James Blundell

James Blundell is the proud ambassador for Airnorth. He is the current voice of Airnorth’s in-flight safety briefing announcements and on-hold messages.

James Blundell is acknowledged by many as the act single-handedly responsible for turning a younger demographic of Australians onto country music. He was the first young Australian country artist to create an impact on the mainstream pop charts and for many years was the highest selling country artist in the nation. James was also the first Australian country act to sign a major label recording deal in Nashville paving the way for the likes of Keith Urban, Kasey Chambers and others.

In addition to his own success James has penned hits for Lee Kernaghan, Slim Dusty and Jimmy Little. James has been the recipient of nine Country Music Association of Australia [CMAA]) Golden Guitar Awards, double platinum, platinum and gold sales awards and is a five time Australian Record Industry Association [ARIA] award nominee.

In November 2006 James signed to acclaimed Australian country label Compass Bros Records who released the album ‘Ring around the Moon’ in March 2007. The album quickly became a favourite amongst country fans spawning four country radio hits – ‘Nature’s Gentleman’ (a song penned by James that was previously recorded by Slim Dusty for his final album), ‘Higher than Heaven’, ‘Four Feet Tall’ & the powerful title track. In October 2007 the album was a finalist in the country album category at the ARIA Awards and in January 2008 a finalist in Album of the Year at the Country Music Awards of Australia.

James was also a finalist in Male Artist and Heritage Song of the Year. In May 2008 ‘Higher than Heaven’ was nominated in the Country Work of the Year category by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) for the 2008 APRA Music Awards, the annual celebration of Australian songwriters. He was inducted into the prestigious Galaxy of Stars by the Tamworth Regional Council in January 2009.

 James and partner Jesse Curran toured Arnhem Land to Nhulunbuy with Airnorth in November 2009, to the delight of locals.

For more information, go to: www.jamesblundell.com.au