James Walsh (born 9 June 1980, Chorley, Lancashire, England) is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and frontman of the band, Starsailor.
When Walsh was aged 12 he started to play the piano and by the time he was 14 he wrote his own songs; he enjoyed listening to groups like The Charlatans, Oasis and Jeff Buckley.
A shy and lonely personality, he looked for artists that had, or have, an influence on the musicians of his generation
Eventually he got attracted to artists and bands such as Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake and The Beatles. Walsh was so impressed by the music of Tim Buckley, that he decided to name his own band after the title of Buckley's 1970 album Starsailor. He met fellow band members, James Stelfox and Ben Byrne, when he studied music at the Wigan and Leigh College in Wigan....