before You Went – Things of Stone and Wood

Above: Chloe Violette’s Colourfast album cover photo by Emily Dynes

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