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Don't Stop

Album: Holy Smoke

Released: Mar 16, 2010

Label: Motown

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Genre: Alternative / Folk Rock / Pop
Location Sydney, AU
Profile Views: 635792
Last Login: 1/19/2013
Member Since 9/5/2006
Website www.ginwigmore.com
Record Label island records
Type of Label Major
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..About.... .. .. .. Once you’ve heard Gin sing, you won’t forget the name. .. .. For the uninitiated, here are the basics on the sublimely talented Gin Wigmore. .. .. Gin is 23, a Kiwi, a gifted songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and she sings like you’ve never heard anyone sing before. .. .. Gin was born in Auckland, lives in Sydney and has just recorded her brilliant debut album, Holy Smoke, in Hollywood’s famed Capitol Studios. .. .. Gin created Holy Smoke with Mike Elizondo as her producer [Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor, Eminem, Nelly Furtado, Maroon 5] and with The Cardinals as her backing band [as in the very same Cardinals from Ryan Adams & The Cardinals]. .. .. Cardinals’ guitarist Neal Casal has described Gin as “unquestionably one of the most exciting new artists to emerge in many years. Her songwriting is at once diverse, intelligent, melodic, and soulful. Her voice is raw and emotional, with phrasing far beyond her years. Her debut record is a fully realised statement of intent, promising a great career ahead.” .. .. Fellow Cardinal Jon Graboff says: “Gin’s songwriting seems to subtly embrace so many different musical forms and lyrically, there’s often a maturity and depth that you wouldn’t normally associate with someone so young. There’s profound connection between her and all the great, soulful singers who’ve come before her and she adds a new chapter to that story.” .. .. Exactly how did a blonde-and-blue-eyed young Kiwi find herself in Hollywood’s most famous recording studio, sitting on Frank Sinatra’s old leopard skin chair and putting down tracks for her debut album with one of the world’s best rock bands? .. .. If you’ve already heard Gin Wigmore sing, a lot of those questions answer themselves. .. .. Personally, Gin has always felt she’s had a sort of guardian angel – or rather a team of guardian angels – guiding her through the formative years of her music career. .. .. At 16, Gin won the US-based International Songwriting Contest with an aching acoustic ballad called “Hallelujah”, a song she’d penned in honour of her father who’d recently lost his fight with cancer. [Holy Smoke is also dedicated to her dad.] “Hallelujah” was actually one of the first songs she’d ever written, but it made Gin the competition’s youngest ever winner, and also the first unsigned artist to win the major prize, beating 11,000 songwriters from 77 countries. .. .. In late-2007, Gin signed to Island Records in Australia, the local label’s first ever signing. In 2008, she released her critically-acclaimed debut EP, Extended Play, which featured “Hallelujah”, as well as another epic ballad, “These Roses”, alongside celebratory tracks such as “SOS” and “Under My Skin” – songs that left a lasting impression on anyone who heard them. .. .. “Make mine a Gin Wigmore,” wrote the New York Post following the release of the EP. “Smart songs that would work in a coffee house or an arena.” .. .. “One of the most stunning debut EPs ever,” wrote The Daily Telegraph in Sydney. “A star is born.” .. .. On the back of the EP, Gin started touring extensively through Australia and New Zealand. Aside from her own shows, Gin was invited to play support act on Australian tours by Pete Murray and Sparkadia. In New Zealand, she performed on an arena tour alongside John Mellencamp and Sheryl Crow. .. .. In August 2008, Gin was signed to Universal Motown Records USA by label President, Sylvia Rhone and undertook her first US promo trip in October, performing shows in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles to rapturous media and music industry audiences. “Her voice is quirky and intoxicating, her tunes fun and charming,” blogged Perez Hilton. .. .. Extended Play went top 10 at home in New Zealand, and together with her next release, as guest vocalist on a track called “Brother” by Kiwi hip-hop outfit Smashproof, made Gin a certified new star in NZ. “Brother”, released in January 2009, would go on to top the local singles charts for a record-breaking 11 straight weeks. So how did Gin get here? What forces have conspired to present Gin Wigmore as such a fully-fledged, exciting and original young performer on the verge of international acclaim? .. .. “It’s weird, I’ve had a really different musical upbringing,” offers Gin. “My record collection is ’50s, ’60s, ’70s – it doesn’t really go past that. I haven’t hung out with young bands, I haven’t hung out with young people. I’ve hung out with mostly 45+ [year-olds], all these people who have come into my life that are a lot older who have taught me so much. I’m only 23 but I feel a lot older than that at times. Wisdom has just been splashed on me every day for the last 10 years.” .. .. In fact, from the age of 12, Gin was hanging out in recording studios. As a young teenager, she also had a part-time job in the mail room of Universal Music in Auckland, the same label that years later would be set to take her music to the world [both Island and Motown are Universal imprints]. .. .. Gin’s earliest foray into making music herself came at 13 when she started helping her best friend’s dad produce some demos in his home studio. She would occasionally also help out with backing vocals at weddings and parties. .. .. The following year, she was performing at open mic nights in a local bar. “The problem was that I won one night,” Gin laughs. “And you had to give your details and your age and I was only 14. And they were like, ‘Gin – you’re underage? You can’t be in here.’ So they said, ‘Gin, you can’t play here any more.’ After that, I didn’t play any more. So it was double-edged sword. I was really stoked, but also gutted that I couldn’t play anymore.” .. .. It wouldn’t be for another couple of years, after she penned “Hallelujah”, that Gin would refocus on what quickly became a music career. .. .. Now, only a few years on, Gin has produced this rather remarkable debut album, Holy Smoke. .. .. Gin says that the days she spent in Hollywood recording Holy Smoke with The Cardinals and producer Mike Elizondo were quite simply the happiest days of her life so far, .. .. “It was amazing,” Gin gushes. “We were standing in the amazing Capitol Studios, working in Studio B, sitting on Frank Sinatra’s chair, it was just ridiculous. Aretha Franklin has walked through those hallways.” .. .. Gin and the Cardinals formed an instant unshakable bond. “Every day we were coming into the studio so pumped, we’d stay in there for 14 hours. It was awesome,” she says .. .. Holy Smoke was recorded in the same way they used to make all those classic records that Gin loves so much, with her and the band all in the same room together, face-to-face. .. .. “It’s just a great way to make a record,” Gin says. “It’s the best feeling when you’re cutting something live and you’re all looking at each other and you’re out of breath and you’re going, ‘Man, that was it! That was it!’ And everyone’s going, ‘Yeah, that was it!’ It’s just like you all had this magic on you for that three minutes.” .. .. The Cardinals bring to Holy Smoke an intensity and musicality that lifts Gin’s work to a whole new level. But up front, singing for her life, it’s Gin Wigmore’s raspy vocal style that defines this recording. .. .. The 10 songs on Holy Smoke – led by the unmistakable urgency of lead single “Oh My” – almost defy description, a unique hybrid of pop and soul and blues and down-and-dirty rock & roll, often in the same song. .. .. “I wanted all new songs,” Gin says. “I’m in a new chapter of my life. I think I’ve grown up a lot in the last five years so my songs on this record, the majority belong in this new chapter of life, so they show a whole new side to me as well.” .. .. Once you’ve heard Gin sing these songs, you won’t forget the experience. For the uninitiated, as well as everyone who can already call themselves fans, prepare yourself for something special. .. .. This is Gin Wigmore’s debut album, Holy Smoke. Everyone will soon be in agreement that it is a major work from an important new artist. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. ..Promote.... .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Media.... .. ..Check out Gin Wigmore’s “Hallelujah” on the hit US TV show, “One Tree Hill.”.... They played the whole song – 3.41 seconds of prime-time air-time. Check it out ..here..... .. Also, Gin’s “Under My Skin” Air New Zealand TVC youtube clip is now over 1.6 million plays. Click the image below to view the video. (*warning, involves semi-naked airline crew staff – now that got your attention!) Check it out ..here..... .. ..Gin Wigmore Exclusive Interview on Kiwibox!.... Very cool social networking website Kiwibox (..www.kiwibox.com..) has interviewed our lovely Gin to find out the answers to many pressing questions… such as what we can expect on her full length debut and how in the world she ended up with a tattoo on the top of her arm. The exclusive interview gives a great insight into the down to earth singer, all the way from la la land… .. .. ..Gin Wigmore on Skopemag.com.... Geographically, she tracks from Auckland to Buenos Aires to Sydney. Vocally, she runs from Macy Gray to David Gray to Edith Piaf. Musically, she moves between Fiest and Broken Social Scene to Neil Young and Fiona Apple. Lyrically, she moves from sorrow to sunshine. Soulfully. Gin is Gin Wigmore, a remarkably complex singer, always keeping it true. Her five-track debut, Extended Play, was released by Island Records Australia on August 2nd. “My stories are simple because I want to reach people. I want to touch lives,” Gin says. “But at the same time I like to bring mystery. Sometimes we all need to ask: How? Why?” Certainly, these questions also apply to Gin, and the high and low roads she has traveled to this point. Check it out ..here..... .. ..Gin Wigmore on Arjan Writes.com.... Newcomer Gin Wigmore is a New Zealand-born singer-songwriter who is gaining worldwide attention with her debut EP "Extended Play" that is released in the U.S. through Universal. Check out a totally guilt-free download of "These Roses" that is taken from the EP. As demonstrated by this track, Wigmore's music is marked by her arresting vocals that are powerful and confident, but decidedly fragile at the same time. The raspy quality of her singing voice may remind you of Macy Gray a little. Wigmore's ambitious take on her songwriting is straightforward. “My stories are simple because I want to reach people. I want to touch lives,” Gin says in a press statement. “But at the same time I like to bring mystery. Sometimes we all need to ask: How? Why?” (Click ..here.. to watch the video for "These Roses.").. Check it out ..here..... .. ..Gin sizzles the New York Post!.... Check out more of Gin’s great US press – the New York Post featured the cigarette-voiced singer in their top six new artists to watch in 2009! With the year off to a good start in the US, we’re sure that Gin’s beautiful and honest music will travel around the globe before her highly anticipated full-length debut is delivered later this year... Check out the news clipping ..here..... .. .. .. .. ..Friends.. ..
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Devil In Me - The Old Queens Head Session

Music video by Gin Wigmore performing Devil In Me. (C) 2013 Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd.

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Don't Stop - The Old Queens Head Session

Music video by Gin Wigmore performing Don't Stop. (C) 2013 Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd.

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Music video by Gin Wigmore performing Man Like That. (C) 2013 Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd.

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