Just ahead of his Sad and Solo Tour, Afie Jurvanen, aka Bahamas, will be releasing select highlights from his celebrated Live To Tape collaboration series in the form of digital EPs, singles and a special vinyl edition.
The first digital EP highlighting the Nashville sessions is titled Live To Tape Volume I and will be released on October 8th. Volume I features performances with Grammy Award winners The 400 Unit and other performances with the Secret Sisters backed by legendary Nashville musicians Gene Chrisman (Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson), Dave Roe (Johnny Cash, Sturgill Simpson) and Russ Pahl (Kacey Musgraves, Glen Campbell). The EP was produced and mixed by Grammy-nominated producer/engineer Robbie Lackritz (Feist, Jack Johnson, The Weather Station) in fully immersive 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos (where available) and is mixed so that the listener will be in the center of the band, with all band members in a circle surrounding them. The first song from the EP “I Got You Babe” (with The 400 Unit) is now available across streaming platforms. Listen to the audio/watch the video HERE. See the upcoming release schedule below.
Created during the height of the pandemic, Live To Tape captures Bahamas performing in studio from Halifax, Nova Scotia with acclaimed artists performing with Bahamas remotely from Nashville, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Perth, Toronto and other locations. Other artists performing with Bahamas include Lucius, Australia’s Teskey Brothers, Madison Cunningham, Greensky Bluegrass, members of Dawes along with revered session musicians such as Nathan East (Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder), Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Gus Seyffert (Beck, Adele), Joey Waronker (REM, Atoms for Peace), Bob Glaub (Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan), Russ Kunkel (Joni Mitchell, John Lennon) and many more. Live to Tape has been featured on CBS Saturday Morning, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Rolling Stone and many other places.
The Globe and Mail have called Bahamas an “unassuming giant” of Canadian music, averaging over 3.5 million regular monthly listens on Spotify, with more than half a billion streams to date. His most recent release, Sad Hunk is on pace to be his fifth consecutive album to receive more than 100 million+ streams.
Sad Hunk received critical acclaim and won the 2021 JUNO Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year. While nominated for Best Engineered Album – Non-Classical at the 2019 Grammy Awards, his previous album Earthtones won Adult Alternative Album Of The Year and Video of the Year (“Depression,” directed by Ali Eisner) at the 2019 JUNO Awards. A seven-time JUNO nominee, Jurvanen also received this accolade for Bahamas Is Afie in 2015, when he was also named Songwriter Of The Year.
Catch Bahamas on an intimate solo tour this fall and winter in the United States. See below for a full list of tour dates or visit BahamasMusic.net.
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Bahamas Live To Tape Upcoming Release Schedule
September 24
Single “Half Your Love” Featuring The Secret Sisters
October 8
Live To Tape Volume I Digital EP
(Ft. The Secret Sisters, The 400 Unit, Russ Pahl, Gene Chrisman, Dave Roe)
“Half Your Love” Ft. The Secret Sisters
“Little Record Girl” Ft. The 400 Unit
“Hockey Teeth”
“Can’t Take You With Me” w/The Secret Sisters
“I Got You Babe” w/The 400 Unit
“Not Cool Anymore” w/The Secret Sisters
November 2
Live To Tape Volume II Digital EP
(Featuring Madison Cunningham, Dawes, Bob Glaub, Russ Kunkel, more…)
January 7
Live To Tape – Special Vinyl Release
(Featuring best of highlights from the series)
March 4
Live To Tape Volume III Digital EP
(Featuring Lucius, Dawes, Joey Waronker, Gus Seyffert, More…)
BAHAMAS SAD AND SOLO TOUR 2021
September 28 – Richmond, VA – Virginia Credit Union LIVE at Richmond Raceway-
September 29 – Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit-
October 1 – Franklin, TN – Firstbank Amphitheater-
October 2 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom +
October 3 – Charleston, WV – Mountain Stage
October 2 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom +
October 5 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls +
October 6 – Holyoke, MA – Gateway City Arts +
October 7 – Boston, MA – House of Blues +%
October 8 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer +
October 9 – New York, NY – Webster Hall +
October 10 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg +
October 12 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club +
October 13 – Raleigh, NC – Cat’s Cradle +
October 14 – Charlotte, NC – The Visulite Theatre +
October 15 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse +
October 16 – Ponte Vedra, FL – Ponte Vedra Music Hall +
October 17 – Orlando, FL – The Social +
October 18 – Birmingham, AL – The Saturn +
October 20 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall +
October 21 – Kansas City, MO – The Truman +
October 22 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue +
October 23 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre +
October 24 – Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre +
STILL SAD TOUR
November 17 – Victoria, BC – Royal Theatre *
November 18 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre *
November 21 – Kelowna, BC – Kelowna Community Theatre *
November 23 – Edmonton, AB – Winspear Centre *
November 24 – Red Deer, AB – Red Deer Memorial Centre *
November 25 – Calgary, AB – Jack Singer Concert Hall *
November 26 – Saskatoon, SK – Coors Event Centre *
November 27 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre *
December 4 – London, ON – London Music Hall ^
December 7 – Ottawa, ON – National Arts Centre – Southam Hall ^
December 8 – Kingston, ON – Sydenham Street United Church ^
December 9 – Québec City, QC – L’Impérial Bell ^
December 10 – Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre ^
2022
January 10 – St. John’s, NFLD – Arts & Culture Centre
January 13 – Halifax, NS – Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
January 14 – Halifax, NS – Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
January 16 – Moncton, NB – Capitol Theatre
January 17 – Saint John, NB – Imperial Theatre
-Supporting Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats
+ Sam Weber supports
% Langhorne Slim supports
^ Ariel Posen supports
* Madison Cunningham supports