Last Updated on February 11, 2020, 2:24 PM AST by Anthony Morris
Afie Jurvanen isn’t from the Bahamas. He’s a Finnish-Canadian from Barrie, Ont.
Since 2009 he’s been making music under the name Bahamas, composing melodies about dusks, relationships and making out with slanted grins.
What’s more, this late spring, Bahamas is going to the Vancouver Island MusicFest.
“Bahamas is a magnificent expansion to our celebration lineup,” said MusicFest artist director, Doug Cox. “Our more youthful festive goers are already his fans and I realize our more seasoned supporters are going to grasp him and his music.”
Bahamas made his debut in 2009 with Pink Strat, which was nominated for a Juno Award the next year. In the wake of discharging the collection, Bahamas set out on visit on the side of alt-nation symbols Wilco before in the long run striking out alone with a featuring visit.
With a deliberately prepared ear for song that he’s sharpened during his time playing with any semblance of Feist and Howie Beck, Bahamas’ performance venture has a stripped-down and insightful sound that spotlights on accomplishing more with less, permitting his voice and guitar to do the greater part of the hard work on his calm outside the box society contemplations.
The guitarist returned in 2012 with his subsequent collection, Barchords. In 2014, Bahamas conveyed the third Bahamas studio collection, Bahamas is Afie, which included a ’70s delicate nation impacted vibe. It came to as high as number four on Canada’s collection outline and number six on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums diagram.
After progressively intercontinental visiting, he reappeared in mid 2018 with the top pick beat area of bassist Pino Palladino and drummer James Gadson on Earthtones. Having composed the melodies in view of the Black Messiah teammates, it stressed a crazier, smooth soul sound.
Bahamas’ disarmingly direct, captivatingly melodic tunes have just earned him both a dedicated fan base and a lot of basic approval on the two sides of the fringe.
Bahamas will close the Festival on Sunday night. Vancouver Island MusicFest happens July 10-12, 2020. For tickets and data go www.islandmusicfest.com
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