Hurray for the Riff Raff is an American country/folk band from New Orleans, Louisiana. Alynda Lee Segarra is Hurray for the Riff Raff's creative force, as she writes and sings all of the band's songs.

Alynda ran away from her home in the Bronx, aged 17 and then spent time crossing North America

North America

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, hopping freight trains. During this time, she became a part of The Dead Man Street Orchestra, who were documented in a photo essay by Time Magazine

Time (magazine)

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 in 2007.

After two self-released albums (2008s It Don't Mean I Don't Love You and 2010s Young Blood Blues), the band released a self-titled CD composed of Alynda's favorite songs from those records on Loose Music in Europe

Europe

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 on March 21, 2011.

Tracks from the band's debut release have received airplay on BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...

 and BBC 6 Music

BBC 6 Music

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.

In February 2011, the band were featured in an article in The Times

The Times

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, based around the HBO TV series, Treme

Treme (TV series)

Treme is an American television drama series created by David Simon and Eric Overmyer that premiered on April 11, 2010 on HBO. It takes its name from Tremé, a neighborhood of New Orleans...

, with their track "Daniella" being listed in their selection of New Orleans' essential songs.

Releases

Year	Title	Country	Label
2007	Crossing the Rubicon (EP)	US	Out of Print
2008	It Don't Mean I Don't Love You	US	self-released
2010	Young Blood Blues	US	self-released
2011	Hurray for the Riff Raff	UK	Loose Music Loose Music Loose Music is a British independent record label based in Acton, London, specialising in in Americana and Alt. Country.-Artists:Since 1998, Loose has released music by the following artists: Giant Sand, M Ward, The Arlenes, Inara George, Neko Case, Blanche, Willard Grant Conspiracy, The Handsome...