This record represents a new phase of beginning in Segarra's lauded evolution as a storyteller. In each song, lyrics serve as memory boxes for Segarra to process their trauma, identity and dreams for the future.
Recorded across two sold-out nights at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music, Live Forever captures Hurray for the Riff Raff’s live band over 14 tracks. Sparse, immediate performances like Pa'lante sit well on this 2LP document.
The Deslondes strip country and R&B classics to their bones on Don't Let It Die: Vol. 1, a lean 12-track covers LP. Swamp Dogg, Johnny Cash, Pat Reedy and Hurricane Smith get warm, immediate treatments made for the turntable.