The day beyond the dark – Show #396 (part 2), 21 June 2026

The day beyond the dark – Show #396 (part 2), 21 June 2026

Author: JOY 94.9 - LGBTI, LGBTIQA+, LGBTQIA+, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGB, Gay, Lesbian, Trans, Intersex, Queer Podcasts for all our Rainbow Communities August 25, 2026 Duration: 49:50

Listeners offer suggestions to fix Katie’s persistent blocked nose while she spins a whole hour of beautiful new music by female-identifying artists (except for the male-identifying half of Fremantle duo Sea Swallow). They include Australian icons Kaie Noonan and Vika & Linda, emerging Sunshine Coast duo North and Elsewhere, UK-based Italian-Australian psych-folk singer-songwriter and illustrator Bity Booker, and queer Nashville-based singer-songwriter Madds Buckley. Here is the playlist:

  • Sentimental Letter – Kita Alexander
  • On the Tracks – North and Elsewhere
  • Fruits of My Labor – Fleur Wiber
  • Parrots in London – Bity Booker
  • Alone But All One – Katie Noonan
  • The Day Beyond the Dark – Sea Swallow
  • Rewrite the Classics – Madeline Leman
  • Sitting Pretty – Madds Buckley
  • The Boats – Vika & Linda

Above: Sea Swallow’s ‘The Day beyond the Dark’ single cover art by Bill Lawrie

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