Chris Riemenschneider

6 days ago | startribune.com | Chris Riemenschneider

Long one of Minnesota's most unabashedly Britrock-y bands, Two Harbors' two leaders have a lot of valid excuses for what took so long to finally put out another album. The global pandemic, of course. Writer's block. Raising kids, especially for guitarist Kris Johnson, whose daughter had infancy health issues. And then there was the death of producer and friend Ed Ackerson to cancer in 2019. "That was a huge blow," Johnson said.

6 days ago | startribune.com | Chris Riemenschneider

The good news: Minnesotans are living healthier and still loving live music. The bad news: They're buying less and less of the product that has long been music venues' primary source of revenue.

6 days ago | wyomingnews.com | Chris Riemenschneider

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1 week ago | startribune.com | Chris Riemenschneider

As if the music industry wasn't already at enough of a loss figuring out what to do with him, Sturgill Simpson confused things further by renaming himself Johnny Blue Skies for his latest album and the increasingly legendary tour to promote it. With the second of three Twin Cities stops on that tour now in the bag, many of the Kentucky country-rocker's Minnesota fans who stuck with him through the pseudonym changeup might also be a bit confused now.

1 week ago | courant.com | Chris Riemenschneider

By Chris Riemenschneider, The Minnesota Star TribuneMinnesotans will get the first chance to see how fast-rising pop star Benson Boone cuts it as an arena headliner. Fresh off his debut performance on “SNL” this past weekend, the “Beautiful Things” hitmaker will kick off his first U.S. arena tour at Xcel Energy Center on Aug. 22. His St. Paul kickoff date was announced Monday along with 19 other shows on his American Heart Tour, named after his second album due out June 20.