Bahamas Music Group
He worked with a variety of musicians that includes the lumineers feist howie beck jason collett jack johnson the weather station and zeus.
Bahamas music group. Bahamas is the recording name of afie jurvanen a musician living in canada. Jurvanen isn t from the bahamas. Other popular bahamian artists include stileet and stevie s.
Parades and other celebrations mark the ceremony. His stage presence and banter draws you in creating an intimate yet casual atmosphere and the music wins you over with cheeky hooks and soulful arrangements. I saw bahamas at the winnipeg folk festival where he performed with a simple backing band of a drummer and some backup singers.
He s a finnish canadian raised in barrie a working class town in rural ontario. Jurvanen taught himself guitar. Jurvanen recorded his debut album pink strat in a cabin in rural ontario in 2008 he released the album under the name bahamas in 2009 and was subsequently.
Find bahamas bio music credits awards streaming links on allmusic the contemplative solo project of guitarist and. Downtown music publishing represents bahamas songs. Bahamas is canadian musician afie jurvanen born april 28 1981 in toronto.
The music of the bahamas is associated primarily with junkanoo a celebration which occurs on boxing day and again on new year s day. Groups like the baha men ronnie butler and kirkland bodie have gained massive popularity in japan the united states and other places.
