- GAL GEORGE GJURIN -

(born Nov 12, 1978), Oshawa - Toronto based multi award winning Canadian & Slovenian all-around musician, lead singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, orchestral composer, poet and music producer.

- NEW ALBUM "DARK COUNTRY" AVAILABLE on CD & LP! -
 
"DARK COUNTRY" (published by OSH Publishing Canada; 2025) is a roots, alternative folk, country, bluegrass, blues, pop & rock oriented album by Gal George Gjurin, released June 20 2025, now available on classic 33rpm LP vinyl and CD's. Digital download available here:




Credits: Gal George: all music, lyrics, arrangements, all instruments and all vocals. Produced by: Gal George Gjurin. Mix and mastering by Gal George Gjurin. Copyright: Gal Gjurin ℗ © HAD EU / OSH CANADA

Track list: 

1. CREEK 03:43
2. ON A BUS FROM OTTAWA 04:23
3. DARK COUNTRY 04:12
4. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER 04:43
5. DOLPHIN HEART 04:21
6. WORKIN' 02:55
7. ARE WE ONLY DREAMING 03:29
8. SKATING 03:57
9. A SOLDIER DYING IN THE MEADOW (1812) 03:54
10. COLOUR BLIND 04:10
11. I LEFT MY LOVE IN SAN FRANCISCO 03:38
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Recorded in Studio OSH (Oshawa, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) & Studio HAD (Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU), 2016-2025. Assistant: Niko Kostanjevec (Studio REZ, Slovenia, EU). Guests: Ruj Hudson Gjurin (glockenspiel on “On A Bus From Ottawa”), Tinkara Kovač (paleolitic bone flute on Dolphin Heart), Kras Gjurin (backing vocals on "Skating"), Niko Kostanjevec (piano on "Dolphin heart"). 















Front cover photo by Elizabeth Stang, Toronto / Vancouver, ON / BC, Canada. Album cover design: Jana Furman, Lalala Biro, Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU, graphics by 584 Visuals Toronto, ON, Canada. 

Album physical catalogue numbers: GAL LP 17 & GAL CD 18
Official release date of the album DARK COUNTRY: June 20 2025

Published by: OSH Publishing Canada, Canada/USA/UK and HAD Publishing, for Slovenia and the EU.


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A BIT MORE ABOUT GAL
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Gal is a:
- national Canadian Folk Music Awards - CFMA 2025 nominee for best produced album of the year (titled "HOW ABOUT A KISS?"; 2024),
- nominee at 2025 Ontario Folk Music Awards for Best Performing Artist of the Year,
- three time winner of OMA Music Award in Toronto GTA
- has earned 7 other nominations in 2022, 2023 and 2025, for his alternative folk double studio album "C" (2020), contemporary folk album "How about a kiss?" (2024) and his jazz album "Six streets of The 6" (2023), portraying six streets of Downtown Toronto,
- Artist Of The Year 2023 nominee at OMA Music Awards (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).
- double title of semi-finalist in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, at the International Songwriter Competition, reaching top 50 among 25.000 songwriters, two years in a row (2020, 2021).

FREE DOWNLOAD FULL CFMA 2025 NOMINATED ALBUM HERE:

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Gal George Gjurin has presented his original music LIVE in Canada, USA, Slovenia, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Ireland, Slovakia, Iceland, Croatia etc. He's known for his extensive touring in Europe and frequent working with orchestras.

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​Besides being a lead vocalist with 3 octave range he plays over 50 instruments. As a prolific songwriter, bandleader and music producer Gal has so far published 24 studio and live albums with his own original music, arrangements and lyrics, always supported by extensive touring, focused on European concert venues (concert halls - all sizes, theatres, auditoriums, sports halls, international festivals and various interesting great sounding outdoor venues), thus presenting original Canadian music and diverse and rich culture outside Canada's borders. 

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His music is a rich fusion of powerful songwriting, wide ranging versatile baritone voice, tasteful and rich instrumentation and ingenious mix of different genres of musical influences - such as
Canadiana & Americana, folk, jazz, pop, soul, grunge, blues, roots, rock, country, gospel, tango, bluegrass, traditional music, Latin American music, African ethno & World Music, electronic music, European classical music, orchestral and contemporary chamber music, freely improvised avantgarde music, music for big-bands and jazz combos, symphonic originals, music for kids & youth and choir music. 

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His work also includes working with seniors, youth, charity concerts, conducting and symphonic arranging, award winning original music for advertising, films and theatre, professional studio work, producing bands, solo artists and orchestras, mixing & mastering, concert touring, writing and publishing poetry, essays & prose, independent publishing and artist/artistic management. For booking and collaborations click the button below.

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One of his outstanding touring achievements was a 2-year EU tour (2013–2015) with a full 80-piece symphonic orchestra, for which he’d written more than 5.500 pages of symphonic scores. For his work he’s received nominations and awards in the EU as well: Best original chanson composition award 2005 (European Broadcasting Union/RTV), Best composition in advertising 2019 (International SOF Festival), double National first prize for best Slovene literary work of the year 2000 (JSKD), a nomination for Best debut book of the year 2002 (International Book Fair; SLO/CD) etc. 
His poetry has been translated into seven languages
and is found in all recent anthologies.
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