It’s been 20 years since Gjurin released his first original record, which he launched with the accompanying improvisational literary-musical Projekt Mesto – Minute? (Project City – Minutes?). A year earlier, his poetry collection Mesto (City) earned him a nomination for the best literary debut at the Slovenian Book Fair. Since then he released a staggering 21 original studio and live albums that draw from a variety of genres, which were released both on the Slovenian and North American market, with Gjurin, as a renowned multi-instrumentalist, recording most of them himself. His poetry has been translated into 7 languages and found its way into poetry anthologies. During his 25-year career he pieced together a series of evergreen hits in Slovenia, while as a Canadian, he won two OMA awards in Toronto in 2021 and 2022 for the Best Song of the Year (for his songs Secret and Shine). He ranked among the top-50 artists twice in a row in Nashville, USA, in a competition that featured 25,000 artists from around the world. This retrospective concert will feature both Gal’s best-known hits and poetry, as well as award-winning songs from Canada and the USA and new songs in Slovenian.

Gal Gjurin, vocals, electric guitar, music direction
Severa Gjurin, vocals
Kras Gjurin, percussion, mellotron, mountain dulcimer
Leon Žunec, electric and acoustic guitar, banjo
Jean Markič, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, harmonica, accordion
Frančišek Križ, trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
Niko Kostanjevec, alto saxophone, percussion
Juš Kvaternik, drums
Dejan Hudoklin, bass guitar