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Coffee Break: Ginger rock

Fresh ginger is juicier, sweeter and pinker than the gnarled, older roots more commonly available.
Fresh ginger is juicier, sweeter and pinker than the gnarled, older roots more commonly available.Laura McCandlish for NPR

by Anna Reed

January 12, 2017

January 12 is "Kiss a Ginger Day", a day to celebrate red-headed people around the world.

If you see a ginger today, give him or her a smile. And if you plan to place a peck on that ginger, be sure to ask for consent.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear from ginger rockers?

Submit your own idea for a Coffee Break and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive.

Songs played

Tori Amos - Silent All These Years
Ed Sheeran - The A Team
Queens of the Stone Age - The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
The New Pornographers - Letter From an Occupant
Peter and Gordon - I Go to Pieces
Florence and the Machine - No Light, No Light
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Oingo Boingo - Weird Science