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Artist page » Alec Ounsworth

Overall rating: 5 (out of 10)
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The Philadelphia native, who earned acclaim with his band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, recently recorded his debut solo record in the music-steeped metropolis of New Orleans at the famed Piety St. recording studio. For Mo Beauty, Ounsworth was backed by George Porter, Jr. on bass, Stanton Moore on drums, Robert Walter on keys, and Matt Sutton on baritone and pedal-steel guitars, with additional help from some members of the diversely talented New Orleans community such as Mark Mullins...

The Philadelphia native, who earned acclaim with his band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, recently recorded his debut solo record in the music-steeped metropolis of New Orleans at the famed Piety St. recording studio. For Mo Beauty, Ounsworth was backed by George Porter, Jr. on bass, Stanton Moore on drums, Robert Walter on keys, and Matt Sutton on baritone and pedal-steel guitars, with additional help from some members of the diversely talented New Orleans community such as Mark Mullins, Craig Klein, Greg Hicks, Washboard Chaz, Shannon Powell, John Boute, Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, and Meschiya Lake.

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Alec Ounsworth - When You've No Eyes (Live on 89.3 The Current) more information
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Alec Ounsworth - "Holy, Holy, Holy Moses (Song for New Orleans)" more information
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Details of the War (Alec Ounsworth Demo) more information
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Alec Ounsworth - South Philadelphia (Drug Days) more information
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Alec Ounsworth: Writers in the Raw @ Count Basie, May 1, 2009 more information
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Modern Girl (...with scissors) more information
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Elvis Perkins at Bonnaroo with Alec Ounsworth more information
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Alec Ounsworth: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert more information
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Alec Ounsworth - When You've No Eyes more information
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Bonerama Horns w/Alec Ounsworth 2/3/2010 Pt. 1 more information
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Bonerama Horns w/ Alec Ounsworth 2/3/2010 Pt. 2 more information
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Alec Ounsworth "Idiots In The Rain" Fan-Made Music Video more information
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Alec Ounsworth feat. Bonerama - Idiots in the Rain (New Orleans, LA - 2/3/10) more information
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Alec Ounsworth - What Fun more information
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Alec Ounsworth at the 400 Bar in Minneapolis 2.23.2010 more information
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Alec Ounsworth - "The Lady Is A Ghost" - Madison, WI more information
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Alec Ounsworth - That is not my home (Live @ DC9, Wsh DC, 2009) more information
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Alec Ounsworth - "When You've No Eyes" - Madison, WI more information
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Alec Ounsworth - Telling The Truth (And Going Away) more information
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Bonerama Horns w/Alec Ounsworth 2/3/2010 Pt. 3 more information
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Alec Ounsworth at the 400 Bar Minneapolis 2.23.2010 more information
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Bonerama Horns w/Alec Ounsworth 2/3/2010 Pt. 4 more information
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CYHSY - Yellow Country Teeth @ Mercury more information
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Clap Your Hands Say Yea - "Satan Said Dance" - Lollapalooza more information
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Over and Over (Lost and Found) Live more information
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Jessica Presents..."(So This Is) Halloween Again" more information
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeay - Love Song No. 7 (live) more information
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Alec Ounsworth When Youve No Eyes (Live on 89.3 The Current) by Raised on Indie on 2010-08-25 No text
We Cant EnjoyOurselves by Song, by Toad on 2010-08-25 We Can't Enjoy Ourselves like their classic indie, that's for sure. This is a good thing, of course, because so do I. Their particular fascination seems to run somewhat after C86. It's smoother, less angular and awkward, maintaining a jaunt
Listen: The Wrens Crescent by One Thirty BPM on 2010-08-18 One of our very favourite bands here at One Thirty BPM is The Wrens. Their album The Meadowlands was one of our favourites of the last decade and we have been waiting with baited breath for the follow-up. It's now been seven years. Fi
Five bands who should be heard and not seen by The Pop Cop on 2010-08-07 Theres a fair chance youve never listened to Blink-1822s live album The Mark, Tom & Travis Show, released back in 2000.As live albums go, its definitely the one I play the most. It energises the studio versions of the bands
[Listen/Download] Gobble Gobble by Listen Before You Buy on 2010-08-06 Yeah yeah I'm late to the party, I get it OK? I'm regularly late to the party, I'm cool with that. But being late is better than never showing up at all and here I am, beer in hand and everyone else is passed the fuck out apart from one d
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