Whilst crossing from Austria into Slovenia felt like practically nothing, crossing the border into Croatia was a whole different story! Although still within the EU - so no passport controls, hooray! 🙌 - everything shifted immediately: suddenly the motorways got proper bumpy, and there was rubbish scattered everywhere, especially in beautiful nature places... 🗑️🚯 On the bright side, the music here is so much more to my liking! ❤️🎶 I was super lucky to find a gorgeous lit

Those two days were dedicated to enjoying the magic of this country: nature, stunning scenery, mountains, and crystal-clear lakes. The day started off with some seemingly characteristic public transport chaos. I missed the bus because it didn’t depart from where it was scheduled—they have three different bus stops in Bistrica, but they are all called the same! However, when I managed to be by chance at the right stop around an hour later and entered the vehicle, the mood inst

For me, one of the most thrilling objectives of Gundula’s Great Eurasian Roam was the prospect of discovering exciting new local music 🎻. Although tempted, I had not done any YouTube research beforehand, and was rather curious to listen to traditional Slovenian music from this former Yugoslavian nation 🗺️. In every other Yugoslav region I had travelled through before, I could always hear traces of the old Tito-era folk style and Balkan Romani influences. 🎶 I had found an o

I’m starting a big venture! 🤩🗺🔜 I’m traveling through Europe and beyond to places I’ve never been. I'll be in my van, Ludwig Van Beethoven (you might remember him — the one that came back to me with your help after being stolen!). I’ll have an easy start visiting family and friends in Bavaria and climbing some mountains with a friend. My first new countries will be Slovenia and Montenegro; then I’ll head down to Turkey. After completing some musical projects with my collea

I have great news!!! 🤩 After much fiddling and faffing, the PDF of my book Balkan Music from the Danube is ready to download. And for...

We're coming together for the first concert of the new year! I'm truly delighted to be performing with the Akdeniz Orchestrası led by...

I’m thrilled to share that my new book will be published in February 2025. It involved many hours of work on the laptop, in the studio,...

Greetings from inside a Fly's Eye! Yesterday we went on a small Balkan Village Band trip to Stratford Olympic Park for some small pop-up...

This is one of the tunes we started learning in Unit 4 of the Balkan Melody Mastery Course: An eastern European Gypsy folk tune, that I...