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Coffee Break: Mountains

Snowy mountains in Iceland, seen from the road as The Current's crew make the trip from Akureyri to Reykjavik to see more at the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival.
Snowy mountains in Iceland, seen from the road as The Current's crew make the trip from Akureyri to Reykjavik to see more at the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival.Nate Ryan | MPR

by Anna Reed

January 05, 2018

Right after the morning show today we're heading all the way to Lutsen Mountains for the GNDWIRE Ski Party 2018 where we'll be broadcasting live from Papa Charlie's tomorrow afternoon.

Between 2 and 6 pm tomorrow, tune in and you'll hear performances from Charlie Parr, Roma di Luna and Black-eyed Snakes, and guest appearances from Har Mar Superstar and Dave Simonett of Dead Man Winter.

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

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
Grateful Dead - Fire On The Mountain
Ike and Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High
Harry McClintock - Big Rock Candy Mountain
Dolly Parton - My Tennessee Mountain Home
Donovan - There Is A Mountain
The Shamen - Move Any Mountain
Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop
John Denver - Rocky Mountain High