Simon Orton
Raised on a farm and now travelling across Australia to help businesses build safer, more emotionally aware workplaces, Simon Orton brings a rare authenticity to both his work and his music. An emerging voice in Australia’s country scene, Simon is a natural storyteller whose songs are shaped by real-life experiences and the wide-open spaces of the land he calls home. His music carries the dust, distance, and depth of the outback, connecting listeners to the heart of where resilience and reflection meet.
Following the success of his debut single “The Next Me” (May 2025), Simon returns with a bold reimagining of “That’s Life”, set for release on 10 October 2025. In this striking reinterpretation of the Frank Sinatra classic, he trades brassy swagger for soulful intimacy—blending jazz warmth with country honesty. The result is a moving dialogue between eras: his gravel-edged voice and stripped-back piano-guitar arrangement transform the song into something deeply personal yet universally hopeful. As StereoStickman noted, Simon “gifts the song a pleasant recrafting,” highlighting his gift for finding quiet strength in the face of adversity.
Simon writes with honesty and restraint, exploring themes of love, loss, family, and the quiet strength that grows through life’s turning points. His music doesn’t just tell stories—it lives in them. With a whiskey-smooth voice and a six-string soul, his sound blends the heartache of a fading sunset with the hope of a new dawn. Whether through a moving ballad or a boot-stomping anthem, his songs are, as Naomi Joan of Illustrate Magazine wrote, “an anthem for anyone who’s stood at the threshold of change—unsure, a little scared, but ready to step into the unknown.”