Ива Нова

Formed in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2002, when five young Russian ladies met to create a new collective of musicians after splitting Бабслэй. All of them had had vast experience of playing at gigs with various groups and having found themselves to be really kindred souls, they started off their joint career, naturally and courageously combining the tunes and instrumentation of traditional Slavonic music with the energy and attitude of punk. Current lineup: Екатерина Фёдорова (Ekaterina Fedorova) - drums, percussion, effects (since 2002) Анастасия Постникова (Anastasia Postnikova) - vocals, keyboards, effects, percussion (since 2005) Наталия Потапенко (Natalia Potapenko) - accordion (since 2008) Галина Киселёва (Galina Kiseleva) - bass, backing vocals (since 2014) Former members: Вера Огарёва (Vera Ogareva) - vocals (2002-2004) Елена Новикова (Elena Novikova) - bass (2002-2005, 2013-2014) Елена "Леша" Жорник (Elena "Lesha" Zhornik) - bayan (2002-2006) Инна Лишенкевич (Inna Lishenkevitch) - guitar, vocals (2002-2012) Екатерина Григорьева (Ekaterina Grigoryeva) - bass (2005-2008) Эльнара Шафигуллина (Elnara Shafigullina) - accordion (2006-2008) Ксения Васильева (Ksenia Vasilyeva) - bass (2008-2010) Наталия Назарова (Natalia Nazarova) - bass (2010-2013)