Fortunate Ones

{{Short description|Canadian indie folk duo}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = | image = | caption = | image_size =  | landscape = | alias = | origin = St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | genre = Indie folk | years_active = 2010–present | label = Old Farm Pony Records | associated_acts = | website = [https://www.fortunateones.ca fortunateones.ca] | current_members = Andrew James O'Brien<br /> Catherine Allan | past_members = }} '''Fortunate Ones''' is a Canadian indie folk duo from St. John's, Newfoundland, consisting of Andrew James O'Brien and Catherine Allan.

Their debut album, ''The Bliss'', was released in 2015 on Old Farm Pony Records, the label founded by singer-songwriter Rose Cousins. ''The Bliss'' was produced by Daniel Ledwell, and recorded at his studio in Lake Echo, Nova Scotia.<ref>Almeida, Ana (March 2, 2015). "[https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/discovering-new-music-with-fortunate-ones/ Discovering new music with Fortunate Ones]", CTV Atlantic. Retrieved August 9, 2015.</ref><ref>Bradbury, Tara (December 3, 2014). "[http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2014-12-03/article-3960817/The-Fortunate-Ones-announce-provincial-tour/1 The Fortunate Ones announce provincial tour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412143703/http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2014-12-03/article-3960817/The-Fortunate-Ones-announce-provincial-tour/1 |date=2015-04-12 }}", ''The Telegram''. Retrieved August 9, 2015.</ref><ref>Morneau, Blake (February 10, 2015). "[https://exclaim.ca/Music/article/fortunate_ones-bliss Fortunate Ones: The Bliss]", ''Exclaim!''. Retrieved August 9, 2015.</ref><ref>Robertson, Bill (February 26, 2015). "Fortunate Ones: The Bliss", ''The StarPhoenix'', p. C2.</ref><ref>Cooke, Stephen (February 25, 2015). "[http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1271333-now-hear-this-fortunate-ones-bring-bliss-to-n.s. Now Hear This: Fortunate Ones bring Bliss to N.S.]", ''The Chronicle Herald''. Retrieved August 23, 2015.</ref>

O'Brien and Allan are a romantic couple as well as bandmates. O'Brien was previously a solo artist, having released the album ''Songs for Searchers'' in 2011, with Allan a part of his backing band. That album won him three Music Newfoundland and Labrador Awards.<ref>Kelley, Ken (February 23, 2015). "The Fortunate Ones bring Bliss to Metro", ''Times & Transcript'', p. C2.</ref> Allan has a degree in French studies from Memorial University and has also worked as a flight attendant.<ref>Bradbury, Tara and Whiffen, Glen (February 10, 2015). "[http://www.thetelegram.com/Living/Entertainment/2015-02-10/article-4038740/Follow-the-bliss/1 Follow the bliss]", ''The Telegram''. Retrieved August 9, 2015.</ref> Both sing lead vocals, while O'Brien plays guitar, and Allan plays accordion and keyboards.

Two songs from the album, "Lay Me Down" and the title track "The Bliss", reached #1 on CBC Radio 2's ''The Radio 2 Top 20'' in 2015.<ref>[http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2016/1/Counting-down-the-30-songs-which-made-it-to-1-on-The-Radio-2-Top-20-in-2015 "Counting down the 30 songs which made it to #1 on The Radio 2 Top 20 in 2015"]. CBC Music, January 1, 2016.</ref>

Their album ''The Bliss'' was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2016, and won the Canadian Folk Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year at the 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards.

The duo's most recent album ''That Was You and Me'' won the East Coast Music Award for Folk Recording of the Year and was nominated for Contemporary Roots Album at the 2023 Juno Awards.

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== External links == * {{Official website|fortunateones.ca}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fortunate Ones}} Category:Musical groups established in 2013 Category:Musical groups from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Canadian indie folk groups Category:Canadian Folk Music Award winners Category:2013 establishments in Canada