Hurray for the Riff Raff released their fantastic new album, The Past Is Still Alive, a couple of weeks ago, and they’re in the midst of their tour supporting it, which stopped in Brooklyn on Tuesday ...

Singer/songwriter Alynda Segarra is perhaps uniquely qualified to make music under the banner "Americana." Segarra records as Hurray for the Riff Raff, and they spent time as a teenager hitchhiking ...

Alynda Segarra has announced their next Hurray for the Riff Raff album: The Past Is Still Alive is out February 23 via Nonesuch. Listen to the new album’s first song, “Alibi,” below. The Past Is Still ...

One week before Alynda Segarra’s father died, he mailed them a package. It was a box of all the music Segarra had sent him over the span of nearly 20 years, ever since they’d left their childhood home ...

Produced by Brad Cook and recorded in North Carolina, The Past Is Still Alive is Segarra’s creative response to grief and uncertainty. The 11-track LP offers musical vignettes of formative moments ...

On “Small Town Heroes,” Segarra infused contemporary touches into Appalachian-sounding folk songs about the bohemian Bywater world she knows. Because of that, Hurray for the Riff Raff songs have a ...

Hurray for the Riff Raff has released a deluxe expansion of last year’s Life on Earth. Featured on the new album is the new song “Resistance Rockers.” Below, watch the track’s music video, directed by ...

Cassandra is a special artist and this record is a galaxy I loved getting lost in. She feels like a kindred spirit, so grateful for this. Hope this doesn’t spark election PTSD for you but remember ...

Alynda Lee Segarra tells NPR her new song is about "people of color claiming their space and their right to exist." It's dedicated to the... Songs We Love: Hurray For The Riff Raff, 'Rican Beach' ...

Or, you might hear it when you see Riff Raff in person. Days before releasing his new single, Riff Raff announced The Lilac Lightning Tour. Kicking off on March 16 in Dallas, Texas, the tour sees Riff ...

Call it the deep breath before the plunge. As Hurray for the Riff Raff prepares to dive into the major label pool with ATO (home of Alabama Shakes), the alt-country “band” (basically singer/songwriter ...

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