{"product_id":"hurray-for-the-riff-raff-live-forever","title":"Hurray for the Riff Raff - Live Forever","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis live album was captured over the course of two sold-out summer nights at the Old Town School of Folk Music in bandleader Alynda Segarra’s new home of Chicago, Illinois. Spanning 14 songs, \u003cem\u003eLive Forever\u003c\/em\u003e presents The Past Is Still Alive in its entirety, as well as a selection of Hurray for the Riff Raff’s show-stopping, set-defining staples: decrying ICE on the poetic ‘Precious Cargo’ and The Navigator’s anthemic ‘Pa’lante’; the prescient digital age critique of ‘Pyramid Scheme’; and ripping through a folk-rock rendition of LIFE ON EARTH’s ‘Rhododendron’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eEveryone had ties to the city, and had been playing together in the DIY scene for over a decade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince then we’ve traveled the world together, becoming family, playing the best shows of my life.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eChicago has become home for me, and I feel grateful for the welcome I’ve gotten into the best music scene in the country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI wanted to capture this time and this brilliant band, a moment that won’t last forever.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThis 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.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt’s a thank you to all the fans supporting live music, you who believe songs made by human beings are a vital life force.\u003cbr\u003eThank you.”\u003cbr\u003e– Alynda Segarra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFronted by Alynda Segarra (they\/them), \u003cem\u003eLive Forever\u003c\/em\u003e features the musicians from Hurray for the Riff Raff’s latest touring lineup – Parker Grogan (electric guitar, vocals), Nnamdi Ogbonnaya (bass, backing vocals), Marcus Drake (drums) and Sen Morimoto (saxophone, keyboards), produced by Johnny Wilson.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn addition to hundreds of tour dates behind The Past Is Still Alive, they have played the stages of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Austin City Limits, The Kelly Clarkson Show, CBS Saturday Morning, Newport Folk Festival and more, while recently sharing bills with everyone from Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman to Ani DiFranco, Bright Eyes, Orville Peck, Soccer Mommy and The Head and the Heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nonesuch","offers":[{"title":"2LP","offer_id":51054600028438,"sku":"RMX-63379","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":51054600061206,"sku":"RMX-63380","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/026dc51587b15395dfec09f00bfb8108.png?v=1771860264","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/hurray-for-the-riff-raff-live-forever","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}