Cervantes

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Cervantes is an indie folk trio from Kelowna, British Columbia formed in 2008. The band features: front man, Marcos Kennedy on guitar, vocals, accordian, and auxilary percussion; Jennifer Weaver on double bass, electric bass, and vocals, and Bradley Thorton on drums. The band also features Nick Owens as a touring guitar player. The band saw fame in 2010 when they caught the attention of hipster blogs across Canada, U.S.A, and the UK. In 2011, they played their first major festival playing CanIndie Fest 2011 and are booked to play it in 2014.
The band has released two albums and are currently working on a third album called "Time Shoveling Smoke."
==Early Years==
Cervantes formed after the three members met an open mic night and the three released they had a mutual intrest in music. The three started practicing in Kennedy's basement which is also where they hosted shows. The three started recording music and released several demos to different labels and they eventually got signed by Rechord Records. The band released their first album in 2009 "It is Very Easy to Say Yes." they eventually landed a small tour throught western Canada and opened up for a few Canadian and American indie bands. The remainder of the year was really heavy on gigs, they played roughly 500 shows that year. In 2010, they eventually caught the eye of bloggers getting them mainstream in the indie scene.
==CanIndie Fest 2011- present==
In May of 2011, the band was booked for their first major indie festival, CanIndie Fest in Vancouver, BC. The band succesfully played the festival and continued with their Canadian/US tour. In 2012, the band annouced a small tour of the U.K covering Newcastle-On-Tyne to London. The tour made the band hugely popular among the indie scene and they continued to play major festivals. The band returned to the U.S and spent the beginning months of 2013 touring the U.S and embarking on a small tour of Alaska.
The band took a long break for the rest of 2013 to work on their new album "Time Shoveling Smoke." which is set to be released on Febuary 3rd 2014. On January 15th 2014, the band announced they were booked to play CanIndie Fest 2014.
Category:Canadian artists
Category:Indie
Category:Folk