The rootsy, Americana act Hurray for the Riff Raff was less a solid band than it
was a loose collective fronted by the folk-minded, idiosyncratic
singer/songwriter Alynda Segarra. Born in New York, Segarra relocated to New
Orleans in 2007, where she first began to use the name Hurray for the Riff Raff
and issued the self-released albums It Don’t Mean I Don’t Love You in 2008.
Young Blood Blues followed in 2010. She cherry-picked her favorite tracks from
those albums for her debut on the British indie label Loose Records, 2011’s
Hurray for the Riff Raff. 2012’s Look Out Mama cont...