RADIM ZENKL

• From Czechoslavakia (defected to the U.S. four months before the fall of Communism). Lives in Oakland, California.
• Billed as “The only musician in the world performing original, solo mandolin music.”
• Has worked with Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tim O’Brien, Peter Rowan, Psychograss, others.
• 1984, won the national mandolin championship (Czechoslavakia).
• 1992, won the national mandolin championship (U.S.A) in Winfield, Kansas.
• 1992, released Galactic Mandolin album (Acoustic Disc)
• 1994, released Czech It Out album (Acoustic Disc).
• 1999, released Restless Joy album (no label).

ZOE AND CLOYD

(See also Red June)

• From Asheville, North Carolina.
• Zoe is Natalya Zoe Weinstein (fiddle) and Cloyd is John Cloyd Miller (guitar and mandolin). They are husband and wife (married in 2010).
• 2005, first met and began performing together in a band called Lo-Fi Breakdown.
• 2008, formed a band called Red June with Will Straughan (Dobro™ and guitar). 
• Miller is the grandson of fiddler Jim Shumate (who played with Bill Monroe and was the original fiddle player with Flatt and Scruggs).
• Zoe’s grandfather David Weinstein is a Russian immigrant who played klezmer music.
• 2010, released first Red June album Remember Me Well (no label).
• 2012, released second Red June album Beauty Will Come (no label).
• 2013, Miller won 1st place in the bluegrass category at the Merlefest Chris Austin songwriting contest.
• 2014, released third Red June album Ancient Dreams (Organic).
• 2015, released Equinox album (no label) under their new name Zoe and Cloyd.
• 2019, released I Am Your Neighbor album (Organic).

ANDREA ZONN

• From Champaign, Illinois. Lives in Nashville.
• She and Alison Krauss are from the same town, and were good friends growing up. They competed in fiddle contests against each other. Had the same violin teacher.
• Began playing fiddle at age 2.
• As a child, performed in a group with her father called The Heartland Band. Later called Fourth Stream.
• Moved to Nashville to play at Opryland as a teenager. Was part of the Brenda Lee Show.
• Has a BA in music from Vanderbilt University (in classical violin).
• 1988-1990, worked with Tony Trischka and the Big Dogs.
• 1991, toured with Vince Gill and has been a member of his touring band ever since.
• Early 1994, toured with Pam Tillis.
• 1994, formed her own band called Twilight Zonn—playing country, rock, bluegrass.
• 1994, toured with Lyle Lovett.
• As a session musician, has worked on recordings by Ronnie Milsap, Randy Travis, George Strait, Steve Wariner, Trisha Yearwood, Vince Gill, many others.
• 2003, released solo album “Love Goes On.”
• 2003, toured with James Taylor.
• 2004, worked with the Alison Brown Quartet
• She recently received graduate degree from Union Theological Seminary, with an emphasis in counseling. She is an ordained minister.
• 2010, toured with James Taylor and Carole King.
• 2013, toured with Trace Adkins.