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Gin

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About Me


Gin Wigmore is a distinctive singer/songwriter, whose sound is driven by a startling voice; her delivery succinctly described by a critic as ‘whiskey and dry’ and whose self-penned songs provide a refreshing new take on life as a ’20-something’ and yet relate across the generations.
Geographically, Gin tracks from Auckland to Buenos Aires to Sydney. Vocally she runs from Macy Gray to Blondie to Edith Piaf. Musically she moves between Feist and Broken Social Scene to Neil Young and Fiona Apple, while lyrically she moves from sorrow to sunshine.
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, losing her father to cancer forced Gin her to deal with her grief a world away in Argentina. When she returned home, Gin articulated her pain, in a song “Hallelujah”. She was 16.
Two years later, “Hallelujah”, won the US-based International Songwriting Contest, when Gin beat 11,000 songwriting aspirants from 77 countries to become the youngest and only unsigned Grand Prize winner in the history of the ISC.
“Hallelujah was my way of telling my family I had dealt with dad's passing,” Gin says.
“And honestly, I didn't want to share these feelings with anyone else... I wanted the moment for myself and my family.” That moment is now the poignant and potent centrepiece of Extended Play her five-track debut.
Extended Play, produced by Tony Buchen (Blue King Brown, The Whitlams, Macromantics, Kid Confucius), contains Hallelujah, These Roses, SOS (featuring John Butler on ukelele), Under My Skin and Easy Come Easy Go.
“Gin presents her songs with a voice of contradiction,'' notes Tony Buchen. “It is raspy yet delicate, forceful and fragile.” “I try not to think too much about where my voice comes from,” Gin says... “I'm channeling characters and emotion to come up with beautiful words that tell a story.”
In her Sydney Daily Telegraph review, Kathy McCabe said…”One of the most stunning debut EPs ever…a star is born”.
Gin has spent the past couple of months touring Australia with Pete Murray and loving life on the road and meeting her ever increasing number of admirers. She is soon to play an iconic gig in Auckland with the legendary Supergroove, Scribe and Hollie Smith before heading to the USA to set up the release of her EP there.
In the words of PBS Melbourne Music Manager, Peter Merrett, “There is an indefinable power and passion combined within this waif sized girl”.

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Member Since: 9/5/2006
Band Website: ginwigmore.com
Band Members: Booking agent:
Select Music
+61 2 8577 6977
[email protected]

Influences: David Gray, Grittin the Lord's Highway, Neil Young, Brandi Carlile, Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Ray Charles, Lucinda Williams, Jeff Buckley, Cat Stevens, Sam Cooke, Edith Piaf, John Denver, The Kinks, Creedence Clearwater, Paul Mcartney, Janis Joplin, Beautiful Girls, Sufjan Stevens, Ben Harper, Elliot Smith
Sounds Like: Just have a lil listen...go on..

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Record Label: Island Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

My new full band tour dates!!

Drum roll please...........Announcing my first FULL BAND Gin Wigmore shows to finish the year off with a massive bang and celebration of fun, heartache and soul searching tunes! Like youve never he...
Posted by Gin on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:21:00 PST

Me in the US!

Hi! Woah what a few weeks, I am heading back home to Sydney today after a full-on few weeks around the U.S playing some promotional shows for the upcoming release of my Extended Play E.P here in Nov...
Posted by Gin on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:21:00 PST

Note from me!

Hi everyone!Loving this summery weather  have been down at the beach getting some sun but now up in the mountains writing away& Just a quick note to say a big hello to all my myspace buds out ther...
Posted by Gin on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:26:00 PST

Debut EP Extended Play out now!

We have all fallen in love with Gin's unique, straight-from-the-heart single 'These Roses', so it's only fitting that after all this waiting, it's finally time for Gin's wonderful new EP 'Extended ...
Posted by Gin on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:48:00 PST

The Crosstown Revue

Hi everyone!I'm super excited to be heading off on the road soon supporting the lovely and talented Pete Murray around Australia, but I now have something for the Kiwis to get excited about with me to...
Posted by Gin on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:46:00 PST

17th Will & Toby’s show CANCELLED!!!

All my apologies for everyone who has lined up their thursday 17th night to pop in and see me play! I have had to cancel my show due to my amazing piano man having to dart off to Perth for family need...
Posted by Gin on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:26:00 PST

Late off the block..

Yo!O.K I have been super slack kid this week at writing about things..But I must fill you in! I played at the North Bondi RSL on sunday for the Changing Colours Movement to help save all the beautiful...
Posted by Gin on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:55:00 PST

ohhh the pain!

Last day of Radio Promo tour around NZ! What a week, who ever decided to start a day at 6 am is straight up nasty! Ha, good times though on the road meeting with very awesome folks from all around NZ....
Posted by Gin on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:04:00 PST

Raaddiio!!

ohh, long days ahead. Just hit the land of the long white cloud and heading down to Hamilton at the stroke of midnight for a heavy radio tour all around NZ! Turn those stations up kiwi peops..Hey and ...
Posted by Gin on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:12:00 PST

Hit me with IDEAS!!

Help me all you creative peops! I may be doing a new video for SOS soon...And I have a couple ideas, but no stunners. Can anyone out there give me some genius ideas on what YOU think would be a cool m...
Posted by Gin on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:16:00 PST