Not sure where this Toronto-based musician got his stage name from, but his birth name is Alfie Jurvanen. He started out as a session-type musician, playing with some of the biggest names on the Toronto scene like Feist, Jason Collett, Amy Millan and Zeus.
From there, he developed a solo career that has won him a fair bit of acclaim. Feb. 7, he released his latest album Barchords. Tonight, he plays a show at the Exchange. Tickets are $10.
And to give you a taste, here’s video of Bahamas performing his song “Hockey Teeth”.
Also on tonight at Creative City Centre, there’s a show by singer-songwriter Glenn Sutter. Earlier this year, Sutter released an album called Sweet Happiness. Also on the bill are David J. Taylor and Rebecca Lascue. The show gets going at 8 p.m.
It’s entirely possible he got his stage name from a group of Atlantic islands called “The Bahamas.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas
I did some hard-hitting investigative exploring: Nobody knows.
It’s not clear how that nickname arrived—except as it connects with his sporadic enjoyment of garish stage clothes—just as he’s not quite sure how he nabbed his own first name.
“Nobody seems to know where that name came from,” he answers…
http://www.straight.com/article-299431/vancouver/afie-jurvanen-reinvents-himself-bahamas