BAHAMAS Announces Tour Dates; New Album 'Bahamas Is Afie' Out Now

While selling out show after show during his fall tour and playing opening slots with Wilco and Jack Johnson, Afie Jurvanen, who performs as Bahamas, has added three dates withLucius including Terminal 5 in New York. He's performing songs from his new album Bahamas is Afie out now on Brushfire Records. See full North American fall headlining tour dates below.

This new release follows 2011's Barchords, which The Guardian praised as containing 'stripped-down harmony-brushed songs with gorgeous hooks and without a wasted note.' Jurvanen sought to create and produce a more developed arrangement of strings, brass, winds, orchestral percussion, and chamber choruses on Bahamas Is Afie. Prior to this record, Jurvanen's releases have all been sparsely recorded records with this new album marking a transition to a more complex and fully arranged collection of music.

Jurvanen's debut album Pink Strat was released in 2009. The record was nominated for both a Juno Award and the Polaris Music Prize. Bahamas hit the road for two years after the release touring with artists such as Wilco and Robert Plant. In 2011 he released Barachords, which was nominated for two Juno Awards including Adult Alternative Album of the Year and Songwriter of The Year and was named Best Singer/Songwriter Album of 2012 by iTunes. Wall Street Journal praised the record as 'bluesy and hypnotic,' and The Los Angeles Timescalled 'A delightfully rare kind of record that commands an instant replay.'

BAHAMAS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
September 22 Nashville, TN High Watt- Sold Out
October 1 Chicago, IL Schubas- Sold Out
October 2 Indianapolis, IN Hi Fi
October 3 St. Louis, MO Duck Room at Blueberry Hill
October 4 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
October 7 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
October 10 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy- Sold Out
October 11 San Francisco, CA Slim's
October 14 Portland, OR Doug Fir
October 15 Seattle, WA Columbia City Theater
October 16 Victoria, BC Alix Goolden- Sold Out
October 17 Vancouver, Canada Vogue- Sold Out
October 18 Kelowna, Canada Habitat- Sold Out
October 20 Calgary, Canada Knox- Sold Out
October 21 Edmonton, Canada McDougall United Church
October 22 Saskatoon, Canada Broadway Theatre- Sold Out
October 23 Winnipeg, Canada Burton Cummings Theater
October 25 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
November 5 Toronto, Canada Danforth- Sold Out
November 6 Montreal, Canada Metropolis*
November 7 Sherbrooke, Canada Theatre Grande*
November 8 Quebec City, Canada Imperial*
December 4 Burlington, VT Higher Ground†
December 5 Albany, NY The Hollow†
November 6 New York, NY Terminal 5†

* with The Barr Brothers
† with Lucius

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