DARK COUNTRY by Gal George
"Dark Country" (OSH Publishing Canada; 2025); the 24th folk, country, blues, pop and roots oriented album by Canadian & Slovenian singer, songwriter, orchestral composer and arranger, multi-instrumentalist, producer, publisher and poet Gal George Gjurin (1978).
Tracklist
| 1. | CREEK | 3:46 |
| 2. | ON A BUS FROM OTTAWA | 4:35 |
| 3. | DARK COUNTRY | 4:12 |
| 4. | ONE WAY OR ANOTHER | 4:43 |
| 5. | DOLPHIN HEART | 4:21 |
| 6. | WORKIN | 2:56 |
| 7. | ARE WE ONLY DREAMING | 3:28 |
| 8. | SKATING | 3:57 |
| 9. | A SOLDIER DYING IN THE MEADOW (1812) | 3:52 |
| 10. | COLOUR BLIND | 4:10 |
| 11. | I LEFT MY LOVE IN SAN FRANCISCO | 3:33 |
Credits
released June 20, 2025
All music, lyrics, vocals, instruments and musical arrangements by Gal George Gjurin.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Gal George Gjurin.
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Recorded, mixed and mastered at Studio OSH (Oshawa, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) & Studio HAD (Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU), 2016-2025.
Assistant: Niko Kostanjevec (Studio REZ, Slovenia, EU), digital assistance: Roman Barle (Studio BRIGADA, Slovenia, EU).
Special guests: Ruj Hudson Gjurin (glockenspiel on ON A BUS FROM OTTAWA), Niko Kostanjevec (acoustic grand piano on DOLPHIN HEART), Anja Oraže & Kras Gjurin (backing vocals on SKATING), Tinkara Kovač (replica of 60.000-year-old Neanderthal paleolithic bone flute on DOLPHIN HEART; the world’s oldest known instrument).
Album design by Jana Furman, Lalala Biro, Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU; 584 Visuals Canada, Toronto, Canada.
Album cover photo by Elizabeth Stang, Toronto, ON; Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Hair & make up by Amitha Millen-Suwanta, Toronto, ON; Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Published by OSH Publishing Canada, Oshawa, ON, Canada, ©& Gal Gjurin June/October 2025. All rights reserved.
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Performed by Gal George Gjurin: lead and backing vocals, various acoustic & electric guitars,Fender Champ lap-steel guitar (1954), 5-string banjos, guitar banjo, resonator guitar, mandocello, Canadian plucked dulcimer & Weissenborn slide guitar, Southern European bugarria, bratsch & bisernitza, Spanish laud, Cuban tres, violas, violins, cellos, Italian upright bass (1826), bass guitars, drums & various percussions, B-3 (1956), M-3 (1959) and A-100 (1963) Hammond organs, Mellotron, acoustic piano, Mark II Fender Rhodes (1981), digital and analog synthesizers, Hohner accordion (1962), various harmonicas, sampling, Irish flutes & whistles, Slovenian wooden shepherd flute, valve and slide trombones, baritone saxophone.
All music, lyrics, vocals, instruments and musical arrangements by Gal George Gjurin.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Gal George Gjurin.
***
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Studio OSH (Oshawa, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) & Studio HAD (Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU), 2016-2025.
Assistant: Niko Kostanjevec (Studio REZ, Slovenia, EU), digital assistance: Roman Barle (Studio BRIGADA, Slovenia, EU).
Special guests: Ruj Hudson Gjurin (glockenspiel on ON A BUS FROM OTTAWA), Niko Kostanjevec (acoustic grand piano on DOLPHIN HEART), Anja Oraže & Kras Gjurin (backing vocals on SKATING), Tinkara Kovač (replica of 60.000-year-old Neanderthal paleolithic bone flute on DOLPHIN HEART; the world’s oldest known instrument).
Album design by Jana Furman, Lalala Biro, Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU; 584 Visuals Canada, Toronto, Canada.
Album cover photo by Elizabeth Stang, Toronto, ON; Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Hair & make up by Amitha Millen-Suwanta, Toronto, ON; Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Published by OSH Publishing Canada, Oshawa, ON, Canada, ©& Gal Gjurin June/October 2025. All rights reserved.
***
Performed by Gal George Gjurin: lead and backing vocals, various acoustic & electric guitars,Fender Champ lap-steel guitar (1954), 5-string banjos, guitar banjo, resonator guitar, mandocello, Canadian plucked dulcimer & Weissenborn slide guitar, Southern European bugarria, bratsch & bisernitza, Spanish laud, Cuban tres, violas, violins, cellos, Italian upright bass (1826), bass guitars, drums & various percussions, B-3 (1956), M-3 (1959) and A-100 (1963) Hammond organs, Mellotron, acoustic piano, Mark II Fender Rhodes (1981), digital and analog synthesizers, Hohner accordion (1962), various harmonicas, sampling, Irish flutes & whistles, Slovenian wooden shepherd flute, valve and slide trombones, baritone saxophone.
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Gal George Gjurin (November 12, 1978), an award winning Canadian & Slovenian professional musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, orchestral composer and a poet. He has published 23 studio and live albums with original music, always supported by touring. He has presented his music live in Canada, Slovenia, USA, France, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Italy, Germany etc.