Hurray for the Riff Raff announces new live album, Live Forever

Hurray for the Riff Raff has announced a new live album. On May 8, Alynda Segarra will release Live Forever via Nonesuch. The 14-track album features the entirety of their last album The Past Is Still Alive, plus selections from prior Hurray for the Riff Raff albums. Today they’ve shared a live recording of “Rhododendron,” which you can hear below.

Segarra released a statement about the new live album:

“I moved to Chicago in September 2024, the year I released The Past Is Still Alive and hit the road with a new band – a group of musicians recommended by my front of house/production manager, Johnny Wilson. Everyone had ties to the city, and had been playing together in the DIY scene for over a decade. 

Since then, we’ve traveled the world together, becoming family, playing the best shows of my life. Chicago has become home for me, and I feel grateful for the welcome I’ve gotten into the best music scene in the country. 

I wanted to capture this time and this brilliant band, a moment that won’t last forever. This record is a love letter to the working class musicians out there, we who slug it out on the road against all odds. We deserve so much more from an industry built to exploit us. It’s a thank you to all the fans supporting live music, you who believe songs made by human beings are a vital life force.

Thank you.”

The Past Is Still Alive is featured on our list of the 50 Best Albums of 2024. Also, read our Hall of Fame feature on The Navigator.

Hurray for the Riff Raff Live Forever tracklist:

Alibi (Live)
Hawkmoon (Live)
Rhododendron (Live)
Dynamo (Live)
Buffalo (Live)
Colossus of Roads (Live)
Snake Plant (The Past Is Still Alive) (Live)
Precious Cargo (Live)
Pyramid Scheme (Live)
Vetiver (Live)
The World Is Dangerous (Live)
Hourglass (Live)
Ogallala (Live)
Pa’lante (Live)