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Raised on a farm and now travelling across Australia to help businesses build safer, more emotionally aware workplaces, Simon Orton brings rare authenticity to both his work and his music. An emerging voice in Australia’s country music scene, Simon is a natural storyteller whose songs are shaped by real-life experience and the wide-open spaces of the land he calls home.
His debut single, “The Next Me,”released on May 16, 2025, has already struck a deep chord. As Illustrate Magazine wrote, it’s “a heartfelt country ballad steeped in the dusty warmth of the outback and the tender complexity of new fatherhood.” Simon’s deep, gravelly voice—“incredibly tender… like a private thought spoken aloud”—pairs perfectly with his emotional sincerity and poetic grit.
Simon writes with honesty and restraint, delivering lyrics that explore 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, Simon’s sound blends the heartache of a fading sunset with the hope of a new dawn. Whether it’s a moving ballad or a boot-stomping anthem, his songs are “an anthem for anyone who’s stood at the threshold of change—unsure, a little scared, but ready to step into the unknown.” (Naomi Joan, Illustrate Magazine June 20, 2025).
“….Orton’s deep, gravelly, and incredibly tender voice delivers a spoken word that sounds like a private thought spoken aloud. As the melody unfolds, he eases into song with emotional sincerity. It holds the grit of a long day on the land and the softness of a new dad whispering lullabies in the dark….” (Naomi Joan, Illustrate Magazine June 20, 2025). Divine Magazine, Stereo Stickman and Music Crowns articles are shown below.
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