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On the first night of SXSW 2013, I made it a point of seeing Spirit Family Reunion . Some time during their set, some members of Hurray For The Riff Raff made their was on to the stage for a real back porch jam session (for the record, they were playing on something that looked like a porch). As I watching that tune, I said to my self, "Self, why did you ignore the last HFTRR album?" Two days later, I was watching them at the Paste party and real regret sat in. I said to my self, "Self, [...]
Moosic, moosic, moosic Mid-May and the weather is, well, let's just say it's moody... Simply click play below to begin today's playlist. - For past playlists see here . Follow The G-Man on: Facebook -- Twitter -- Pinterest -- Mixcloud [...]
There's a band out on the highway, They're high steppin' into town, It's a rainbow full of sound, It's fireworks, calliopes and clowns. Everybody dancin'. C'mon children, C'mon children, Come on clap your hands. Sun went down in honey and the moon came up in wine, You know stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord The band kept us so busy we forgot about the time. - The Music Never Stopped (Barlow/Weir) For four days the 27th annual SXSW Music Festival was the equivalent of my own living jukebox. A cacophony of sounds emanated from [...]
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 132 with freebie mp3s by artists including They Might Be Giants, Tricky, The Cannanes, Awolnation, Billy Bragg, Amanda Palmer, CocoRosie, Ron Sexsmith, Mother Mother, Social Studies, The View and more! So much more! DATE: 03-06-13 WRITER: Don Loder Heya junky, Awright, so, apparently i's a holiday – didja know? They tell me thit half the music business is outta town an' shmoozin' down in Texas at South By Southwest. They tell me thit every publicist thit could afford it [...]
In a little over a week, thousands of music fans, industry insiders and various members of print, online and multimedia outlets - including myself - will descend on Austin, Texas for the annual SXSW Music Festival . Now in its 26th year, the fest was originally intended to be an extension of New York City's New Music Seminar, but when those plans fell through, a handful of writers from The Austin Chronicle, along with a music booking agent, decided to create a local music festival instead, dubbing it South By Southwest . Over the years the fest has [...]
Moosic, moosic, moosic Is it me or was that weekend shorter than usual? Notes on artists from today's playlist: Angel Olsen, The Deep Dark Woods and Hurray For The Riff Raff all play Kilkenny in May as part of Rhythm & Roots Angel Olsen also plays Cork on Friday 3rd May. Click here for tickets Simply click play below to begin today's playlist. [...]
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu … you know the rest. I’m off to skip over the mountains, Swiss Outpost, but I do promise to Skype… Anyway (surely one of my favourite refrains?), it’s a New Year and time for me to bid goodbye to TFI and my Friday night soubriquet. With a few gig dates already booked for the months ahead, I may get the opportunity to reprise the Mrs Mackerel mantel at some later date, who knows. Anyway parking the sadness of the last few weeks temporarily to one side, and wishing to leave TFI on [...]
The nominees are. First Aid Kit - The Lions Roar My Darling Clementine - How Do You Pleed Old Crow Medicine Show – Carry Me Back Hurray for the Riff Raff – Look Out Mama The Barker Band - Dig Me A Hole Otis Gibbs - Harder Than Hammered Hell [...]
Here are tracks 80 - 61 in our countdown of Mad Mackerel's 100 favourite tunes of the year. Don't forget to check out numbers 100 - 81 in yesterday's post here and check back tomorrow for numbers 61 - 40. Here we go... 80 SUN KIL MOON - SUNSHINE IN CHICAGO Beautifully bittersweet reflections of wandering troubadour preparing for another gig in Chicago and how the times have changed... Sunshine in Chicago makes me sad [...]
50. Horse Feathers - Cynics New Year - Justin Ringle and his angelic voice touches us again this year with Cynics New Year, yet again another quiet but enchanting record of subtle string folk and Ringle's superbly mellow, rainy day voice coupled with poetic songwriting spanning the sonic space similar to an open field on a gray wet day. Cynic's New Year shines on tracks, The Last Waltz, Where I'll Be & Fit For the Country . Listen: Horse Feathers - Where I'll Be | Buy: Cynic's New Year [...]
