Zabe i Babe: Tim Eriksen - vocals, electric guitar / Donna Kwon - vocals, tambourine / Rani Arbo - vocals, fiddle / Mirjana Lausevic - vocals, keyboards / Peter Irvine - vocals, drums

In her native Sarajevo, LAUSEVIC was a commentator on national Television, led Yu-Etno, a traditional Bosnian vocal group, and taught at the Music Academy of the University of Sarajevo. She has published numerous articles and radio interviews on various issues concerning music and politics in Bosnia.

The other band members, all professional musicians, have come to this music from a wide variety of experiences and backgrounds.

TIM ERIKSEN and PETER IRVINE are both founding members of Cordelia's Dad, who
have produced numerous recordings and toured extensively throughout Europe and North America. In addition, ERIKSEN tours solo and with his vocal group Northampton Harmony. His formal training is in Carnatic (South Indian) music, and he holds an MA in ethnomusicology from Wesleyan U.

RANI ARBO is a songwriter, singer and instrumentalist best known for her work as a founding member of the bluegrass/swing band Salamander Crossing. She is the most recent addition to ZABE I BABE, having been recruited at the last minute to help with one of the tracks on Drumovi.

DONNA KWON has performed as a vocalist/ percussionist at such venues as the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), San Francisco's Asian American Jazz Festival, Stanford, and recently was a guest soloist with the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra. She is currently working on a Ph.D in ethnomusiclolgy at UC Berkley.

TRISTRA NEWYEAR (not pictured) has applied her phenomenal voice to various folk traditions around the world including those of Bosnia, Russia, Finland and India.

Ansambl Teodosievski: Simeon Atanasov - accordion / Zahir Ramadanov - trumpet / Pero Teodosijev - keyboard / Eljam Rasidov - drums / Sami-Buco Zekirovski - clarinet

SIMEON ATANASOV, born in Kocani, eastern Macedonia, in 1976, is from the seventh generation of students of the music- performance school of Stevo Teodosievski. He has participated in many tours throughout Europe, America, and Australia. As a composer/arranger, he won a prize for his song "Caje, Caje" at Shutkafest 1993. He also participated in the two big European tours organized by Magneten.

ZAHIR RAMADANOV, also born in Kocani, joined the Teodosievski school when he was eight years old. ZAHIR has been described by a New York teacher of trumpet as the best trumpet player he has ever heard, including Wynton Marsalis.

ELJAM RASHIDOV plays the tarabuka, tapan (Macedonian two-headed bass drum), and drum set. Also born in Kocani,he joined the Teodosievski school when he was nine years old.

PETAR "PERO" TEODOSIJEV, also born in Kocani, is of the second generation of students of the music-performance school of Stevo Teodosievski, beginning in the 1965/66 school year. He has been on many of the Ensemble's concert tours throughout Europe, America and Australia. He has composed over 40 pieces for nearly 25 LP and single-play recordings-- appearing on these recordings on his true instrument, the accordian.

SAMI/BUCO ZEKIROVSKI is of the first generation of Teodosievski's school, having toured with Esma and Stevo since he was a small child. His clarinet playing covers a tremendous expressive range, sometimes evoking the sound of the gaida (bagpipe), at others the sound of Benny Goodman.