Dessa is phenomenal live! Not sure I can make this show, but if you can, you should.
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Dessa is phenomenal live! Not sure I can make this show, but if you can, you should.
Bostonnnn. See you soon.
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This week in CHIRP podcasts, features contributor Bobby Evers speaks with Minneapolis-based singer, rapper, musician, and writer @dessadarling.bsky.social
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GUESS WHOSE WIFE JUST BOUGHT HIM A SYMPHONY MEMBERSHIP FOR ALL THE GIFTS FROM NOW UNTIL FOREVER SO HE CAN SEE @dessadarling.bsky.social IN NOVEMBER WITH THE PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA???
YES IT IS ME YOU ARE SO CLEVER TO FIGURE THAT OUT
@dessadarling.bsky.social draws together collective wisdom and profoundly simple* language to share "how to resist like Minneapolis."
*There is great power in simple language woven together by a master of the craft.
See you soon, Nueva Yol.
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Every possible feeling. Still in tears.
This song speaks to me...
"If you could stand your younger selves behind you
then turn and walk the line
"How many strangers might surprise you,
too changed by time to recognize?"
"Controlled Burn"
Words: Dessa, @dessadarling.bsky.social
Music: Jocelyn Hagen (who is not on bsky?)
Tomorrow’s event at Georgetown has been canceled due to weather. Will share details on the rain date when we’ve got em.
On air in 5 with Baltimore public radio. To listen live:
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I just keep thinking about Minnesota.
So I made a playlist.
With 30 of my favorite MN artists, including The Hold Steady, @dessadarling.bsky.social, Prince, Soul Asylum, @lazerbeak.bsky.social, @tbt-duluth.bsky.social, The Cactus Blossoms, Atmosphere + more.
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That makes so much more sense. Cheap plastic lenses. Just wore em for warmth (and cause I was little worried about tear gas).
This is Minneapolis.
In -7F.
And people in power can edit the past Can put your hands behind your back To read you someone else's rights First the sirens then the lights That looks like your ride
... they communicate the actual idea without negating painful history which has been actively erased and minimized and continues to be actively erased and minimized by people in power.
Or, to invoke @dessadarling.bsky.social, as I so often do:
www.iceoutnowmn.com
In times like these, DC could use some Dessa
Dessa is returning to DC! I first saw her in DC back in 2015.
East Coast Tour now on sale: bnds.us/pym9av
Watching from afar as my hometown fends off masked armed agents—who demonstrate very little trigger discipline and racially profile residents—with *whistles*. Watching neighbors build food distribution networks. Students walk out of class in protest. Braaave. See you soon, Minneapolis.
I*love* that that phrase spells socks. Delights me and always will.
Good a time as any for y'all to become familiar with Minneapolis artist @dessadarling.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wau...
Song of the Day over at The Current. (Thanks, MN)
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all right, we have finally lit the @dessadarling.bsky.social candle, may it herald thoughtful, progressive, erudite, and incisive cultural developments as we enter the new year.
Oh, I gotta say Thalia Hall is pretty spectacular. But Chicago does outdoor stuff really well too—have played Riot Fest, Lollapalooza, and the Pritzker Pavilion show you mentioned was a favorite.
The family and mental health podcast I produce, In This Family, wraps up our first season with a very moving and insightful conversation with Dessa @dessadarling.bsky.social, the acclaimed rapper, musician, poet, and author.
www.nexusfamilyhealing.org/podcast/dessa
See you tonight, Madison.
Doors at 7pm at Atwood Music Hall.
