Home | Staff Directory

Chris Riemenschneider

Chris Riemenschneider

Columnist/Reporter  |  Local Music

Phone: 612-673-4658

E-mail: chrisr@startribune.com

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough to earn a shout-out from Prince during “Play That Funky Music (White Boy).” The St. Paul native was also a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman for five years and now writes a biweekly pop-culture column, The Riff, in Sunday A&E.

Recent content from Chris Riemenschneider

  • Drop some beats for Haiti
    Minneapolis' Rhymesayers Entertainment hosted the biggest local Haiti music benefit yet Tuesday with Slug, Brother Ali.
    Feb 9, 2010
  • Ringo's T-shirt didn't hurt, but the Fetus needs more help
    Having Ringo Starr wear your store's T-shirt to the Grammy Awards was certainly good for business this week, but the Electric Fetus still needs help. The historic record shop sustained costly damage when a tornado swept through south Minneapolis last summer. A benefit show is now set for Feb. 26 at First Avenue and 7th Street Entry. Confirmed acts include Cloud Cult (its first local gig since the fall), Roma di Luna, Jeremy Messersmith, Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps and Peter Wolf Crier. Tickets ($16) are now on sale.
    Feb 8, 2010
  • Willie Murphy's odyssey
    He chose home over fame. Now, a two-disc set by one of Minneapolis' greatest unsung talents sums up a career of highs and lows.
    Feb 8, 2010
  • The many phases of Willie Murphy
    He dishes on his various -- and very different -- musical incarnations:
    Feb 8, 2010
  • Music: Willie Murphy
    Willie Murphy's two-disc set sums up a career of highs and lows.
    Feb 4, 2010
  • Award-show fight is smoothed over
    Blame in last weekend's TC Hip-Hop Awards brawl has given way to hope that it won't recur.
    Jan 28, 2010
  • To 'Big Sur,' with love
    The frontmen of Son Volt and Death Cab for Cutie channel Jack Kerouac on one fast album (and tour).
    Jan 28, 2010
  • Hip-hop, truly stripped
    Toussaint Morrison stuck to a two-instrument core and bared a whole lot more for his new group Lazlo Supreme.
    Jan 28, 2010
  • Music: The Beat goes on with Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard
    Son Volt and Death Cab frontmen take Jack Kerouac album on the road.
    Jan 28, 2010
  • Music: Lazlo Supreme stripped
    Toussaint Morrison bared it all for his new group, Lazlo Supreme.
    Jan 28, 2010
Next pageNext Page