Live Forever
Hurray For The Riff Raff
Live Forever is the first live album by Hurray for the Riff Raff — the project of New Orleans-bred, Chicago-based singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra — released digitally on March 20, 2026 and on double LP and CD on May 8, 2026 through Nonesuch Records. The album was captured over two sold-out nights on July 17–18, 2025 at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, produced by Chicago musician Johnny Wilson, and timed to coincide with the two-year anniversary of The Past Is Still Alive — Segarra's acclaimed 2024 studio album named one of the Best Albums of the 2020s So Far by Pitchfork and a best-of-year pick by the New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR Music, and many others. Spanning 14 songs, Live Forever presents The Past Is Still Alive in its entirety alongside a selection of set-defining staples from earlier records, including the anthemic "Pa'lante" from The Navigator, the prescient "Pyramid Scheme," and folk-rock renditions of "Precious Cargo" and "Rhododendron" from LIFE ON EARTH. The band described the album as
"a love letter to working-class musicians."
The touring lineup featured on the record — Parker Grogan on electric guitar, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya on bass, Marcus Drake on drums, and Sen Morimoto on saxophone and keyboards — is one Segarra has called the best band they have ever had, and that chemistry is palpable throughout. The Sonic Curator noted that the intimacy of the Old Town School suits the material perfectly, giving the recordings a warmth that studio versions achieve differently, and that the musicians sound "genuinely invested in each other and in the songs." The production is clear without being overproduced — no studio touchups or stadium-scale crowd inserts — preserving the feeling of being close to something real. Americana Highways concluded that Live Forever "captures more than a performance," giving listeners "a singular artist, a powerful band, and a remarkable set of songs still revealing new emotional and communal depths in front of an audience."
Live Forever is the first live album by Hurray for the Riff Raff — the project of New Orleans-bred, Chicago-based singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra — released digitally on March 20, 2026 and on double LP and CD on May 8, 2026 through Nonesuch Records. The album was captured over two sold-out nights on July 17–18, 2025 at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, produced by Chicago musician Johnny Wilson, and timed to coincide with the two-year anniversary of The Past Is Still Alive — Segarra's acclaimed 2024 studio album named one of the Best Albums of the 2020s So Far by Pitchfork and a best-of-year pick by the New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR Music, and many others. Spanning 14 songs, Live Forever presents The Past Is Still Alive in its entirety alongside a selection of set-defining staples from earlier records, including the anthemic "Pa'lante" from The Navigator, the prescient "Pyramid Scheme," and folk-rock renditions of "Precious Cargo" and "Rhododendron" from LIFE ON EARTH. The band described the album as
"a love letter to working-class musicians."
The touring lineup featured on the record — Parker Grogan on electric guitar, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya on bass, Marcus Drake on drums, and Sen Morimoto on saxophone and keyboards — is one Segarra has called the best band they have ever had, and that chemistry is palpable throughout. The Sonic Curator noted that the intimacy of the Old Town School suits the material perfectly, giving the recordings a warmth that studio versions achieve differently, and that the musicians sound "genuinely invested in each other and in the songs." The production is clear without being overproduced — no studio touchups or stadium-scale crowd inserts — preserving the feeling of being close to something real. Americana Highways concluded that Live Forever "captures more than a performance," giving listeners "a singular artist, a powerful band, and a remarkable set of songs still revealing new emotional and communal depths in front of an audience."
Live Forever
Hurray For The Riff Raff
Live Forever is the first live album by Hurray for the Riff Raff — the project of New Orleans-bred, Chicago-based singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra — released digitally on March 20, 2026 and on double LP and CD on May 8, 2026 through Nonesuch Records. The album was captured over two sold-out nights on July 17–18, 2025 at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, produced by Chicago musician Johnny Wilson, and timed to coincide with the two-year anniversary of The Past Is Still Alive — Segarra's acclaimed 2024 studio album named one of the Best Albums of the 2020s So Far by Pitchfork and a best-of-year pick by the New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR Music, and many others. Spanning 14 songs, Live Forever presents The Past Is Still Alive in its entirety alongside a selection of set-defining staples from earlier records, including the anthemic "Pa'lante" from The Navigator, the prescient "Pyramid Scheme," and folk-rock renditions of "Precious Cargo" and "Rhododendron" from LIFE ON EARTH. The band described the album as
"a love letter to working-class musicians."
The touring lineup featured on the record — Parker Grogan on electric guitar, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya on bass, Marcus Drake on drums, and Sen Morimoto on saxophone and keyboards — is one Segarra has called the best band they have ever had, and that chemistry is palpable throughout. The Sonic Curator noted that the intimacy of the Old Town School suits the material perfectly, giving the recordings a warmth that studio versions achieve differently, and that the musicians sound "genuinely invested in each other and in the songs." The production is clear without being overproduced — no studio touchups or stadium-scale crowd inserts — preserving the feeling of being close to something real. Americana Highways concluded that Live Forever "captures more than a performance," giving listeners "a singular artist, a powerful band, and a remarkable set of songs still revealing new emotional and communal depths in front of an audience."
Live Forever is the first live album by Hurray for the Riff Raff — the project of New Orleans-bred, Chicago-based singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra — released digitally on March 20, 2026 and on double LP and CD on May 8, 2026 through Nonesuch Records. The album was captured over two sold-out nights on July 17–18, 2025 at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, produced by Chicago musician Johnny Wilson, and timed to coincide with the two-year anniversary of The Past Is Still Alive — Segarra's acclaimed 2024 studio album named one of the Best Albums of the 2020s So Far by Pitchfork and a best-of-year pick by the New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR Music, and many others. Spanning 14 songs, Live Forever presents The Past Is Still Alive in its entirety alongside a selection of set-defining staples from earlier records, including the anthemic "Pa'lante" from The Navigator, the prescient "Pyramid Scheme," and folk-rock renditions of "Precious Cargo" and "Rhododendron" from LIFE ON EARTH. The band described the album as
"a love letter to working-class musicians."
The touring lineup featured on the record — Parker Grogan on electric guitar, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya on bass, Marcus Drake on drums, and Sen Morimoto on saxophone and keyboards — is one Segarra has called the best band they have ever had, and that chemistry is palpable throughout. The Sonic Curator noted that the intimacy of the Old Town School suits the material perfectly, giving the recordings a warmth that studio versions achieve differently, and that the musicians sound "genuinely invested in each other and in the songs." The production is clear without being overproduced — no studio touchups or stadium-scale crowd inserts — preserving the feeling of being close to something real. Americana Highways concluded that Live Forever "captures more than a performance," giving listeners "a singular artist, a powerful band, and a remarkable set of songs still revealing new emotional and communal depths in front of an audience."