Best New Bands » hurray for the riff raff http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Hurray For The Riff Raff http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/hurray-for-the-riff-raff-2/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/hurray-for-the-riff-raff-2/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2014 08:47:45 +0000 New York – Let’s get this part out of the way first.  It’s not a matter of “will” Hurray For The Riff Raff become a household name.  It’s a matter of “when.”  Seriously, Alynda Lee Segarra is that talented and poised and primed for stardom. I don’t know about you, but I’m not aware of

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  3. Hurray For The Riff Raff – My Dearest Darkest Neighbor Why do the blues endure? Generation after generation, those sad songs are recycled. Hurray for the Riff Raff’s (mostly) covers album My Dearest Darkest Neighbor answers that question. The blues endure because the human condition knows loneliness, morbidity, abandonment, heartbreak, and so...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-skaters-young-magic-hooray-for-the-riff-raff-and-more/feed/ 0 Shovels And Rope – Hurray for the Riff Raff Play Cannery Ballroom http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/shovels-and-rope-hurray-for-the-riff-raff-play-cannery-ballroom/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/shovels-and-rope-hurray-for-the-riff-raff-play-cannery-ballroom/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2014 00:01:25 +0000   Nashville – Americana fanatics will be excited to know (if they didn’t already) that Shovels & Rope and Hurray for the Riff Raff are teaming up for a mini tour through the southeast. Both bands make daring, raucous music that befits the kickass women who lead them. We saw their show in Nashville at

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