Moosic, moosic, moosic Still a little teary following that beautiful Nils Frahm show last night. Cork's Half Moon provided the perfect backdrop for the German composer to wow onlookers with his mesmeric piano playing. And he's so bloody funny! Who would of thunk it... Simply click play below to begin today's playlist. - For past playlists see here [...]
[Photos by Jill Harrison at For the Love of Brooklyn ] As Hurricane Sandy's damage continues to be assessed here on the East Coast, it seems grimly appropriate to highlight the CMJ performance of an outstanding New Orleans-based band that represents that city's history as well as its brightening future. Hurray For the Riff Raff have been favorites of this site for a while now, and we did everything we could - including picking them up from the airport - to make it possible for them to play our unofficial CMJ day show at [...]
No Country for New Nashville has teamed up with Mobile, AL music and arts blog Mod Mobilian to bring you a "listening room" style show with Hurray For The Riff Raff on November 7th. Throw in the talents of local promoter Joe Clemons and the fine folks over at 615 Design hosting, and we just know that it is going to be a pretty perfect evening to get to know this eclectic New Orleans band. Call them a little bit folk, a little bit country, a little bit jazz, and a lot of ecelectic awesomeness. Lead [...]
"Best album of the year in the following genres: Americana, Blues, Cajun, and country folk in it's truest sense." [ Read Full Review ] For the second edition we decided to go with Look Out Mama by Hurray For The Riff Raff, which we gave two thumbs up to. For your chance to win, all have to do is like us on Facebook and share the hell out of [...]
The success of a dogged pursuit can be sweet. In the case of our first 2012 CMJ lineup, its sweet several times over. As our longtime readers are aware, we've been fans of Hurray For The Riff Raff since 2008, but its been their recent album Look Out Mama that put it over the top. After the two outstanding concerts they played at Mercury Lounge this Summer , we pursued them heavily for CMJ. HFTRR is currently on tour in Europe, which will take them literally to the day [...]
Hurray For The Riff Raff is the combination of singer/songwriter Alynda lee Segarra and the Tumbleweeds. They are based out of New Orleans and released an album this year entitled Look Out Mama. They have been a recent find of mine and one which I have been digging immensely. Right now they group is touring over seas so in the time mean check out album's title track below and then hop on over to the purchase link and check out the full release. You dig? Webpage, Facebook, Twitter, Itunes
Bowery Presents continue to stretch their reach outside of their home base in New York City, as next month the concert promoters will open their second venue in Boston - The Sinclair . The 525-person venue, located in Harvard Square in the Cambridge area of Beantown, will take a page from their sister venue Brooklyn Bowl by also featuring a 104-seat restaurant "helmed by one of the country’s top chefs, James Beard Award–winner Michael Schlow ." The club will officially open on Tuesday, October 30, with a gig from The Meter Men with Page McConnell, [...]
das label loose music hatte schon immer ein herz für die außenseiter - man erinnere sich nur an die anfangstage der grandiosen felice brothers, die vor ein paar jahren als dem selbstgebrannten nicht abgeneigte hinterwäldler einschlugen wie eine bombe...
[photo courtesy of Joshua Brasted ] I'm thinking a lot about New Orleans right now. Hurricane Isaac has landed just west of the City on literally the 7th anniversary of Katrina. As New Orleans braces for the worst and all of us hope that the pumps and levees hold in their first major test, its comforting to listen to one of the best young bands the city has to offer. Hurray For The Riff Raff are surging on the momentum of their new album ( Look Out Mama ), a string of superb shows [...]
Alynda Lee Segarra has a back story that sounds like it could be found in the pages of a Jack Kerouac novel. At the age of 17, she left her home in the Bronx and criss-crossed the country by hopping freight trains and found herself in playing the washboard in band of made up of fellow travelers called The Dead Man Street Orchestra . Segarra eventually landed herself in New Orleans, picked up the banjo, began writing her own music and formed her own band - Hurray For The Riff Raff . [...]
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