Orfila set for busy Summer Of Festivals following 'Raise A Glass' release

British country trio Orfila having recently released their touching new single 'Raise A Glass' and received critical acclaim for their 2017 EP 'Built With A Dreamer's Hand', have a number of festival appearances lined up, starting this weekend:

Sat 26th May 2018 - Unfest, Tunbridge Wells 
Sun 27th May 2018 - City Sound Project, Canterbury  
15th July 2018 - Welshpool Country Festival  
27th July 2018 - FSA Fest, Newark Showground 
28th July 2018 - Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells (Church Road, Kent, TN1 1JP) £12 Event
7th September 2018 - Millport Country Music Festival 

One of the UK’s best country acts” – Maverick Magazine 

“truly beautiful and authentic country songs… the sibling harmonies sound incredible” – Belles & Gals 

“Country music played well and with real heart and gusto…really special” – Music News

Following a glowing 5-star review for their BUILT WITH A DREAMER’S HAND EP (UK iTunes) in Maverick Magazine and radio support from BBC Introducing in Sussex and Surrey, sibling UK country trio Orfila released their stunning new single ‘Raise A Glass’ on 13th April. 

Showcasing their seamless harmonies, ‘Raise A Glass’ pays a touching tribute to their Grandfather, drawing inspiration from a self-written note read out at his funeral:
"We had just returned from his funeral and we were all a bit down so decided to write a song in his memory. Our Grandpa was a man of strong faith and during his funeral the priest read out a speech that our Grandpa had written specifically to be read out during his funeral. The letter’s theme was basically for us not to be sad that he’s gone but to be happy for him as he is in a better place. We took this idea and wrote the song. It’s quite rare for all three of us to sit down and write a song together as we usually write songs individually and then present them to the rest of the band to fine tune them. We decided to write the song from a Christian perspective as our Grandpa was a devout Catholic but also wanted the meaning of the song to remain open to interpretation, so anyone can choose to take some comfort from the song’s message that departed loved ones are never truly gone and perhaps are in a better place.

As we grew up regularly attending church and singing hymns we wanted to give the song a hymn style sound in the chorus with strong three-part harmonies (which is one of our trademarks as a band). We wrote the song to be an upbeat celebration of life and it took on a life of its own when we started recording. We were really lucky to be working with some top names in music as the album was engineered by Sean Genockey, a well-regarded engineer who has worked with The Who. We were really proud with how the song came out and it’s one of our favourite tracks from the album because it is such a personal track for us. We decided to end the track with the simple line “God bless”, which was the last line of our Grandpa’s letter and is also the last line sung on the album”

ABOUT ORFILA: 

ORFILA are a UK country trio consisting of siblings Abi, Louise and Matt Orfila from Folkestone in Kent. Since forming in 2012 they have played a number of festivals including Country 2 Country twice, Buckle and Boots and the Gibraltar Music Festival twice where they opened for The Script, Stereophonics, KT Tunstall and Newton Faulkner among others.

In 2016 they won the first ever Yamaha Soho Hoedown and last year were nominated for three UK Country Radio Awards; UK Country Album of the Year, UK Country Group of the Year and UK Country Artist of the Year. Throughout their career they have opened for Hank Wangford, Albert Hammond and Beverley Craven among others.

They have been played on Chris Country, BBC Scotland, BBC Essex, UK Country Radio, BBC Radio Kent (where they have been showcased on the Dave Cash Country Show and have also been the house band for the James Whale show) and their track "Snow, Rain and a Hurricane" was featured on BBC Introducing: The South as track of the day. They have also been featured in Maverick and Up Country magazines.

They have released two albums: 11 track WRITING ON THE WALL in 2014 (Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #105,397; #3251 in Digital Music Country) and 10-track NEVER SLOWIN’ DOWN in 2016 (2 STARS “Personally I’d like to lock them into a room and make them listen to Gary Stewart” - Duncan Warwick Country Music People | Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #101,083 in Albums; #3109 in Digital Music Country)

Their single “It Would Be You” hit the top ten of the iTunes UK Country Charts and the band released an EP BUILT WITH A DREAMER’S HAND in 2017 to celebrate their five-year anniversary.

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