The Orchid Highway is a Canadian rock band based first in Winnipeg, Manitoba, then for two years in London, UK, and lastly in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The core of the band are the three Winnipeg-born Macdonald brothers Rory (bass), Jamie (guitar) and Derek (keyboards);[1] in Vancouver they added drummer Adrian Buckley and guitarist Scott Perry, who had toured with mutual friend Todd Fancey (of the New Pornographers).
On returning to Canada, the band toured about in a brightly painted bus,[3] and worked with producer Steven Drake to record and release their first full-length album, The Orchid Highway.
[4] Positive reviews and brisk online sales brought them to the attention of Brooklyn NY label Rainbow Quartz, who signed the band in 2008 and re-released The Orchid Highway internationally.
[5][6][7][8] Singles “Next World” and “Sofa Surfer Girl” received airplay throughout Canada and the US, particularly in Hawaii; tunes from the albums were played extensively in 2008 at Maui’s KEAO[citation needed]), and in L.A. on Rodney Bingenheimer's KROQ show.