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Coffee Break: Shoveling playlist

Michelle Armstrong shovels her parents' driveway during a winter storm in North Mankato, Minn.
Michelle Armstrong shovels her parents' driveway during a winter storm in North Mankato, Minn.Pat Christman | The Free Press via AP

February 21, 2019

This week we smashed the record for the snowiest February in history as measured at the MSP airport, and it's the first time we've topped 30" since December 2010.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, let's make a shoveling playlist. As in, what songs would you want to shovel by?

Take that as you will.

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

Pixies - Dig for Fire
The Animals - We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Frank Zappa - Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
Peter Paul And Mary - Blowin' In The Wind
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
The Mamas And The Papas - California Dreamin'
The Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing
The Beatles - Misery
Foreigner - Cold As Ice