Chris Riemenschneider
@chrisrstrib.bsky.social
Minnesota Star Tribune music scribe
For once, neither Prince or the Replacements are on the list that just dropped for @recordstoreday special releases. See who is.
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Jayhawks, Cory Wong among Minnesota names on Record Store Day 2026 mega-list
Neither Prince or the Replacements have offerings for this year’s big shopping day for music collectors, but several locally tied acts do.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:16 PM
For once, neither Prince or the Replacements are on the list that just dropped for @recordstoreday special releases. See who is.
www.startribune.com/what-minneso...
www.startribune.com/what-minneso...
After acting ate up a lot of Dua Saleh's time in recent years (see: Netflix's "Sex Education"), the St. Paul rapper/poet looks to be diving headlong back into music and got some high-profile help in the process.
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Dua Saleh recruits Bon Iver and other Midwest collaborators for new album
Justin Vernon is featured on two tracks issued from the St. Paul music maker and Netflix TV star’s May release, “Of Earth & Wires”
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February 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
After acting ate up a lot of Dua Saleh's time in recent years (see: Netflix's "Sex Education"), the St. Paul rapper/poet looks to be diving headlong back into music and got some high-profile help in the process.
www.startribune.com/dua-saleh-ne...
www.startribune.com/dua-saleh-ne...
The third concert announced for Target Field in 2026 is a country-music trifecta; never mind one of the acts was ostracized by the country music industry.
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Tim McGraw to hit Target Field with the Chicks, Lady A on Aug. 23
Twins reps announced the show a day after confirming another August concert date with Noah Kahan.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM
The third concert announced for Target Field in 2026 is a country-music trifecta; never mind one of the acts was ostracized by the country music industry.
www.startribune.com/tim-mcgraw-a...
www.startribune.com/tim-mcgraw-a...
The third concert announced for Target Field in 2026 is a country-music trifecta; never mind one of the acts was ostracized by the country music industry.
www.startribune.com/tim-mcgraw-a...
www.startribune.com/tim-mcgraw-a...
Tim McGraw to hit Target Field with the Chicks, Lady A on Aug. 23
Twins reps announced the show a day after confirming another August concert date with Noah Kahan.
www.startribune.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The third concert announced for Target Field in 2026 is a country-music trifecta; never mind one of the acts was ostracized by the country music industry.
www.startribune.com/tim-mcgraw-a...
www.startribune.com/tim-mcgraw-a...
First ticketed concert at Target Field in two years: Noah Kahan will hit the Twins' outfield Aug. 5.
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Noah Kahan will slide into Target Field in Minneapolis in August
The “Stick Season” hitmaker’s Aug. 5 show will be the first ticketed concert at the Twins' ballpark in two years.
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February 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
First ticketed concert at Target Field in two years: Noah Kahan will hit the Twins' outfield Aug. 5.
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Tracking Minnesota: 7 new local songs to hear in February, including Agnes Uncaged (fka Creeping Charlie), Cory Wong (with some local buds) and David Huckfelt (covering a Minnesotan songwriting great; no not that one).
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Tracking Minnesota: 7 new local songs to hear in February
A monthly series to help you tap into all the new music flowing out of the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
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February 2, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Tracking Minnesota: 7 new local songs to hear in February, including Agnes Uncaged (fka Creeping Charlie), Cory Wong (with some local buds) and David Huckfelt (covering a Minnesotan songwriting great; no not that one).
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In a sharply worded order, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery condemned what he called “the perfidious lust for unbridled power” and “the imposition of cruelty,” directing the government to release the father and son — a rare judicial rebuke as federal immigration operations continue across the state.
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, boarded a plane back to Minneapolis on Sunday after a federal judge ordered their release from an immigration detention center in Texas. They are now back in Minnesota.
Live: 5-year-old detainee Liam Ramos and his father back in Minnesota
A week after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents, the two-month-old Operation Metro Surge is continuing.
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February 1, 2026 at 10:07 PM
In a sharply worded order, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery condemned what he called “the perfidious lust for unbridled power” and “the imposition of cruelty,” directing the government to release the father and son — a rare judicial rebuke as federal immigration operations continue across the state.
Ahead of Sunday’s memorial for Brian Garrity at the Hook & Ladder, here’s a bit about him and a gallery of his work capturing the Twin Cities music scene of the ‘80s/‘90s (Babes in Toyland, Nirvana at First Ave, Cows at the Uptown Bar, Bob Stinson, etc).
