Zen Mothers began in 1995 in Grand Forks ND as an acoustic trio that played a variety of unusual instruments, including hand drums and a Celtic harp. A year later, Zen Mothers decided to go electric and concentrate on converting their acoustic sound to rock instruments: bass, guitar, drums, and blues harmonica. They were discovered by a local independent label and recorded their first CD with both acoustic and electric tracks in Dec. 1998.

After the record company failed to promote them as a jamband, Zen Mothers became independent and began touring the country, playing gigs at the jam-friendly bar, Quixote's, in Denver and other venues in Tempe, Flagstaff, Albuquerque, Omaha, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Minneapolis. They also played the Harvest Festival at Harmony Park, Geneva MN in September 1999 and will be back next year.

Currently, Zen Mothers is working on a new, independent CD which should be ready in the Spring, just in time for festival season. Zen Mothers will continue to tour nationally and will have the new CD up on jam stations around the country, just as the first one was.