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Columnist/Reporter | Local Music

Phone: 612-673-4658

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.
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Minneapolis R&B vet Pierre Lewis resurfaces with Prince connection

Interest in an old Prince recording helped unearth the Minneapolis Sound pioneer, who tours the world with the Commodores but...

Updated: February 22, 2013, - 04:06 PM

The many weapons of rapper/poet Guante

Fresh off an acclaimed album, the activist rapper/poet keeps beating the drum for Hip-Hop Against Homophobia.

Updated: February 22, 2013, - 12:51 PM

Music spotlight: The Gaslight Anthem

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM Thursday: After a very sold-out show at the Fine Line two weeks before their album dropped last summer...

Updated: February 22, 2013, - 12:28 PM

Local music notes: Another Stnnng album

Long one of the Twin Cities’ greatest purveyors of MC5-style sonic bombast, the Stnnng has added quite a fab incentive...

Updated: February 21, 2013, - 08:46 PM

On the mend, GMA's Robin Roberts returns

Robin Roberts made her return to ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Wednesday, five months to the day after receiving a...

Updated: February 20, 2013, - 07:47 PM

'Hot Cheetos' kids get a lesson in cold, hard facts

Back in the studio with their eyes on a record deal, the north Minneapolis hip-hop heroes have yet to see a cent from their YouTube smash.

Updated: February 17, 2013, - 10:39 AM

Meet the KIDS of "Hot Cheetos” fame

They’ve been followed around in the aisles of Cub Foods and asked for autographs on the street. Outside north Minneapolis,...

Updated: February 17, 2013, - 10:38 AM

Which rock fest is best?

The lineups are piling up for this year’s destination music festivals.

Updated: February 15, 2013, - 09:07 PM

Local music: Christian rapper Xross takes aim

The Christian rapper drops a new double album. Plus, Usonia goes retro and Dre Day offers a change-up.

Updated: February 15, 2013, - 10:50 AM

Okee Dokee journey pays off with trip to Grammys

Two summers ago, Twin Cities musicians Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing were gearing up for a 30-day paddling trip down the Mississippi River. More recently the duo better known as the Okee Dokee Brothers outfitted themselves for an entirely different trek: to Sunday's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Updated: February 09, 2013, - 07:43 PM