Hurray for the Riff Raff’s “Small Town Heroes” Streaming at NPR First Listen
Click here to stream Hurray for the Riff Raff’s new album Small Town Heroes exclusively via NPR First Listen
Small Town Heroes, the upcoming album from New Orleans based Hurray for the Riff Raff, will be released February 11th on ATO Records. However, in the meantime you can now stream the full album in it’s entirety via NPR First Listen. The album finds frontwoman Alynda Lee Segarra – who settled in New Orleans after leaving her native Bronx at age 17 – contemporizing the rich musical forms of the American South in the age of Trayvon Martin and Wendy Davis. NPR had high praise for the album, saying: “Pete Seeger made a life out of speaking musical truth to power, and Segarra is poised to do the same, with the added dimension of speaking truth to folk music itself.” Make sure to catch the band on tour this spring, dates below.
‘Small Town Heroes’ Track Listing:
01. Blue Ridge Mountain
02. Crash on the Highway
03. Good Time Blues (An Outlaw’s Lament)
04. End of the Line
05. The New SF Bay Blues
06. The Body Electric
07. No One Else
08. St. Roch Blues
09. Levon’s Dream
10. I Know It’s Wrong (But That’s Alright)
11. Small Town Heroes
12. Forever Is Just a Day
Hurray for the Riff Raff Tour Dates:
* w/ Shovels & Rope
2/14 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks (Record Release Party)
2/21 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Mud & Water *
2/22 – Dallas, TX @ Trees *
2/23 – Fayetteville, AR @ George’s Majestic Lounge *
2/25 – St Louis, MO @ Off Broadway Nightclub *
2/26 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom *
2/28 – Birmingham, AL @ WorkPlay Soundstage *
3/01 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse *
3/02 – Chattanooga, TN @ Rhythm & Brews *
3/06 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *
3/07 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
3/08 – Savannah, GA @ Savannah Stopover Music Festival
3/29 – New Orleans, LA @ Hogs For A Cause
4/02 – Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory
4/03 – New York, NY @ Lincoln Center “American Songbook”
4/04 – Philadelphia, PA @ XPN Live @ Noon
4/05 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
4/08 – Philadelphia, PA @ World Café Live
4/09 – Washington, DC @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
4/10 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
4/18 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
4/19 – Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
4/22 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
4/26 – Indio, CA @ Stagecoach Festival
