Dessa, that gorgeous Twin Cities chanteuse who recently completed an artist-in-residency program at McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, has an ongoing columnist gig with The Growler, a local magazine dedicated to beer dabbling.
Yes, she’s tall, beautiful, a great singer and she can write. The Scoop, however, is not jealous. No, not at all. (Bites lip, punches pillow, cries softly…)
In her most recent column for the October / November edition, Dessa sits down for beer with St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, though not together. It’s a fun interview where the two open up about being in the public eye, how they unwind, Coleman’s years as a public defender and his guitar playing.
She writes: “For years, Coleman served as a public defender. He jokingly describes the position as one most often filled by ‘sick, twisted individuals with really dark humor. … You see all kinds, the good, the bad and the weird — particularly the weird.’”
There’s more here: http://growlermag.com/mayors-r-t-rybak-and-chris-coleman-chat-with-dessa/