Gin Wigmore

Gin Wigmore shapes folk-pop that balances emotional depth with sharp insight, aligning her approach with artists such as Feist, Fiona Apple, and Brandi Carlile. Auckland, New Zealand, marks her birthplace, and victory in New York’s International Songwriting Contest—where she surpassed 11,000 entrants—secured her deal with Universal Music Australia. In 2008 she issued her first EP, built around the prize-winning “Hallelujah,” a track that confronts the loss of her father in intimate terms. The following year brought her initial full-length album, Holy Smoke, which included contributions from the Cardinals, the group once backing Ryan Adams. Originally issued in New Zealand in 2011 and reaching the United States in 2013, Gravel & Wine delivered expansive dance-pop textures and earned platinum certification there, matching the success of her debut. For her third studio album, the keenly awaited Blood to Bone, Wigmore traveled to Blakeslee Recording Studios in North Hollywood, California.

Captured over two weeks in California, the 2015 release Blood to Bone marked Wigmore’s shift toward a stronger electronic emphasis; two years later she welcomed her first child, Ivory Nashoba Butler, whose name would later title her fourth studio album, Ivory, released in 2018.