kzsc_Bushwhacker's_musicians Zoë Aqua, Dmitri Gaskin, and Raffi Boden_20240329 Eastern European Village Music

Zoë Aqua, Dmitri Gaskin, and Raffi Boden play Klezmer music, in the tradition of Ashkenazi Jewish people from Eastern Europe villages. Dmitri plays accordion and lives on a Watsonville apple farm, Zoë plays violin & recently completed a Fulbright in the Transylvania area of Romania(!), & Raffi lives in Brooklyn and is a full time freelance musician playing in 3-4 Klezmer bands. Zoë also teaches, and Dmitri is an apple farmer. How did they stumble into Klezmer? Good question! Dmitri's parents had Klezmer music CDs when he grew up in Berkeley, California, and legendary Klezmer musician Josh Horowitz moved to the area and became his teacher. Zoë grew up in Denver with a dad interested in Klezmer / Klezmatics / Brave Old World. Raffi's family at Passover pulled out the Klezmer Plus songbook. Raffi joined Zoë & Dmitri 2 days ago!