SOLD OUT - Citizen Cope w/ Gin Wigmore

Citizen Cope, aka Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist, DJ and producer Clarence Greenwood, blends his road-weary voice with multiple genres of music including folk, blues, reggae, hip hop, rock and R&B. Cope has been recording and producing his easygoing brand of music for almost a decade, offering radio-friendly pop hits with crisp production, catchy hooks and strong melodies. He started his musical career as a DJ for the hip hop act Basehead, a group that would have a significant impact on his style as a solo-musician. He’s big on building rhythms and letting lyrics braid around them in sometimes hypnotic waves of repetition, and songs like “Brother Lee” express a social conscience that’s never far from the surface of his work.

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.”