Bio: Multi-Award winning Scottish / Irish / Australian band The BordererS formed in 1994 and have released 8 albums, 4 EP's, 2 kids albums and been

included on 17 compilation albums all around the world.

The Borderers became a band by accident when Jim was backpacking in Australia in 1993 as part of a round the world trip. He says: "I was just visiting South Australia to visit a friend when I got invited to a recording studio to hear this band. I loved their sound so much that I eventually co-produced the album, got 5 of my songs on it and married the lead singer".

Lead singer, Alex, was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and came to Australia in 1987 and lists Annie Lennox and Joni Mitchell as major influences. Jim was born in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in Australia on Christmas Eve 1993 and is influenced musically by AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Status Quo and Talking Heads.

The Borderers pride themselves on their independent spirit – running their own indie record label – Celtic Records – which to date ha