NLFB ARTIST PROFILE: BAHAMAS

NLFB ARTIST PROFILE: BAHAMAS

When: Friday July 9, 2016 – 10:30 p.m. – Tickets

Origin: Toronto, ON

Genres: Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock

Discography:

Pink Strat (2009)

Barchords (2012)

Bahamas Is Afie (2014)

Afie Jurvanen aka Bahamas is a Barrie, ON native and Juno award winning singer-songwriter. His latest album Bahamas Is Afie released in 2014 was featured on Q’s Top 20 Albums of 2014 list, won a Juno for Adult Alternative Album of the Year and Jurvanen himself won a Juno for Songwriter of the Year. His soft minimalist tones will make you feel like you’re floating on a raft made of clouds on Ramsey Lake rather than standing in the Grace Hartman Amphitheatre right beside it. Making his Sudbury at debut Northern Lights Festival Boréal’s 45th anniversary season Afie is known for his outstanding musicianship working with artists such as Feist, Jason Collett and Jack Johnson, releasing his albums on the latter’s Brushfire Records.

 

 

 

 

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Jessica Lovelace is a Public Relations and Communications grad, musical theatre enthusiast, lover of live music and part-time unicorn tamer. Some have said that the Big Dripper from Sub City is a regional delicacy and the perfect end to a Sudbury Saturday Night – Jessica is definitely one of those people. No, the hair is not a perm.

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