Artist Profile

Name: Ornaith O'Dowd
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Location: Brooklyn NY

Biography:

Ornaith O'Dowd is a DIY songwriter and recording artist from Galway, Ireland and now based in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. She makes postpunk-tinged indie pop. She began recording in 1995 with the cassette-only album, "Blank Melodies," released under the name The Craving. Under her own name, she returned to recording in 2006 with the E.P. "The Pomegranate Heart." Her latest release is a full-length album, "World of Gutters." In her other life, Ornaith is a PhD student in philosophy at CUNY, the City University of New York.

Background Information

Date Started Playing: 01/01/1988
Number of Members: 1
Gender of Members: Female

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Ornaith O'Dowd: all instruments

Musical Influences:
The Cure
The Smiths
Ride
My Bloody Valentine
The Go-Betweens
Cranes
In Motion
Joy Division
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Cocteau Twins
Madonna
Martha and the Vandellas

Other

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