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Dermot Kennedy @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion - Philadelphia

June 20th 2023: Dermot Kennedy, Sasha Alex Sloan @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion - Philadelphia

Dermot Kennedy - Photos Courtesy of Carolyn Lederach

Dermot Kennedy closed out the US run of his worldwide tour on June 20th in Camden, NJ. This tour is in support of his latest album, Sonder, which was released late last year. It’s been exciting to see the expansion of Dermot’s career from playing small venues like Underground Arts a handful of years ago, to now playing venues like Madison Square Garden, doused with upscale production. Dermot also switched things up a bit on this tour stepping away from the guitar for the majority of songs, which you could tell was a bit of a struggle. The show was kicked off by the lovely Sasha Alex Sloan.

Sasha Alex Sloan

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Sasha Alex Sloan @ Theater of Living Arts - Philadelphia

August 2nd 2022: Sasha Alex Sloan, Jessie Murph, slimdan @ Theater of Living Arts

Dan Smith | Bastille - Photos Courtesy of Carolyn Lederach

Sasha Alex Sloan set out this Summer on her I Blame The World tour in support of her latest record. If you’re a fellow fan, you’ll know Sasha’s unique brand of songwriting which emulates her sad girl persona, partnered with a stark look at what is going on in the world.

I Blame The World touches on subjects of global warming, shootings, relationships, growing up, and basically anything not great going on in our world today. This tour consisted of the new bops, along with other classic sad girl Sloan tunes like “Dancing With Your Ghost”, “Is It Just Me?”, “Older”, and more. I may be biased as I’ve been waiting to finally catch a Sasha Sloan show, but she sounded perfect and fully lived up to my expectations.