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Hurray for the Riff Raff is an American band formed in New Orleans in 2007 by Alynda Segarra, a singer-songwriter from the Bronx, New York. As Segarra's project, the group originally performed different styles of folk music while releasing several albums independently.
Mar 26, 2024 · How Alynda Segarra, a former train-hopping punk from the Bronx, became Hurray for the Riff Raff, one of America’s best songwriters.
Feb 23, 2024 · On The Past Is Still Alive, Alynda Segarra's latest album as Hurray for the Riff Raff, the shapeshifting folk artist dives into deeply personal stories from their own vagabond youth.
- Phil Harrell
Feb 18, 2022 · Depending on how you tally, Life on Earth might be Hurray for the Riff Raff’s seventh or eighth full-length. But Segarra has a simpler way of keeping track: Think of it as their first.
Feb 27, 2024 · Segarra, who is 36 and makes folk music with a punky defiance as Hurray for the Riff Raff, wore a distressed white tee under a fitted leather vest, and silver jewellery that matched their painted...
- Lindsay Zoladz
Feb 27, 2024 · Hurray for the Riff Raff. Alynda Segarra’s fantastic new album revives the folky textures of previous records to grapple with American myths and tragedies. It’s part folk-punk memoir, part...
Feb 28, 2024 · From their first encounter with a trans woman to a rallying cry for people to carry Narcan, the songs on the record are woven with all of the grief, rage and love that has carried Segarra and their beloved “riff raff” through a world that pushes them to the margins.
