Fortunate Ones is a Canadian

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duo from

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, 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

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. ''The Bliss'' was produced by

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, and recorded at his studio in Lake Echo, Nova Scotia. 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. Allan has a degree in French studies from

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and has also worked as a flight attendant. 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

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's '' 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"

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, January 1, 2016. Their album ''The Bliss'' was a shortlisted

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nominee for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year at the

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, and won the

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for Vocal Group of the Year at the

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. 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

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