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Coffee Break: First Day of Fall

A car drives on the Stewart Creek Bridge along Skyline Parkway in Duluth, Minn., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020.
A car drives on the Stewart Creek Bridge along Skyline Parkway in Duluth, Minn., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020.Andrew Krueger | MPR News

by Jill Riley and Christy Taylor

September 22, 2021

Fall is officially here! The air is crisp, the leaves are changing, sweaters are making a comeback, bonfires are popular in the evenings, and everything starts to feel a lot cozier.

Let's celebrate the first day of fall in the way we do best - with music!

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that give you those good fall feelings do you want to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Nat King Cole - Autumn Leaves
Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater
Chad and Jeremy - A Summer Song
Modest Mouse - Autumn Beds
Ella Fitzgerald - Early Autumn
Tom Waits - Last Leaf
The White Stripes - Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground