- GAL GEORGE GJURIN -

(born Nov 12, 1978), Oshawa - Toronto based multi award winning Canadian & Slovenian all-around musician, lead singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, arranger, orchestral composer, poet and high-tier music producer. Touring Canada and the European Union consistently.

 

- FALL 2026 SHOWS -

25 YEAR JUBILEE 2026/2027 TOUR

September 21 2026 - Vienna, Welt Museum Vienna, Austria, EU
October 25 - Biltmore Theatre, Oshawa, ON,, Canada
October 26 - Clifford Brewing, Hamilton, ON, Canada
October 27 - Drom Taberna, Toronto, ON, Canada
November 3 - Cankar Centre, Gallus Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU


RECENT ACCOLADES
 

🏆 National Folk & Roots Music Recognition in Canada

• Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMA): Nominated for Best Producer of the Year (2025) at the national awards in Ottawa for his highly acclaimed studio album, How about a kiss? 

• Folk Music Ontario (FMO) / Folk Canada Awards: Earned a major national nomination for Best Performing Artist of the Year (2025), celebrating his exceptional live presence and touring material.

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🏅 Toronto GTA's OMA Music Awards (Oshawa Music Awards) - Toronto , Ontario, Canada

Gal George Gjurin has a total career footprint at the OMA's that includes 3 Crystal Statuette Wins and 5 additional notable nominations:

• The 3 Crystal Statuette Wins:

  • Best Music Video of the Year 2022 (for "Secret")

  • Best Song of the Year 2022 (for "I Don't Want to Meet You in Heaven")

  • Best Song of the Year 2023 (for "Shine")

• The 5 Notable Nominations (2023/2024 Cycle):

  • Artist of the Year (Public/Fan Choice Selection) - main nomination

  • Songwriter of the Year (Jury Selected)

  • Producer of the Year (Jury Selected)

  • Plus 2 additional regional and category placements (Best album of the year for self-recorded modern jazz album "6 Streets Of The 6" and Song of the year (for "Cry With Me Tonight") 

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🎬 Regional & Excellence Awards

• DREAMS! Music Awards (East Toronto Durham Excellence in Arts, Music & Sound): Secured two prominent 2025 nominations:

  • Producer of the Year (for "How aobout a kiss?" album)

  • Best Music Video of the Year (for "Oh, My!")

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🍁 Canadian Industry Status

• A SOCAN Member: Fully registered member of the Canadian collective society protecting creators and copyright management.

• Active Canadian personal operated Studios: Operates Studio Osh based out of Oshawa/East Toronto anchor alongside his independent publishing arm, Canadian "Osh Publishing Canada", and visual production "584 Visuals Canada".

 

 

- LATEST "Folk Grunge" ALBUM "THE MILKMAN" AVAILABLE ONLINE -

- SOON AVAILABLE on CD -

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"The MIlkman" is a 2026 contemporary grunge folk album, centered around an acoustic baritone guitar tone. Dedicated to the working people of The City Of Oshawa and Gal's Grandpa Tony, a miner and a 33-year GM worker at the main Oshawa GM Plant.​ Released on May 25, 2026; all music, lyrics, vocals, instruments and musical arrangements by Gal George Gjurin. Produced, mixed and mastered by Gal George Gjurin.

Instrumentation (performed by Gal George Gjurin):
– lead and backing vocals,
– acoustic baritone guitar,
– e-bow (on acoustic baritone guitar),
– talk-box (on acoustic baritone guitar),
– harmonicas,
– bass guitar,
– bass drum,
– floor tom,
– percussions,
– soprano tamburitza (bisernitza in G),
– analog synth MicroKorg Preset (1978),
– plucked dulcimer.

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Studio OSH (2026; Oshawa, Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Studio HAD (2026, Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU), Studio MAR (2026, Dajla/Daila, Croatia, EU).
Special guests: Niko Kostanjevec (Hammond A-100 (1963) on THE MILKMAN (spoken part)). Album cover photo by Goran Perić, Fermići, Croatia, EU. Additional photos by Gal George Gjurin. Album CD/LP design by Jana Furman, Lalala Biro, Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU, and 584 Visuals Canada, Toronto, Canada. Published by OSH Publishing Canada, Oshawa, ON, Canada, © ℗ Gal Gjurin May/August 2026. All rights reserved.

Gal uses excellent Canadian made Godin guitars and dulcimers (Montreal Premiere A/E series, various Seagull/Merlin dulcimers, various 5 th Avenue series) and Canadian made guitar effects amp; pedals (Empress (Ottawa, ON), UNION (Vancouver, BC), Diamond (Halifax, NS, and Montreal, QC) and Canadian handmade custom shop pedals (MayFly etc.).

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- ALBUM "DARK COUNTRY" ALREADY 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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FREE DOWNLOAD FULL CFMA and FMO 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. 

Gal's poetry has been translated into seven languages
and is found in all recent anthologies.
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