On the two-year anniversary of The Past Is Still Alive — widely hailed as one of the standout albums of the decade — Hurray for the Riff Raff return with Live Forever, a document of two sold-out summer nights at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music.
Featuring the album performed in full, the record also revisits key songs from across the catalogue: the defiant ‘Precious Cargo’, the rallying cry ‘Pa’lante’, the sharp-eyed ‘Pyramid Scheme’, and a driving take on ‘Rhododendron’.
Fronted by Alynda Segarra, the touring band — Parker Grogan, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, Marcus Drake and Sen Morimoto — brings grit and warmth in equal measure, with production from Johnny Wilson.
Recorded in Segarra’s adopted home of Chicago, Live Forever stands as a tribute to working musicians and the communal power of live song.
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