Indio Saravanja

Born in Argentina and raised in the Canadian North, this one time actor/dancer/singer from a blue collar background (see Billy Elliot) was busking in Montreal subways by the age of fifteen, performing as a street musician in Spain by seventeen, and, at nineteen, doing his first real gig in New York, courtesy of his friend Jeff Buckley. By this time he had appeared in countless dance and theatre productions on Canada's biggest stages and realized that music was his calling. His twenties were spent learning to rock on the Canadian bar band circuit and writing prolifically until an invitation came to record and release his celebrated debut album under the Caribou Records label in 2005. Four albums later, Indio Saravanja continues to add to his well-earned Roots-Folk-Rock tag by re-acquainting himself with his South American heritage with the use of instruments such as the Andean Charango. He now resides in Southern Alberta with his wife and young child.
Indio has been consistently featured on most national CBC radio shows since his first release, which was voted Best New Discovery of 2006 by Canada's leading folk magazines, and his music has been on steady rotation internationally on leading college and independent stations. He has performed hundreds of concerts in Canada and abroad, and many folk festivals, the largest being the main stage of the 2007 Winnipeg Folk Festival. Three further albums have since been released: in 2009 (The Caravan Sessions) 2010 (Songster-14 Early Songs) and 2012 (Little Child) with a second release slated for late 2012 (Travel On)
Indio has opened shows and shared stages for and with Buffy Sainte Marie, Sylvia Tyson, Josh Ritter, Fred Eaglesmith, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, Bill Bourne, and many others. He most recently won a First Place prize at The 2012 Calgary Folk Festival Song Competition.
- he is a poet of the finest water, a keen observer with finely attuned literary sensibilities and a thinker of considerable substance. Saravanja is clearly connected to the larger contemporary global zeitgeist. Big things are coming his way. (Greg Quill- Toronto Star)



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