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Bahamas
12+ albums
Canadiansinger-songwriterrockindiecanada
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There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) Bahamas is Canadian musician Afie Jurvanen (born April 28, 1981, in Toronto). 2) Bahamas was a French prog-rock band; 3) Bahamas was a Polish disco artist. 1) Bahamas is Canadian musician Afie Jurvanen (born April 28, 1981, in Toronto). Jurvanen isn’t from the Bahamas; he’s a Finnish-Canadian raised in Barrie (a working class town in rural Ontario). 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 nominated for a 2010 Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo. His second album, Barchords, was released in 2012. The album received nomination at the 2013 Juno Awards for the Adult Alternative Album of the Year. Jurvanen received a nomination for Songwriter of the Year for the tracks "Be My Witness", "Caught Me Thinking", and "Lost in the Light". Jurvanen released his third album, Bahamas Is Afie on August 19, 2014. The album received first place on Q's Top 20 Albums of 2014. Bahamas Is Afie received a nomination for Adult Alternative Album of the Year At the Juno Awards of 2015, and Jurvanen received nomination for Songwriter of the Year for "All the Time", "Bitter Memories" and "Stronger Than That". He won the awards in both categories. 2) Bahamas was a French prog-rock band. The band released "Le Voyageur Immobile" in 1976. 3) Bahamas was a Polish disco artist. "Wielka Kolekcja Dis
