Gin Wigmore

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Name = Gin Wigmore


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Origin = Auckland, New Zealand
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Genre = Folk Rock, Pop, Alternative
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Rise To Fame

Gin Wigmore is a New Zealand singer/songwriter (currently resides in Australia) and was born in Auckland, New Zealand, where she spent most of her childhood. However, when she was 16 her father died of cancer while in Argentina. Upon her return to New Zealand, she articulated, in song, the pain of losing her father. One of those early penned songs, “Hallelujah”, won the US-based International Songwriting Competition in 2004 [cite web |url=http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/winners2004.htm |title=International Songwriting Competition - Winners 2004 |accessdate=2008-07-23] , when she 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 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, set to be released by Island Records Australia on August 2nd, 2008."--- Gin Wigmore [www.ginwigmore.com.au]

Success 2008

Extended Play, produced by Tony Buchen (Blue King Brown, The Whitlams, Macromantics, Kid Confucius), contains Hallelujah, These Roses, SOS, Under My Skin and Easy Come Easy Go was Wigmore's first EP. Released in 2008, it has peaked at Number 10 in the New Zealand Charts.

Extended Play was released in Australia on 2 August 2008 by Island Records. Gin was the first artist signed with Island Records, a partner company with Universal Music Group, Australia [www.ginwigmore.com.au] .

The EP also features renowned Australian musician John Butler on ukulele on Gin’s song S.O.S [www.ginwigmore.com.au] .

Gin toured with Australian artist Pete Murray on his national tour in August / September 2008. Gin will tour in 2008, including at the Cross Town Revue in Auckland, New Zealand, and in December 2008, Gin will be touring with iconic musicians John Mellencamp and Sheryl Crow in New Zealand.

Gin's sister, Lucy Wigmore, plays Justine Jones in the long running New Zealand Soap Opera Shortland Street. {| class="wikitable"
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Extended Play EP
2008
10
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External links

Gin Official Website [http://www.ginwigmore.com.au]
Gin Myspace + Blog [http://www.myspace.com/ginwigmore]
Interview – Sunday Star Times (NZ) [http://www.stuff.co.nz/sundaystartimes/4517953a19799.html]
Review - The Vine [http://www.thevine.com.au/music/reviews/gin-wigmore-%27stealing-happiness%27.aspx]
Island Records [http://www.islandrecords.com/site/home.php]
Ria website [http://www.rianz.org.nz]

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