I have been more involved in the production side and have been digging a little deeper too: Gin Wigmore

She’s considered one of New Zealand’s favourite women of song. Gin Wigmore makes emotional yet at the same time intelligent folk-pop on the lines of acts like Feist and ethereal, strong-voiced singers like Fiona Apple and Brandi Carlile.
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, she spent most of her childhood there. However, while in Argentina, her father died of cancer when she was merely 16 years old.On returning to New Zealand, she put the pain of losing her father into Hallelujah, one of her earliest numbers as songwriter. It went on to be her big break. She beat out 11,000 talented participants to win an international songwriting contest in New York, which resulted in a record deal and her debut EP in 2008 featured Hallelujah as its centrepiece. Her musical transition to date, with her latest album Blood To Bone, can be described as nothing less than bold. By allowing herself to go ‘bone deep’ in Blood To Bone, Gin has immortalised her deeply personal moments and emotions in song. Since her sophomore album, she has been through a break-up with a former fiancé, married a punk-rocker, and moved to Los Angeles.
She says in a telephonic interview, “I have been more involved in the production side and have been digging a little deeper too.Now, I am shedding my armour and getting deeper insider myself, bone deep.” Another interesting transition in her music is using genres other than pop. She has used EDM in her new work, and has roped in Charlie Andrews, who produced Alt-J’s An Awesome Wave, an album Gin admires for its classy take on electronica. She tracked him down and asked if she could go over and write with him. After churning out songs like Man Like That, featured in James Bond movie Skyfall, Gin is now ready to bare her soul with her songwriting and music. ​
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