The beautiful and bubbly Shelley Segal is not a person to be sidelined. A variant of the name Segal is ‘Chagall’, as in the celebrated modernist and Fauvist artist, Marc Chagall. That same artistic flair is seen in the personality and work, both music and video of musician Shelley.
I had the chance to catch up with the delightful Shelley recently for a chat about her new single ‘Sidelined’ from the EP ‘’Strange Feeling’. I find it hard to believe it when Shelley tells me we haven’t chatted since 2013.
In that time Shelley has been busy in the studio as well as discovering new tour opportunities in the UK, which she describes as a ‘fun new market’. Shelley has also continued her tours in the US and around Australia and is looking forward to revisiting her music to all these places and hopefully China which she describes as ‘modern’ and ‘interesting’.
Shelly’s new single ‘Sidelined’ was prompted, by her being ‘set off’, in this case by someone in her life asking her to change her physical appearance for them.
The song provokes important discussion on one of the most prevalent issues of today, the import we put on physical appearance and how we react to this. Sometimes we might be pressured to submit to these prescriptions while other times we might rebel against them.
Shelley says we are visual creatures and this has ‘a huge impact’ on us. Shelley’s music and video clip encourages ‘robust discussion’ on these issues.
Shelley says the process of writing is an unpredictable one, she might be playing her guitar in the car for ten minutes and a song might pop out and how while some songs take longer to take form and of course there is the occasional bout of writer’s block.
Shelley tells me she is interested in writing songs for other people and with her partner a poet we may see this talented and vivacious young woman branch out in to other forms of artistic expression as well.
Shelley Segal will be performing at Northcote Social Club, Melbourne on May 30 (8pm doors) with Tasmanian artist Heloise supporting her.
You can also see Shelley on
Sun 24th May, Caravan Music Club, Melbourne 7pm doors
View the clip for Sidelined here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2_hQTCd0JE&feature=youtu.be
Paula Xiberras
