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Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra)'s new album, The Past Is Still Alive, is out now. Segarra made the album during a period of personal grief, when they found inspiration in radical poetry, railroad culture, outsider art, the work of writer Eileen Myles, and activist groups like ACT UP and Gran Fury. Segarra uses their lyrics as a way to immortalize and say goodbye to those they have loved and lost, and to honor both the heartbroken and the hopeful parts of themselves. "Segarra has created an epic tale of life on the road, a nearly mythic version of their own life story that stands alongside other great American musical travelogues," exclaims NPR Music. "Career-defining." Rolling Stone says: "Segarra has honed their craft into a cohesive, astonishingly realized singer-songwriter record ... the best batch of songs Segarra's ever written." Paste calls it "a celebratory measure of love, sanctuary, and defiance ... In their hands, the trauma of the present day is a prelude to the possibilities of a better tomorrow."
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra)'s acclaimed new album, The Past Is Still Alive, is out now on Nonesuch Records. You can get it and hear it here. Segarra made the album during a period of personal grief, when they found inspiration in radical poetry, railroad culture, outsider art, the work of writer Eileen Myles, and activist groups like ACT UP and Gran Fury. Segarra uses their lyrics as a way to immortalize and say goodbye to those they have loved and lost, and to honor both the heartbroken and the hopeful parts of themselves. Though made in North Carolina by the Bronx-born, New Orleans-based Segarra and produced by Brad Cook, the record brings listeners to places far beyond, evoking vivid experiences of small shops and buffalo stampedes in Santa Fe, childhood road trips and Florida storms, struggles of addiction in the Lower East Side, and days-long journeys to outrun the cops in Nebraska.
Nonesuch Store orders of The Past Is Still Alive on glow-in-the-dark green vinyl, translucent orange vinyl, and CD here include a limited-edition, autographed print of handwritten lyrics to the song “Colossus of Roads” while they last. You can take a quick look inside the translucent orange vinyl here:
On NPR Music's All Songs Considered, Ann Powers exclaims: "Segarra has created an epic tale of life on the road, a nearly mythic version of their own life story that stands alongside other great American musical travelogues ... career-defining."
"Recalls the confident swagger of Lucinda Williams and breaks your heart in all the right places," says the New York Times. The Wall Street Journal calls it "a remarkable showcase of the musician's vivid songwriting, marked by emotional epiphanies and local details." Rolling Stone says: "Segarra has honed their craft into a cohesive, astonishingly realized singer-songwriter record ... The unobstructive production is a perfect fit for a record that features the best batch of songs Segarra's ever written." Paste calls it "a celebratory measure of love, sanctuary, and defiance ... In their hands, the trauma of the present day is a prelude to the possibilities of a better tomorrow."
"The Past Is Still Alive is a record that confronts the idea of human obliteration, whether as a species or as individuals," raves MOJO in its four-star review. "It’s an act of fierce witness bearing, part memory box, part salute into a setting sun. Segarra knows what it takes to push up through the concrete and wire of a hostile environment, and they present it with tender but unsentimental empathy."
Segarra spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the album on Morning Edition. You can hear their conversation here:
Hurray for the Riff Raff kicks off a months-long headline tour performing the music of The Past Is Still Alive at Tipitina's in their hometown of New Orleans this Sunday. In partnership with PLUS1, $1 per ticket will support This Must Be The Place and their work to distribute Naloxone—the lifesaving medicine that reverses an overdose, and will be available for free at every Hurray for the Riff Raff tour stop. After returning from Europe this spring, Hurray for the Riff Raff joins Norah Jones on her West Coast summer tour. Details and tickets below at at nonesuch.com/on-tour.
Hurray for the Riff Raff's New Album, 'The Past Is Still Alive,' Out Now
Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra)'s acclaimed new album, The Past Is Still Alive, is out now on Nonesuch Records. You can get it and hear it here. Segarra made the album during a period of personal grief, when they found inspiration in radical poetry, railroad culture, outsider art, the work of writer Eileen Myles, and activist groups like ACT UP and Gran Fury. Segarra uses their lyrics as a way to immortalize and say goodbye to those they have loved and lost, and to honor both the heartbroken and the hopeful parts of themselves. Though made in North Carolina by the Bronx-born, New Orleans-based Segarra and produced by Brad Cook, the record brings listeners to places far beyond, evoking vivid experiences of small shops and buffalo stampedes in Santa Fe, childhood road trips and Florida storms, struggles of addiction in the Lower East Side, and days-long journeys to outrun the cops in Nebraska.
Nonesuch Store orders of The Past Is Still Alive on glow-in-the-dark green vinyl, translucent orange vinyl, and CD here include a limited-edition, autographed print of handwritten lyrics to the song “Colossus of Roads” while they last. You can take a quick look inside the translucent orange vinyl here:
On NPR Music's All Songs Considered, Ann Powers exclaims: "Segarra has created an epic tale of life on the road, a nearly mythic version of their own life story that stands alongside other great American musical travelogues ... career-defining."
