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Hitting the road again (in trainers) this January - On sale Friday

1//8 - St. Catharines, ON - Sean O'Sullivan Theatre 1/ 9 - Peterborough, ON - Market Hall 1/10 - Ottawa, ON - Bronson Centre 1/12 - Kingston, ON - The Grand Theatre 1/13 - Barrie, ON - Georgian Theatre 1/14 - Pittsburgh - Club Cafe 1/16 - Louisville - Club Zanzibar 1/17 - Nashville - Mercy Lounge 1/20 - Houston - Fitzgerald's Upstairs 1/21 - Austin - Stubb's Jr 1/22 - Dallas - Kessler Theater 1/24 - Omaha - Reverb 1/27 - Iowa City - The Mill 1/28 - Milwaukee - Shank Hall 1/29 - Chicago - Lincoln Hall 1/31 - London, ON - Aeolian Hall

This feels like a self-titled record to me. The songs seem to have a definitive quality to them, and they ended up going to all kinds of unexpected musical places for me. I really thought I was going to make a traditional folk record but as the recording evolved I started having some pretty different ideas.  I started playing this game like,'what would 80's Van Morrison do if he were producing this? What about John Williams?'

It all came together in a simple, naive and direct way and I was really energized by the process.

And I got to play a lot of guitar...

I feel like I'll get another chance to make a folkie record somewhere down the road. For now, this is me.

Bahamas Is Afie, Due out Aug 18/19 on Brushfire Records/Universal.

"All The Time" premieres in Spin magazine.

http://www.spin.com/articles/bahamas-all-the-time-stream-afie-jurvanen/