Babelfish consists of Kerrin Brizzell on violin and vocals, and Tim Nsh on guitar and vocals.
Kerrin was born and grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she started learning the violin at the age of 7. She continued to study, completing a music degree at Canterbury University and playing for the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra for 10 years in the '80's. At the same time she was teaching violin privately, and music at Cashmere High School.

On moving to England in 1989 Kerrin began to develop her playing in a variety of different styles. She continued to play in orchestras and studied viola with Roger Best in London for a time before moving into the world of folk music and jazz.

Tim Nash is from London and has been playing acoustic, electric, and bass guitar in bands for many years, as well as writing songs from an early age. He is self-taught and plays many different styles including classical guitar. Babelfish was formed in 1998 in Norwich, when Kerrin and Tim began to work together. They play a great variety of styles inclusing traditional folk music, gypsy and East European music, a little light jazz, and arrangements of classical music. They have been working on original songs together to create their debut album called "Walk Into the Blue" which is a mix of folk, pop, and roots styles, with strong harmonies between the two voices. The CD was released in May 2002.

Babelfish had played at Folk Clubs, Festivals and Fairs, Arts Centres and Pubs in and around East Anglia in England before returning to New Zealand. They have also played at Summertimes in Christchurch, 2001.
At present Tim is working on an album of original tunes, while Kerrin is continuing to work with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.

The duo are currently preparing a new set of traditional-based songs for their evening at the Folk Club on Sunday 5th August. Don't miss them!