Kabilé takes its name from the village of that name in Thrace, Bulgaria, where the band played one of their earliest gigs. During their initial ten-year heyday the band played almost every weekend at weddings, festivals and holiday events all over Thrace. In 2007 the band reunited for their first North American tour. They have since become renowned for their "bitov" (traditional) style and are popular and in demand from coast to coast. The band's members-
	Donka Koleva (vocals) is a native of the village of Tuzha in the Stara Zagora region of Thrace. She graduated from the National School of Folk Arts in Shiroka Luka, Bulgaria, and performed for three years with the Sliven Folk Dance and Music Ensemble. She was director of the Folk Song Chorus of Sopot, has been a featured soloist on Bulgarian Radio-TV, has participated in numerous singing competitions in Bulgaria and Europe and has been featured on numerous recordings. In 1997 her recording of Javore was named "Song of the Year" in the Bulgarian national radio competition. Since immigrating to the U.S. she has taught and performed widely across N. America, both privately and at numerous camps, festivals and other events. Donka also serves as Kabile's manager.
	Dzhenko Andreev (gaida, the Bulgarian bagpipe) is from the village of Hanovo, in the Yambol region of Thrace. As a boy he studied with local teachers then went on to graduate from the Koutev National School of Folk Arts in Kotel, Bulgaria, where he developed his local style. Specializing in traditional melodies from his village, Dzhenko has been a soloist with the Sliven Folk Dance and Music Ensemble for over 25 years and has performed with them throughout Bulgaria and internationally. Like the other band members, he has taught at multiple American Balkan camps.
	Nikolay Doktorov (kaval, the Bulgarian end-blown flute) is from Varna, on the coast of the Black Sea. He is a graduate of the Koutev National School of Folk Arts in Kotel, Bulgaria, and the National Conservatory of Music Arts, Plovdiv, and has performed with Ensemble Trakiya (Plovdiv) and the Horovod Ensemble (Varna). He directs the folk music orchestra Spectar, conducts several regional folk ensembles and teaches kaval and manages the orchestra at the Strashimirov School in Varna. Like the other band members, he has taught at a number of American Balkan camps.
	Ivan Handzhiev (vocals, accordion) is a native of the village of Lesovo, in the Yambol region of Thrace. He began singing with his mother and other village singers as a small child and started playing accordion at the age of nine. He is a graduate of the Koutev National School of Folk Arts in Kotel, Bulgaria, and the National Conservatory of Music Arts in Plovdiv. Ivan is a master of the ornamentation and improvisation technique unique to Thrace and was a faculty member at the Koutev School for more than 25 years. He is currently on the staff of the Bulgarian National School of Dance Art in Sofia. Like the other members of Kabilé, he has taught at multiple American Balkan camps.
	Nikolay Kolev (gadulka), a native of the Thracian Rose Valley village of Karavelovo, has been playing gadulka since age 10. After graduating from the National School of Folk Arts in Shiroka Luka, Bulgaria, he performed for three years with the Sliven Folk Dance and Music Ensemble. In 1984 he founded the orchestra "Sopot". In 1985 he formed the wedding-music ensemble "Rozova Dolina" and in 1992 the prize-winning ensemble "Balkanski Glasove". In 1994 and 1995 the latter group took first prizes at the Varna Festival. Nikolay has accompanied many well-known singers including Vulkana Stojanova, Roumen Rodopski and Todor Kozhuharov. Like the other band members, he has taught at a number of American Balkan camps. In 1999, Nikolay was the first Bulgarian to be recognized by the Slavic Heritage Council of America for his outstanding contributions to music.

Here is a radio interview with Kabilé that discusses the band's history and evolution while they perform together and individually.