Hurray for the Riff Raff released their fantastic new album, The Past Is Still Alive, a couple of weeks ago, and they’re in the midst of their tour supporting it, which stopped in Brooklyn on Tuesday night (3/5) for a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Alynda Segarra and their backing band, which included Chicago artist NNAMDÏ (who also played a solo set to open the night) and saxophone player Lynn Ligammari for part of the set, brought the country-inflected The Past Is Sitll Alive material vividly to life, and it all sounded fantastic. They played most of the new album, and also included a few older songs, including Small Town Heroes‘ “The Body Electric,” which Alynda said “started it all.”
After an encore break, the band came back out for a cover of Pixies’ “Wave of Mutilation,” then broke into a moving rendition of beloved The Navigator track “Pa’lante,” with Alynda reciting “If I Must Die” by late Palestinian poet and professor Refaat Alareer towards the end of the song. See pictures from the show, the setlist, and a couple of attendee-taken video clips below.
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NNAMDÏ (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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NNAMDÏ (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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NNAMDÏ (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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NNAMDÏ (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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Hurray for the Riff Raff (photo by Amanda M Hatfield)
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photo by Amanda M Hatfield
HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF: 2024 TOUR DATES
Alibi
Buffalo
Hawkmoon
RHODODENDRON
Dynamo
Colossus of Roads
Snake Plant
Good Time Blues (An Outlaw’s Lament)
Vetiver
The Body Electric
Hourglass
The World Is Dangerous
Ogallala
Encore:
Wave of Mutilation
Pa’lante