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Photos: Joy Oladokun brings passion to First Avenue stage

Joy Oladokun performing at First Avenue in Minneapolis on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.
Joy Oladokun performing at First Avenue in Minneapolis on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.Laura Buhman for MPR

by Laura Buhman

January 17, 2025

Nashville singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun brought The Blackbird Tour to Minneapolis on Thursday, Jan. 16. In addition to songs from the new album, Observations From a Crowded Room, the set featured covers of Prince, the Beatles, and Leonard Cohen.

Setlist (via setlist.fm)

The Hard Way (Acoustic)

Purple Haze (Acoustic)

STRONG ONES (Acoustic)

Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover)

When Doves Cry (Prince cover)

AM I?

if you got a problem

sunday

Sweet Symphony

Changes

NO COUNTRY

Black Car

Blackbird (The Beatles cover)

I'D MISS THE BIRDS

look up

DRUGS

We’re All Gonna Die