This was my fourth time seeing Hurray For The Riff Raff in the third different city. If it were up to me I would see them in every city, but logistically I don’t think that’s possible. I was happy to make the drive up from Chicago to Milwaukee to catch their headlining set at Summerfest because I hadn’t seen them yet this year and I … Continue reading Hurray For The Riff Raff at Summerfest 7/6/18
Great show last night by one of my favorite acts. Hurray For The Riff Raff came back to Chicago after only a couple months and delivered another spectacular set of songs, mostly from The Navigator and Small Time Heroes. Continue reading Hurray For The Riff Raff at Pritzker Pavilion 6/22/2017
I am by no means an expert on Latin music. I’ve enjoyed it from time to time, whether listening to my dad’s Los Lobos records or picking up a Gypsy Kings album because I heard their version of “Hotel California” in The Big Lebowski. Most recently I’ve been listening to Natalia Lafourcade’s record Musas after I really liked a couple songs from her last release … Continue reading Making Movies-I Am Another You
I’ve been raving about Hurray For The Riff Raff for a couple years now. Their debut full-length is still a bit hard to find in the states, but it’s a great introduction to the music of New Orleans. I was shocked to see that My Dearest Darkest Neighbor was being released this past week-I thought it was out for a year already! I checked my … Continue reading Hurray For The Riff Raff-My Dearest Darkest Neighbor
Back in August of last year I did a short write up on the band Hurray For The Riff Raff. I had stumbled upon a release that combined some of their earlier EP’s into one full-length record and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Because it was really more of a compilation, there were definitely parts that seemed disjointed but it was all the same style and fit together sonically. At that time they were still well under the radar, with no one really talking about their music other than lead singer Alynda Lee Segarra’s work on the HBO series “Treme.” Now, with the title-track/lead single making it’s way around radio and blogs, Look Out Mama is looking to be a big hit for the band I said “catches the essence of America so brilliantly.” Continue reading “Hurray For The Riff Raff-Look Out Mama”
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