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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.
The Library of Congress has acquired the collection of manuscripts, instruments, costumes, video and audio recordings, and more from Kronos Quartet and its non-profit organization, Kronos Performing Arts Association. “It’s gratifying to know that Kronos’ legacy will be preserved in perpetuity alongside the manuscripts and other treasures of so many other influential musicians from the US and around the world," said KPAA Executive Director Janet Cowperthwaite. "We are perhaps even more excited to reflect upon all the musicians and scholars who will have access to these materials in years to come, informing their own work and carrying Kronos’ inspiration and influence into the future.” The Library also appointed Kronos founder, artistic director, and violinist David Harrington as the Kluge Chair in Modern Culture and inducted Kronos’ 1992 album Pieces of Africa into the National Recording Registry.
Vagabon (aka Laetitia Tamko) will support the band Crumb on tour this October. The shows begin in California—Santa Cruz, Oakland, and Sacramento—then head to Salt Lake City and Denver and on to Texas—Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and El Paso—and Albuquerque and back to California to close out the tour in Santa Ana, San Diego, and Los Angeles.
