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Thursday Evening, April 3, 2014, at 8:00

Hurray for the Riff Raff

Alynda Lee Segarra, Guitar and Vocals Yosi Perlstein, Fiddle and Drums Casey McAllister, Keyboards Callie Millington, Bass David Jamison, Drums

This evening’s program is approximately 75 minutes long and will be performed without intermission.

This performance will be streamed live at www.lincolncenter.org/watch.

Major support for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook is provided by Fisher Brothers, In Memory of Richard L. Fisher; and Amy & Joseph Perella. Wine generously donated by William Hill Estate Winery, Official Wine of Lincoln Center. This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center.

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Additional support for Lincoln Center’s American Upcoming American Songbook Events Songbook is provided by The Brown Foundation, Inc., in the Penthouse: of Houston, The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund, The Shubert Foundation, Jill and Friday Evening, April 4, at 8:00 Irwin Cohen, The G & A Foundation, Inc., Great Rebecca Naomi Jones (limited availability) Performers Circle, Chairman’s Council, and Friends of Lincoln Center. Saturday Evening, April 5, at 8:00 Unsung Carolyn Leigh (limited availability) Endowment support is provided by Bank of America. For tickets, call (212) 721-6500 or visit Public support is provided by the State AmericanSongbook.org. Call the Lincoln Center Council on the Arts. Info Request Line at (212) 875-5766 or visit AmericanSongbook.org for complete program Artist catering is provided by Zabar’s and information. Zabars.com. Join the conversation: #LCSongbook MetLife is the National Sponsor of Lincoln Center.

Movado is an Official Sponsor of Lincoln Center.

United Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center.

WABC-TV is the Official Broadcast Partner of Lincoln Center.

William Hill Estate Winery is the Official Wine of Lincoln Center.

We would like to remind you that the sound of coughing and rustling paper might distract the performers and your fellow audience members.

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Meet the Artist Many of the songs on reflect her special reverence for the city. The scope of the album is much grander than just , though, as Ms. Segarra mines R E G N I the deep legacies and contemporizes the Z N A D

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R South for the age of Trayvon Martin and A S Riff Raff Wendy Davis. These songs belong to no par - Hurray for the Riff Raff is Alynda Lee ticular time or place, but rather to all of us. Segarra, but in many ways it’s much more These songs are for the riff raff. than that: it’s a young woman leaving her indelible stamp on the American folk tradi - American Songbook tion. If you’re listening to her new album, In 1998, Lincoln Center launched American Small Town Heroes , odds are you’re part of Songbook, dedicated to the celebration of the riff raff, and these songs are for you. popular American song. Designed to high - light and affirm the creative mastery of Ms. Segarra came to international attention America’s songwriters from their emer - in 2012 with Look Out Mama . The album gence at the turn of the 19th century up earned her rave reviews from NPR and the through the present, American Songbook New York Times to Mojo and Paste , along spans all styles and genres, from the with a breakout performance at the 2013 form’s early roots in Tin Pan Alley and Newport Folk Festival, which solidified her Broadway to the eclecticism of today’s place at the forefront of a new generation singer-songwriters. American Songbook of young musicians celebrating and reimag - also showcases the outstanding inter - ining American roots music. preters of popular song, including estab - lished and emerging concert, cabaret, the - Ms. Segarra, a 26-year-old of Puerto Rican ater, and songwriter performers. descent whose slight frame belies her com - manding voice, grew up in , where Lincoln Center for the she developed an early appreciation for doo- Performing Arts, Inc. wop and Motown from the neighborhood’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts longtime residents. It was downtown, (LCPA) serves three primary roles: presen - though, that she first felt like she found “her ter of artistic programming, national leader people,” traveling to the Lower East Side every in arts and education and community rela - Saturday for punk matinees at ABC No Rio. tions, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. A presenter of more than 3,000 The Lower East Side also introduced her to free and ticketed events, performances, travelers, and their stories of life on the tours, and educational activities annually, road inspired her to strike out on her own LCPA offers 15 programs, series, and festi - at 17, first hitching her way to the West vals including American Songbook, Great Coast, then roaming the South before ulti - Performers, Lincoln Center Festival, mately settling in New Orleans. There, she Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer fell in with a band of fellow travelers, play - Night Swing, the Mostly Mozart Festival, ing washboard and singing before eventu - and the White Light Festival, as well as the ally learning to play a banjo she’d been Emmy Award–winning Live From Lincoln given in North Carolina. Center , which airs nationally on PBS. As 04-03 Hurray_GP 3/14/14 3:33 PM Page 4

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manager of the Lincoln Center campus, organizations. In addition, LCPA led a $1.2 LCPA provides support and services for the billion campus renovation, completed in Lincoln Center complex and the 11 resident October 2012.

Lincoln Center Programming Department Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Hanako Yamaguchi, Director, Music Programming Jon Nakagawa, Director, Contemporary Programming Lisa Takemoto, Production Manager Bill Bragin, Director, Public Programming Charles Cermele, Producer, Contemporary Programming Kate Monaghan, Associate Director, Programming Jill Sternheimer, Producer, Public Programming Mauricio Lomelin, Associate Producer, Contemporary Programming Nicole Cotton, Production Coordinator Regina Grande, Assistant to the Artistic Director Julia Lin, Programming Associate Ann Crews Melton, Programming Publications Editor

For American Songbook Rocky Noel, Lighting Design Scott Stauffer, Sound Design Kyle Moore, Sound Engineer Sara Sessions, Production Assistant