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Coffee Break: Strings attached

Chastity Brown at Rock the Garden 2018.
Chastity Brown at Rock the Garden 2018.Nate Ryan/MPR

by Anna Weggel

May 23, 2019

Chastity Brown is dropping by the studio this morning to announce her debut with the Minnesota Orchestra on June 8.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear with a string section or elements of a symphony orchestra?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive. Or, when you register for a Minnesota Public Radio account, you can send requests via Alexa, too Just say "Alexa, ask The Current to play Song by Artist" e.g. "Alexa, ask The Current to play Left of the Dial by The Replacements."

Songs played

The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee
Roy Orbison - In Dreams
The Staves and yMusic - Trouble on My Mind
Nirvana - Something In The Way
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
Procol Harum - Conquistador
Bee Gees - Night Fever
R.E.M. - Nightswimming