"Recalls the confident swagger of Lucinda Williams and breaks your heart in all the right places," says the New York Times. The Wall Street Journal calls it "a remarkable showcase of the musician's vivid songwriting, marked by emotional epiphanies and local details." Rolling Stone says: "Segarra has honed their craft into a cohesive, astonishingly realized singer-songwriter record ... The unobstructive production is a perfect fit for a record that features the best batch of songs Segarra's ever written." Paste calls it "a celebratory measure of love, sanctuary, and defiance ... In their hands, the trauma of the present day is a prelude to the possibilities of a better tomorrow."
"The Past Is Still Alive is a record that confronts the idea of human obliteration, whether as a species or as individuals," raves MOJO in its four-star review. "It’s an act of fierce witness bearing, part memory box, part salute into a setting sun. Segarra knows what it takes to push up through the concrete and wire of a hostile environment, and they present it with tender but unsentimental empathy."
Segarra spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the album on Morning Edition. You can hear their conversation here:
Hurray for the Riff Raff kicks off a months-long headline tour performing the music of The Past Is Still Alive at Tipitina's in their hometown of New Orleans this Sunday. In partnership with PLUS1, $1 per ticket will support This Must Be The Place and their work to distribute Naloxone—the lifesaving medicine that reverses an overdose, and will be available for free at every Hurray for the Riff Raff tour stop. After returning from Europe this spring, Hurray for the Riff Raff joins Norah Jones on her West Coast summer tour. Details and tickets below at at nonesuch.com/on-tour.
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Hurray for the Riff Raff's New Album, 'The Past Is Still Alive,' Out Now
Hurray for the Riff Raff (aka Alynda Segarra)'s acclaimed new album, The Past Is Still Alive, is out now on Nonesuch Records. You can get it and hear it here. Segarra made the album during a period of personal grief, when they found inspiration in radical poetry, railroad culture, outsider art, the work of writer Eileen Myles, and activist groups like ACT UP and Gran Fury. Segarra uses their lyrics as a way to immortalize and say goodbye to those they have loved and lost, and to honor both the heartbroken and the hopeful parts of themselves. Though made in North Carolina by the Bronx-born, New Orleans-based Segarra and produced by Brad Cook, the record brings listeners to places far beyond, evoking vivid experiences of small shops and buffalo stampedes in Santa Fe, childhood road trips and Florida storms, struggles of addiction in the Lower East Side, and days-long journeys to outrun the cops in Nebraska.
Nonesuch Store orders of The Past Is Still Alive on glow-in-the-dark green vinyl, translucent orange vinyl, and CD here include a limited-edition, autographed print of handwritten lyrics to the song “Colossus of Roads” while they last. You can take a quick look inside the translucent orange vinyl here:
On NPR Music's All Songs Considered, Ann Powers exclaims: "Segarra has created an epic tale of life on the road, a nearly mythic version of their own life story that stands alongside other great American musical travelogues ... career-defining."
"Recalls the confident swagger of Lucinda Williams and breaks your heart in all the right places," says the New York Times. The Wall Street Journal calls it "a remarkable showcase of the musician's vivid songwriting, marked by emotional epiphanies and local details." Rolling Stone says: "Segarra has honed their craft into a cohesive, astonishingly realized singer-songwriter record ... The unobstructive production is a perfect fit for a record that features the best batch of songs Segarra's ever written." Paste calls it "a celebratory measure of love, sanctuary, and defiance ... In their hands, the trauma of the present day is a prelude to the possibilities of a better tomorrow."
"The Past Is Still Alive is a record that confronts the idea of human obliteration, whether as a species or as individuals," raves MOJO in its four-star review. "It’s an act of fierce witness bearing, part memory box, part salute into a setting sun. Segarra knows what it takes to push up through the concrete and wire of a hostile environment, and they present it with tender but unsentimental empathy."
Segarra spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the album on Morning Edition. You can hear their conversation here:
Hurray for the Riff Raff kicks off a months-long headline tour performing the music of The Past Is Still Alive at Tipitina's in their hometown of New Orleans this Sunday. In partnership with PLUS1, $1 per ticket will support This Must Be The Place and their work to distribute Naloxone—the lifesaving medicine that reverses an overdose, and will be available for free at every Hurray for the Riff Raff tour stop. After returning from Europe this spring, Hurray for the Riff Raff joins Norah Jones on her West Coast summer tour. Details and tickets below at at nonesuch.com/on-tour.
“I think a lot of my stuff is weirdly joyful about mortality, and this is no exception,” Caroline Shaw tells GBH News’ James Bennett II. The two sat down at the Newport Classical Music Festival last weekend for a track-by-track tour of her new album with Sō Percussion, Rectangles and Circumstance, as well as a conversation about songwriting, collaboration, copyright law, and more. You can listen to their conversation here.
"I love this idea of 'intersection' for inspiration when it comes to describing American music or its characteristics," classical singer Julia Bullock says in a new video from Boosey & Hawkes for its America at 250 series. "There's no apology for where those inspirations are coming from, so whether it's directly quoting or imitating the sort of collage and then the depth of expression that can come out of the layering effect, I put all these things together because it brings me great pleasure and joy and often surprises me tremendously." You can watch it here.
