Branko Galoic and Skakavac orkestar
Branko Galoic is a guitarplayer, composer and singer songwriter from Ivanic Grad, Croatia. He lives in Amsterdam since the year 2000 and that’s where he incidently 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 the songs in his mother language.
Since one year he playes with an international band that exists of trombone, trompet, alto saxophone, tuba, drums and occasionel with accordion. They come from Sweaden, Holland, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Kroatia.
If you are interested to have Branko Galoic and Skakavac orkestar play at your festival we look forward to hear from you.
About the previous Album:
“Above The Roofs” is released in April 2006, and is available in Croatia, the Netherlands, Bosnia, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Japan!
Reviews:
The album “above the Roofs” received equally great reviews in every country.
The album was jazz CD of the week in october 2007 by the newspaper “the Independent”
Jazzism, by Rita Jager
“Above The Roofs’ was rated among the 100 best albums of 2006 in the Netherlands by critic Rita Jager in the music magazine ‘Jazzism’.
Independent, The (United Kingdom) June 9 2007, by Roger Trapp
...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...
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 http://www.planet.nl/planet/show/id=74766/contentid=904460/sc=f271c6
CD of the month on the Belgian video and music site ‘Noir et Blanc’
http://www.noir-et-blanc.be/fr/cds.htm
To hear some music go to www.myspace.com/brankogaloic
