Bahamas is essentially a two-piece band — Toronto-based frontman/songwriter Afie Jurvanen on guitar and Jason Tait on drums – plus two back up singers. Afie is such an exceptional guitar player that ...

One of the first things you notice hearing Canadian artist Afie Jurvanen, who uses the stage name Bahamas, is the complete absence of sonic distance between the singer and the listener. And that’s ...

Bahamas, a.k.a. Afie Jurvanen, has announced a fall US tour in support of the upcoming album Bootcut (out September 15th via Brushfire Records). The tour will find the award-winning Canadian ...

Sixty years ago, the American folklorists Samuel Charters and Ann Danberg visited the Fresh Creek settlement on the eastern end of the Bahamian island of Andros, just north of the Tropic of Cancer.

After playing with other bands, Finnish-Canadian artist Afie Jurvanen is making music on his own, but under the band name Bahamas. Hear the sounds of his new album, 'Pink Strat' (and maybe the guitar ...

The drummer couldn’t make it to Bahamas’ Boston gig back in June. He and his wife had recently had a baby. That left Afie Jurvanen, the Canadian musician behind Bahamas, onstage at the Brighton Music ...

It's probably not a characteristic unique to Cleveland, but concert crowds in this town can really suck. Consider: You'd get kicked to the curb by customers and employees if you and your drunk buddies ...

Boris Becker shared glimpses of John McEnroe reliving his music days. The American picked his guitar up and lit the night up with some music in the Bahamas, earning the praise of Becker in the process ...

It’s hard to describe his music, exactly — I guess I’d call it “warm, quiet Motown.” There’s a bit of doo-wop and swing, but it’s mostly implied, lurking in the background of extremely sparse, hushed, ...