James Downham is a Kitchener, Ontario, Canada based singer, songwriter and performer. His performances and recordings have included country, rock, and pop.

James has established himself as the premier Tim McGraw tribute artist currently performing in Eastern Canada and the midwest United States. James takes great pains to sound just like Tim McGraw and to put on a live show that rivals that of the award-winning country music mega-star himself.

Past Clients have included:

Elmhurst Inn (Ingersoll, Ontario)
Drayton Fesitval Theatre (Drayton, Ontario
Edelweiss Banquet Halls (Kitchener, Ontario)
OLG Slots at Woodbine (Toronto, Ontario)
Point Edward Casino (Sarnia, Ontario)
Toronto Motor Speedway (Cayuga, Ontario)
Mitchell Corn Fest (Mitchell, Ontario)
Harrow Rock 'n Horse Fest (Harrow, Ontario)
LaSalle Strawberry Festival (LaSalle (Windsor), Ontario)
Wood County Crimestoppers (Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin)
Washington County Deputy Sherrif's Association (West Bend, Wisconsin)
Fonthill Bandshell (Pellham, Ontario)
Rizzo Banquet Hall (Etobicoke, Ontario)
Clio Bandshell (Clio, Michigan)
Our Ponderosa Cottage & RV Resort (Ipperwash Beach, Forest, Ontario)
Jarvis Cornfest (Jarvis, Ontario

James has been involved in a number of recording projects over the last couple of years. In November 2010, James was in the studio with Toronto songwriter Aaron Hughes, recording the vocal tracks for "Little Lies" and "Internet Slut" (originally performed by Hughes' Trailerpark Cinderellas). In 2009 James recorded "Highway of Heroes" with Hughes, a tribute to fallen Canadian soldiers. The song has been featured on TV and radio accross southwestern Ontario (CBC, CTV, Rogers TV, KIX FM, 570 News and more). In 2010 James also lent his vocal prowess to the studio recording of the original Mark Smith musical, Century Street. The production is based a story concept and characters conceived by James and Mark. James performs the part of Anthony on the soundtrack. The musical features the song "Extraordinary" co-written by James.

Early in his career, James was the front-man for Waterloo, Ontario indie rock band, Reson. Reson performed throughout Southwestern Ontario in the late 90's and released two studio recordings. 1997's Messing with the Muses featured 8 songs co-written by James, including the track "Hot Dog" which was included in the CBC/Nickelodeon show, Caitlin's Way, Episode #25 Icicle. In 1999 Reson released the EP Scream, which featured 4 tracks co-written by James, as well as a cover of the classic song "Can't Help Falling In Love With You." James has also written for other artists, including 5 tracks on Mark Carbon's 2000 release StrangExit and track's on Carbon's self-titled EP in 2001 and the Sonically Dead EP in 2002. James also contributed 11 songs to Mark Smith's 2007 recording Digital Stim.

James is currently writing and working on his first solo country album.