{{Short description|Canadian band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = The Once | image = The Once band.jpg | caption = The Once performing at Woody Point in 2012 | alias = | origin = St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada | instrument = | genre = Folk music | occupation = | years_active = 2004–present | label = Borealis | associated_acts = Amelia Curran | website = {{URL|http://theonce.ca/}} | current_members = Geraldine Hollett<br/>Phil Churchill<br/>Andrew Dale | past_members = }}
'''The Once''' is a folk trio based in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. The group features Geraldine Hollett on lead vocals and vocalist-instrumentalists Phil Churchill and Andrew Dale playing a variety of instruments. The group performs a mix of original and traditional material and is noted for their three part harmonies, which are sometimes performed a cappella.<ref name=guard>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Arts/Entertainment/2011-03-12/article-2323242/Debut-album-by-The-Once-shows-plenty-of-promise/1|title=Debut album by The Once shows plenty of promise|access-date=March 30, 2011|author=Doug Gallant|publisher=The Guardian|archive-date=March 7, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120307173610/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Arts/Entertainment/2011-03-12/article-2323242/Debut-album-by-The-Once-shows-plenty-of-promise/1|url-status=dead}} {{rating|3.5|5}}</ref>
The Once's name comes from an old Newfoundland expression which means "as soon as possible", "right away", "directly", or "in a short while".<ref name=guard/>
==History== The members of The Once met while taking part in a summer repertory theatre company in Trinity, Newfoundland.<ref name=record>[https://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/2558823-the-once-beyond-the-pale-both-win-two-at-canadian-folk-music-awards/ "The Once, Beyond the Pale, both win two at Canadian Folk Music Awards"]. Nov 21, 2010 ''Waterloo Region Record''</ref> In August 2009, they released an eponymous album on Borealis Records. In 2014, the group went on Passenger's ''Whispers'' Tour through the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia.<ref>{{cite web|title = Concert Review: Whispers Tour with Passenger {{!}} The Young Folks|url = http://theyoungfolks.com/music/concert-review-whispers-tour-with-passenger/39985|website = The Young Folks|accessdate = 2015-11-02|date = September 15, 2014|first = Camille|last = Espiritu}}</ref> The group also supported Passenger on his 2016 album, ''Young as the Morning Old as the Sea'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/young-as-the-morning-old-as-the-sea-mw0002955911/credits |title=Young as the Morning Old as the Sea - Passenger | Credits |website=AllMusic |date=2016-09-23 |accessdate=2020-03-23}}</ref> and his 2018 album, ''Runaway''.<ref>Passenger, 'Runaway', Black Crow Records, 2018, album liner notes</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/runaway-mw0003178618/credits |title=Runaway - Passenger | Credits |website=AllMusic |date=2018-08-31 |accessdate=2020-03-23}}</ref>
==Awards== *2009 Atlantis Music Prize (nominated for ''The Once'') *2010 Canadian Folk Music Awards (won Traditional Album of the Year for ''The Once'' and New/Emerging Artist of the Year)<ref name=guard/><ref name=record /> *2011 East Coast Music Award (nominated for Group Recording of the Year for ''The Once'')<ref name=guard/> *2012 Juno Nomination ''Row Upon Row'' *2015 Juno Nomination ''Departures''
==Discography== *2009 - ''The Once''<ref name=guard/> *2011 - ''Row Upon Row of the People They Know'' *2012 - ''This Is a Christmas Album'' *2014 - ''Departures'' *2016 - ''We Win Some We Lose'' (EP) *2018 - ''Time Enough'' *2022 - ''Acoustic Vol. 1ce'' *2024 - ''Out Here'' *2025 - ''Fallen Tree (Side B)'' (EP)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://theonce.ca/ The Once (official website)]
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Once, The}} Category:Canadian folk music groups Category:Musical groups from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Musical groups established in 2004 Category:Canadian Folk Music Award winners Category:Nettwerk Music Group artists
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