Stella Donnelly, Love and Fortune

You push gently through the scrub and wander along the bush path. You can just glimpse the blue sky through the canopy of towering gumtrees, sun streaming through spiderwebs and glistening off a little creek. Sticks crack beneath your feet, birds tweet a soft symphony. You emerge at a pool, still and silent, clear and deep. The water whispers to you, nature’s secrets reveal themselves, and you feel cleansed and awakened.

This is the feeling of listening to Love and Fortune , the third album by Australian singer-songwriter Stella Donnelly. It’s swimming out past the waves, fear giving way to wonder. It’s standing on the edge of a cliff, then spotting whales in the distance. It’s a profound and deeply assured record by an artist who found her way back t

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