When she was just 17, Alynda Segarra, the leader of the critically acclaimed band Hurray for the Riff Raff, left her home in the Bronx and began hopping freight trains. She eventually landed in New ...

Hurray for the Riff Raff's new album, The Navigator, comes out March 10, 2017. "'Rican Beach' is a fictional place and the song is a cautionary tale," Segarra tells NPR. "It tells the story of a city ...

In the tradition of protest songs like Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA,” Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power” and Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” comes “”Everybody Knows (For Trayvon Martin),” ...

Born and raised in the Bronx, Hurray for the Riff Raff's Alynda Segarra found their early punk and roots rock voice on Manhattan's Lower East Side and then, at 17, made their way to New Orleans. A ...

Let the show begin, Let the lights grow dim. I’ve been ready. “Hello, Hooray,” which has also been referenced as “Hello Hurray,” opened one of Alice Cooper’s biggest-selling albums, Billion Dollar ...

Segarra, who introduced herself to a proper international audience with 2014's Small Town Heroes after four (or five, or six, depending how you tally it up) self-released efforts as the heart of ...

With an activist’s soul and a penchant for musical exploration, singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra has used her band Hurray for the Riff Raff to stick up for the underdog for about a decade now. But in ...

Last June, Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Alynda Lee Segarra joined Dash Rip Rock’s Bill Davis, former Subdude Tommy Malone and the legendary Allen Toussaint at the Old U.S. Mint in New Orleans’ French ...

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As any budding songwriter would agree, coming up with good title for your latest hit is not an easy task. And in the world of K-pop, sometimes just saying something once just won’t do. So, every now ...

"'Rican Beach' is a fictional place and the song is a cautionary tale," Segarra tells NPR. "It tells the story of a city progressing rapidly into militarized and segregated areas. There's a lot of ...

As any budding songwriter would agree, coming up with good title for your latest hit is not an easy task. And in the world of K-pop, sometimes just saying something once just won’t do. So, every now ...