Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes singer, rapper, and writer Dessa to preview her upcoming concert at Shattuck-St. Mary’s in Faribault, MN. Also joining the show will be Tami Resler, Performing and Visual Arts Coordinator at Shattuck-St. Mary’s to talk about the arts at Shattuck-St. Mary’s and programming for the Fesler-Lampert Performing Arts Series.
Dessa will perform at Shattuck–St. Mary’s, Newhall Auditorium, 1000 Shumway Avenue, Faribault, MN on Friday, March 31, 2023 at 7:30PMTickets: $25 (Adults), $15 (Students) For additional assistance, please call the SSM box office at 507-333-1620 or email feslerlampert@s-sm.org.
Singer, rapper, and writer Dessa has made a career of bucking genres and defying expectations—her résumé as a musician includes performances at Lollapalooza and Glastonbury, co-compositions for 100-voice choir, performances with the Minnesota Orchestra, and top-200 entries on the Billboard charts. She contributed to the #1 album The Hamilton Mixtape and the RBG documentary; her track, “Congratulations,” has notched over 20 million streams.
As a writer, she’s been published by The New York Times and National Geographic Traveler, broadcast by Minnesota Public Radio, and published a memoir-in-essays (My Own Devices, 2018) in addition to two literary collections. As a speaker, Dessa has delivered keynote speeches and presentations on art, science, and entrepreneurship; guest lectures at universities and colleges across the US; and a TED Talk about her science experiment on how to fall out of love.
She’s also the host of Deeply Human, a podcast created by the BBC and American Public Media. Her new book Tits on the Moon is a collection of 12 stage poems, many of which Dessa performs at her live shows. They’re funny, weird, and a lil bittersweet. Dessa has been covered by Pitchfork, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal amongst others. The LA Times says she “sounds like no one else.” NPR’s All Songs Considered calls her “a national treasure.” On the stage and on the page, Dessa’s style is defined by ferocity, wit, tenderness, and candor.
