Who is gin wigmore

It was so bad. I was so young, it went up half my back. I thought, 'I'll hide it from my parents. I had this little top on and was carrying their bags up the stairs. My dad saw my tattoo and said, 'What the hell is that? Wigmore laughs at the recollection. The singer-songwriter is equally upfront about her feelings regarding the uncertain nature of the music business.

Although Wigmore now lives in the States, she remains close to her New Zealand roots. She first gained traction as an artist in her home country and maintains an ardent fan base there. It's a big push. I feel like it's a big cuddle from your parents when I go back there. It's really nice. Skip to content. Island Records. Currently on a national tour, she performs at Schubas on Monday. Chrissie Dickinson is a freelance writer. When : 8 p.

Gin Wigmore official website. NZ Herald interview, NZ On Screen. More People Labels Scenes. Funded by. Partners with. Gin Wigmore Profile Lydia Jenkin. Share f t. Being rebellious and non-conformist also comes up with some frequency in her songs. It's our duty as anyone who has a love of animals to advocate for these poor little guys. Wigmore with a Tui award for best solo artist in You think back about your own childhood and your teenage years - how much freedom and how much time you had, just to do nothing some days if you wanted to.

I'm just glad that I'm fortunate enough to have an existence on this planet that's flying around in space and that we really have no control over. Podcast MP3 Oggcast Vorbis. It's always worth it," she says. That's right, she's pregnant again. When Wigmore performs in January, alongside Tami Neilson and Hollie Smith, she will be about seven-and-a-half months pregnant with her second son. The powerhouse trio are performing together in Mount Maunganui, on January 7.

It's going to be, like, yeah And, I don't know what I did in my last life. But now I get to be tired, all the time, with two boys. With extreme tiredness imminent, it seems surprising Wigmore has scheduled herself to headline a mini summer festival in Tauranga.

On top of the long flight, she's got to organise her husband, American musician Jason Butler, and their almost three-year-old son. Then she'll need to find a plan for the hotel she now runs. Her show in January isn't just any old gig, it's a show with three excellent Kiwi women. That doesn't happen everyday. In fact, at the other festivals around the same time — Rhythm and Vines, Homegrown, and Bay Dreams among others — women make up a very small minority on the set lists.

This gig, like Wigmore's music, seems like an act of defiance. She says she's putting her money, so to speak, where her mouth is.