Bahamas warns the world of impending debut

If you haven't heard of Afie Jurvanen, perhaps you've heard of Feist, Jason Collett, Hayden, The Stills or any of the other bands that the Toronto-based guitarist and multi-instrumentalist - who goes by the stage name Bahamas - has shared a stage or an album track with. That is about to change.

Jurvanen is on the cusp of releasing his simple and evocative solo album debut, Pink Strat (named for his childhood guitar, which he still plays), on which he performs, in addition to guitar and vocals, bass, drums, other percussion, piano and slide, amongst other things. Comparisons to JJ Cale are not unfounded, and at other moments there are suggestions of both a player and storyteller reminiscent of a Ron Sexsmith or a Tom Petty (hear for yourself at www.myspace.com/bahamasbreeze).

Pink Strat - which features performances from friends in Zeus, The Great Lake Swimmers and Feist - will be released July 6.

(Jamie O'Meara)

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