INDIA Seddon-Callaghan’s new musical project – India and the Journey to the East – sees the young talent team up with some mates to explore her music with a bigger sound.
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“All the music we play is my stuff, my original music,” Seddon-Callaghan said. “I’m always gigging around Newcastle as a soloist.”
Seddon-Callaghan began playing music in childhood.
“I performed my first original song in year 8, but I have been singing since forever,” she said.
“As a working solo act, I started when I was 15 … cafe gigs, and stuff like that.
“But I always wanted a band, it’s so much more fun. You get to play with your friends and bounce your energy off other people.”
Seddon-Callaghan described her music as “stripped back, ballads with lots of storytelling and sweet little melodies.”
“My biggest influence are the Beatles. I love the Beatles. But also Eva Cassidy, she has such a beautiful voice and I love the simpleness,” she said.
“I love folk music as well, George Harrison and Bob Dylan … they are big influences.
“With the band it’s all my original stuff put into this new setting and it sounds so much more full and we do experiment a lot, different lead breaks and dynamics.
“It’s still focused on the lyrics and melody, and the story of the song. It’s folky and kind of experimental.”
The lyrics draw on the realm of the personal.
“It’s about love, it’s about break-ups, it’s about my family and me and my mental health,” she said.
“Some songs are even about dreams, but a lot of it is based around my own experiences. I always have to have a connection to it.”
Also in the line-up Anton Buckingham on lead guitar, Alex McWhirther on bass, Cameron Brownell on drums.
The band began jamming in 2017, and will make its debut performance next month. The band has recorded a single Abundantina which will be launched at Softies June 1, from 7pm.
It’s an all-ages show and $10 will get you through the door. Softies is located at 20 Maitland Road, Islington.