Full Interview & Performance: Hurray for the Riff Raff's Alynda Segarra on Democracy Now!
democracynow.org - Full 35-minute interview & performance by Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra in our Democracy Now! studio. Over the past decade, Hurray for the Riff Raff has become one of the most celebrated bands in modern folk music while tackling issues from gentrification to gender-based violence. Segarra talks about her upbringing and inspirations. She also performs four songs: "The Body Electric," "Rican Beach," "The Navigator" and "Hungry Ghost."
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One of the Best Singer/Songwriters I've heard in years. ❤ I'm so glad she addressed the "Hey, Joe" and "Down By the River" cruel romanticism about "Shooting your "baby" Dead! Really!? As a cis old white man, i always wondered why my friends thought those songs were "cool." Thank you, Alynda Segarra.
6:09- The Navigator 11:47- The Body Electric 19:04- Rican Beach 24:48- Hungry Ghost
Nice to see this interview: never heard of Alynda before today. I had recently stumbled on (street performers) "Tuba Skinny Jazz Band" in an indoor 2010 concert. On "You Got To Give Me Some" (1929 Bessie Smith song), the regular vocalist (Erika Lewis) led off, but a "who is she?" banjo player took up the vocal, and I thought she had a great voice. Today, my curiosity led me to search out the song again, and it so happened that somebody had posted the song by itself from that 2010 concert, and had included the performer credits !!! Aha! Alynda Lee Segarra ! I'm so happy to see that she's got a fair bit of video postings, and it's great to learn her story. She's a great, intelligent, young talent, Here's wishing her all the best in life :)
How'd I miss this? Love DN! and Hurray for the Riff Raff.
I love her as a musician,and as a person as well.
Amazed! Love your music and song writing.
Lovely!!!!!!
She's amazingly talented
Groovy
wow, what a talent.
🙏
For fun I'd love to see a collab with both Riff Raff's just to see what 2 people who are very different from most as people & musically speaking. It would be interesting just to see what they would emerge with after just the two of them locked away in the studio.
I love her talent and think she's cute as hell. She has made some great music. Kinda sad to think it took her how ever many years to feel good about herself.
talented girl... no denying that... reminds me of ilena douglas looks wise.
@rb032682
5 жыл бұрын
Alynda does have a unique beauty, which is haunting. I think the person inside her is what haunts me, in a good way. Not in a bad way.
U can tell people you hopped freight trains? Lol
...y no habla español...😒😧
who 'gifted' her the banjo? a EVIL man?
@profd65
7 жыл бұрын
Somebody needs to 'gift' you a brain.