Orville Peck Live @ Budweiser Stage

Orville Peck performing live at Budweiser Stage in Toronto, all photos by Steve Taylor (www.stevetaylorphoto.ca).

Orville Peck grew up in South Africa before moving to Toronto with his family when he was 15. A theater kid and a trained ballet dancer, he eventually headed to London and appeared in a play in the West End. But his acting career was short-lived because his true passion was making music — country music.

“All I ever wanted to do was be a country singer,” Peck says. “I finally got the courage when I was in my 20s to put all of the things I love together and just do the dang thing.”