Hurray for the Riff Raff on Feminism, Gentrification, Gender Violence & Art in Era of Trump
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- čas přidán 7. 03. 2017
- democracynow.org - When she was just 17, Alynda Segarra, the leader of the critically acclaimed band Hurray for the Riff Raff, left her home in the Bronx and began hopping freight trains. She eventually landed in New Orleans, where she learned to play banjo. Over the past decade, her band Hurray for the Riff Raff has become one of the most celebrated bands in modern folk music. In 2014, the publication American Songwriter named her tune "The Body Electric" the song of the year. NPR declared the same tune to be the political folk song of 2014. Hurray for the Riff Raff’s new record, "The Navigator," is out this week. For more, we speak with Alynda Segarra.
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I saw Hurray For The Riff Raff on the day of Donald Trump's inauguration. They departed from their normal set list and Alynda did a solo version of "This Land Is Our Land". She sobbed through much of it.
people probably saw 'feminism' in the title and instantly disliked video.
I know I did. Watched till the end and it was worse than expected.
What was so terrible about it exactly?
Johan Liberal It was just too cringeworthy imo
how so?
Johan Liberal Feminist performance art prettt much always cringes me out.
Great voice, great songs. I'd like to see more interviews like this one. It's inspiring.
this young lady rocks my freakin' world...and I'm old ;-)
a 'fool' for music and why I appreciate her and many "males" ....still play and sing and find better things to do than act like a total twit matey...now go play nasty somewhere else will you....geez....I fear for my grandchildren with characters like you running amok....
been listening to hurray for the riff raff for a while great listening to them here
We had Pete Seger and he was one of our Folk Musicians who stood up for environment and other issues. Some people still follow in his footsteps. This Artist, Alyndra is refreshing.. She is well spoken, originally writing poetry: Let us not forget that poet Percy Shelly said: "Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of Mankind." If you are not working 9-5pm, then you must be canvassing the country, searching, looking and writing music to show back whaz happening, if that's your calling. Best of luck to this Artist.
Alynda is a modern, real life artist, living her song, singing her life. She is an original.
Interesting....much talent:)
Jacqui Jespersen your a woman and it's only natural for you to be dumb
Only someone actually dumb makes it apparent he or she doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're" while calling someone else dumb.
Became familiar with Segarra and her band with the beautiful St. Roch Blues - - so glad to see this here. Thank you!
this young lady has so much to give everyone. her spirit, her heart,her soul are so deep. she must be heard. so young and so much insightful thought. she is a poet she is a talent that's just being noticed. watch her grow and expect depth unseen thus far..
What an amazing story! Music is best learned and played communally :)
Alynda's got something great going here. I wish I was in New Orleans or maybe she could get to Europe and sing some sence into people here. Keep up the good work!
So much courage and beauty...
Absolutely love this girl
Amazing! I love it.
sometimes we should listen to angels, when the devil is in control.
good band
21st century Bob Dylan right there. Please do not stop!
She's no Britany Spears, but still pretty good.
People keep telling me Riff Raff is not derivative but it just seems so completely derivative -- a couple old Lou Reed and Joan Baez tunes with an additional overlay or pastiche of contemporary political issues.
Calling something art does not make it so, kind of like calling everyone a Nazis, doesn't make it so.
the thing about art is that it's such a broad spectrum of different mediums that it's impossible to clarify whether something is or is not art. to claim someone is a Nazi, there has to an objective truth to it, if you support a lot of the Anti-Semitic views or even with similar nature to other races our sources of oppression, it can be argued that you are a Nazi. Although there is leeway to argue if being a Nazi would require you be under the actual government of Nazi Germany, or if you have to wave a flag to be a Nazi. Art is much more complicated, if I took a piece of toilet paper and stuck a fork through it, and claim it is art, there is nothing really substantial to disprove it. It's subjective to whether you interpret something from the fork-impaled toilet paper. You can find meaning in everything.
I love the Cuban flag. She should try visiting Cuba and complaining about the government there!!!!
Rachel Golem or the Middle East would be a great place to spread her message
Is there anything more cringy than feminist art?
Yes.. Feminist "studies"
Yes, your comment. But your opinion is duly noted.
No one considers my comment cringy. They do however consider your desperate, pantie-sniffer attempt to white knight for women that wouldn't let you fuck them if you were the last man on earth, cringy..
Oh it's not an opinion. Feminist art is OBJECTIVELY inferior and cringy as fuck.
Veronica Eugenia HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HOLY SHIT A REAL LIFE FEMINIST LMFAO!!!!! you cant practice that woman bullshit on me im completely immune!! guys got in worse in every aspect then women we are more likey to commit suicide, more work related deaths, more likely to lose our children in court, more likey to get rapped in prison, more likey to get longer prison sentences for the same crime! the list goes on and on and your fucking worried about the price of shampoo LMFAO HAHA you find yourself a good guy he will buy it for you! there are no privileges and if there are i dont need to hear it from a white woman who has more privileges then i do!! HAHAHA GET YOU'RE BULLSHIT OUT OF HERE