Desdamona my heart

My profile of Desdamona in today's City Pages is a giant, belated arrow pointing to somebody you gotta hear. Watch the end of this B-Girl Be video for a taste of her awesomeness (with Carnage beatboxing). She performs this Saturday at the Leaning Tower of Pizza (the one in Stadium Village, 2501 University Ave SE, 612.331.7474--no, I didn't know they had live music, either) with a nice hip-hop lineup: Ray Vanderedez, St. Paul's Guardians of Balance (G.O.B.), New York transplant Trama, Golden, Lady D, and Special Dark of KFAI on the wheels of steel. You can also catch Desdamona with live modern R&B band New Congress at Bunker's every Thursday (I'll have to miss it this week) and every Tuesday hosting a freeform open mic night at the Blue Nile. See her web site, her freely-venting blog, and her audio-handy myspace page for more.