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Minnesota music scene remembers '90s era photographer Brian Garrity
The rock lensmen who captured Nirvana for Rolling Stone and countless Twin Cities bands in action will be celebrated Feb. 1 at the Hook & Ladder.
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January 31, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Ahead of Sunday’s memorial for Brian Garrity at the Hook & Ladder, here’s a bit about him and a gallery of his work capturing the Twin Cities music scene of the ‘80s/‘90s (Babes in Toyland, Nirvana at First Ave, Cows at the Uptown Bar, Bob Stinson, etc).
www.startribune.com/brian-garrit...
www.startribune.com/brian-garrit...
Here's my writeup on "the best brunchtime show in the history" of First Ave, as Tom Morello called it. www.startribune.com/bruce-spring...
'Special guest' Bruce Springsteen takes charge of Minneapolis protest concert
The Boss joined Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello in a midday benefit show at First Avenue denouncing ICE activity.
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January 30, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Here's my writeup on "the best brunchtime show in the history" of First Ave, as Tom Morello called it. www.startribune.com/bruce-spring...
Matt “Nur-D” Allen has hired Rodney King’s lawyer following his violent detainment last weekend near the Alex Pretti shooting site.
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Twin Cities rapper Nur-D hires Rodney King's lawyer against feds
Violently detained during protests following Alex Pretti’s shooting, hip-hop star Matt Allen has retained Los Angeles attorney John Burris, known from King’s 1991 police-abuse case.
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January 29, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Matt “Nur-D” Allen has hired Rodney King’s lawyer following his violent detainment last weekend near the Alex Pretti shooting site.
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A couple protest/fundraiser concerts in this week's Big Gigs and a lot of other good reasons to get out and keep supporting the artists and music venues that still help make our cities great.
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The Big Gigs: 10 top concerts to see in the Twin Cities this week
Highlights for Jan. 29-Feb. 4 include Trampled by Turtles, Ondara, Jessie J, the Headhunters and the Cookers.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:04 PM
A couple protest/fundraiser concerts in this week's Big Gigs and a lot of other good reasons to get out and keep supporting the artists and music venues that still help make our cities great.
www.startribune.com/ondara-1vers...
www.startribune.com/ondara-1vers...
The Boss just took charge.
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Bruce Springsteen releases incendiary protest song ‘Streets of Minneapolis’
He excoriates ICE and promises to remember Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
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January 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The Boss just took charge.
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The twangy offshoot to Minnesota Yacht Club looks like it's competing with the Blue Ox Music Fest more than it is mainstream country shows like We Fest and Winstock. Full lineup is out.
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Yacht Club's offshoot fest MN Country Club announces inaugural 2026 lineup
Red Clay Strays, Treaty Oak Revival and Trampled by Turtles lead the Americana-heavy schedule for the two-day festival at St. Paul’s Harriet Island.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The twangy offshoot to Minnesota Yacht Club looks like it's competing with the Blue Ox Music Fest more than it is mainstream country shows like We Fest and Winstock. Full lineup is out.
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Dave Matthews Band's first outdoor MN show in 14 years was announced today for June 23 at Mystic Lake Amphitheater along with a Ne-Yo/Akon twofer there on Aug. 5.
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Shakopee's amphitheater announces Dave Matthews Band and a Ne-Yo/Akon twofer
Mystic Lake Amphitheater will host DMB's first outdoor Minnesota gig in 14 years on June 23 along with a Ne-Yo and Akon co-headlining date Aug. 5.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Dave Matthews Band's first outdoor MN show in 14 years was announced today for June 23 at Mystic Lake Amphitheater along with a Ne-Yo/Akon twofer there on Aug. 5.
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Reposted by Chris Riemenschneider
WSJ says ICE is lying.
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
January 25, 2026 at 3:03 PM
WSJ says ICE is lying.
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies
Reposted by Chris Riemenschneider
The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
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January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
Among all the other news on the Strib live blog: Renowned Twin Cities musician Matt “Nur-D” Allen was violently detained by agents today.
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Live: State officials decry fatal shooting. ‘We can’t live like this,’ Walz says
Protesters have swarmed the street where a man was shot and killed by federal agents Saturday. Republican Tom Emmer said Walz’s response was “dangerous.”
