Keith Jamieson


Keith Ross Jamieson is an Australian country music singer-songwriter.
Best known for his bush ballads, Jamieson has released numerous albums throughout his 40-year career in the Australian country music industry including Troy's Memory, The Year 2000 Australian Bushman, Bush Ballads Forever, A Picture of Australia, Looking Back Along The Track, Jammo: The Early Years 'til Now and the EP, The Ballad of Mulga Dan.
Jamieson has also released several collaborative albums with his partner Alisha Smith and their daughter Caitlyn Jamieson such as Our Bush Ballad Family, Rhythm 'N' Rhyme and Plain and Simple Drifter. The trio often perform together at country music events around Australia.
As a songwriter, he wrote the song "I Love Australia" which won Jamieson and performer Jeff Brown a Golden Guitar Award in 2014 for 'Bush Ballad of the Year' at the Country Music Awards of Australia in Tamworth.
Jamieson was responsible for establishing a community radio station in the Central Queensland coal mining town of Blackwater in 1998.
He currently lives in the Central Queensland town of Bouldercombe, where he organises the annual community event, 'The Bouldy Bush Ballad Bash'.
Jamieson was inducted into Tamworth's 'Hands of Fame' in 2005.
In 2018, Jamieson performed at a special bush ballads concert in Tamworth which was held to raise money for Dolly's Dream Foundation following the death of teenage cyberbullying victim Amy "Dolly" Everett.
Jamieson was named in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours and was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for his services to country music and the community.