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Coffee Break: Stringed instruments

Typhoon perform in The Current studios.
Typhoon perform in The Current studios.MPR photo/Nate Ryan

by Anna Reed

September 20, 2017

According to the internet, today is National String Cheese Day. That's right.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that feature stringed instruments?

We're looking for songs that include violins, violas, cellos, double basses or harps.

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

R.E.M. - Nightswimming
Diana Ross and the Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together
Django Reinhardt and Stephan Grappelli - Nuages
Rasputina - Transylvanian Concubine
Andrew Bird - Pulaski at Night
Roy Orbison - In Dreams
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
Apocalyptica - For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight