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Podcast: The Music Show
Episode: Trainhopping with Hurray For The Riff Raff, and jazz, classical and ambient meet in a Requiem Mass
Description: Alynda Segarra has been making music as Hurray For The Riff Raff for nearly two decades. They ran away from NYC as a teen to ride trains across states—busking, sleeping rough and meeting all sorts of characters. They then settled in New Orleans and their music career kicked off, but their ninth and latest album, The Past Is Still Alive, finally shares the memories of those formative years of grief, love and finding community on the fringes.Jazz drummer Laurence Pike’s new album is called The Undreamt-Of Centre and it’s a modern take on the requ...