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January 24, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Among all the other news on the Strib live blog: Renowned Twin Cities musician Matt “Nur-D” Allen was violently detained by agents today.
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Reposted by Chris Riemenschneider
Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
January 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
Some of Friday's shows are off, including the Current's 21st birthday, but there are still plenty of chances to get out and let music do its thing this week, including Cate Le Bon's first show here this decade and Halloween, Alaska's farewell.
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The Big Gigs: 10 top concerts to see in the Twin Cities this week
Highlights for Jan. 22-28 include Rascal Flatts, Cate LeBon, the Current’s birthday party, Big Head Todd and a farewell from Halloween, Alaska.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Some of Friday's shows are off, including the Current's 21st birthday, but there are still plenty of chances to get out and let music do its thing this week, including Cate Le Bon's first show here this decade and Halloween, Alaska's farewell.
www.startribune.com/jonah-kagen-...
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How about some good news? Bob Mould had a good idea to play two nights at @first-avenue.com with Sugar in September instead of one night in a bigger room.
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Bob Mould’s reformed ’90s band Sugar to play First Ave two-nighter
The ex-Minnesotan of Hüsker Dü fame will play his old stomping grounds with another of his old bands Sept. 10 and 11.
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January 21, 2026 at 2:14 PM
How about some good news? Bob Mould had a good idea to play two nights at @first-avenue.com with Sugar in September instead of one night in a bigger room.
www.startribune.com/bob-mould-re...
www.startribune.com/bob-mould-re...
"Music just helps people access their feelings. Especially when there’s so much going on that it’s hard to know what to feel, music helps us sort it out.”
Musicians/singers are bringing truly harmonious peaceful protests to the streets in recent weeks.
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Musicians/singers are bringing truly harmonious peaceful protests to the streets in recent weeks.
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Twin Cities singers, musicians come together to perform at ICE sites
Community groups Brass Solidarity and Singing Resistance have created large, peaceful singalongs amid this week’s chaos.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:19 PM
"Music just helps people access their feelings. Especially when there’s so much going on that it’s hard to know what to feel, music helps us sort it out.”
Musicians/singers are bringing truly harmonious peaceful protests to the streets in recent weeks.
www.startribune.com/minnesota-ic...
Musicians/singers are bringing truly harmonious peaceful protests to the streets in recent weeks.
www.startribune.com/minnesota-ic...
Tickets are on sale now for the Feb. 15 ICE Out fundraiser at First Ave with Hippo Campus, Papa Mbye, 26 Bats! and one artist TBA that everyone already knows who it is.
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First Ave to host 'ICE Out' protest concert with Hippo Campus, Papa Mbye
Tickets are priced $50 and up for the Feb. 15 community fundraiser, which will also feature 26! Bats and a TBA act whose name looks like Durry’s.
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January 19, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Tickets are on sale now for the Feb. 15 ICE Out fundraiser at First Ave with Hippo Campus, Papa Mbye, 26 Bats! and one artist TBA that everyone already knows who it is.
www.startribune.com/ice-out-prot...
www.startribune.com/ice-out-prot...
I'm happy to report the culture and community Deadheads built around live gigs isn't going away with Bobby. Here's a roundup of some of the tributes happening locally in the next couple months, including one Saturday at the Turf Club.
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Keep on truckin': 8 ways Twin Cities Deadheads can celebrate Bob Weir
Several local tributes and mini-festivals were already on the calendar when the Grateful Dead legend died Jan. 10.
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January 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I'm happy to report the culture and community Deadheads built around live gigs isn't going away with Bobby. Here's a roundup of some of the tributes happening locally in the next couple months, including one Saturday at the Turf Club.
www.startribune.com/7-ways-twin-...
www.startribune.com/7-ways-twin-...
The shows must go on... Big Gigs for this week include Rebirth Brass, Chris Thile, bass wiz Melvin Gibbs, First Ave's Best New Bands and more.
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The Big Gigs: 10 top concerts to see in Twin Cities this week
Highlights for Jan. 15-21 include Rebirth Brass Band, Chris Thile, Moore By Four, Melvin Gibbs and Best New Bands at First Ave.
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January 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The shows must go on... Big Gigs for this week include Rebirth Brass, Chris Thile, bass wiz Melvin Gibbs, First Ave's Best New Bands and more.
www.startribune.com/big-gigs-top...
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