Branko Galoic is a guitar player, composer, singer and songwriter from Ivanic Grad, Croatia. He has lived in Amsterdam since 2000 and that’s where he acccidentally met Dragi Šestic, a producer from Bosnia, with whom he recorded his first solo album: Above the Roofs. This record is strongly influenced by Balkan traditional and Gipsy music, mixed with Blues and Pop. Branko sings in his mother language.
For the past year he has played with an international band which consists of trombone, trumpet, alto saxophone, tuba, drums and occasionally accordion, whose members are from Sweden, Holland, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Croatia.
Above The Roofs was released in April 2006, and is available in Croatia, the Netherlands, Bosnia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Japan.
It was named Jazz CD of the week in October 2007 by the newspaper “The Independent” (United Kingdom).
It was rated among the 100 best albums of 2006 in the Netherlands by critic Rita Jager in the music magazine "Jazzism".
It was reviewed by Roger Trapp in "The Independent" (United Kingdom), June 9 2007:
...Branko Galoic is a Croatian singer-songwriter and guitarist whose debut CD is a collection of songs about exile and life on the road. With the help of an eclectic mix of musicians and instruments, he's come up with a striking sound that, while reminiscent of such past troubadours as Jacques Brel and Alan Stivell, is an original blend of Gypsy music and the blues...
It appeared in the list of 13 best jazz albums of the year 2007 published by Planet.nl together with Mavis Staples, Corinne Bailey Rae and Brandford Marsallis.
It was named CD of the month on the Belgian video and music site "Noir et Blanc".
