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Photos: Dessa delivers songs and poems at First Avenue

October 24, 2022

Dessa performed at First Avenue on Friday, October 21, 2022, joined by opener, Open Mike Eagle.Alice Bennett

Dessa showed off her multidimensional talents at First Avenue on Friday, October 21, 2022. The local singer-rapper-writer-podcast-host interspersed poems in between songs from her extensive catalogue. Open Mike Eagle opened the show.

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Person sings into microphone cast in red light — Open Mike Eagle. Dessa performed at First Avenue on Friday, October 21, 2022, joined by opener, Open Mike Eagle.
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Dessa sings into a mic with hands held near her face — Dessa performed at First Avenue on Friday, October 21, 2022, joined by opener, Open Mike Eagle.
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Dessa stands holding a mic in front of a line of blue stage lights — Dessa performed at First Avenue on Friday, October 21, 2022, joined by opener, Open Mike Eagle.
Alice Bennett

Setlist (via Setlist.fm)

The Crow

Skeleton Key

Rome

Call Off Your Ghost

Blush

Tits on the Moon (Poem)

Grade School Games

Jumprope

Fighting Fish

Fun Facts (Poem)

Bombs Away

Momento Mori

Warsaw / Velodrome

The Body (Poem)

Good Grief

LYTP

Life on Land

Dixon's Girl

Terry Gross

I Already Like You

How To Stage Dive (Poem)

5 Out of 6

Encore:

Shrimp

Fire Drills