Coffee Break: 893 Essential Songs
by Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala
April 24, 2025

It’s time to count down the 893 Essential Songs of The Current, and we need your help! Vote on the top 15 songs you’ve discovered on this station, and when you do, you can enter to win two VIP three-day tickets to the upcoming Minnesota Yacht Club Festival!
Vote for the 893 Essential Songs of The CurrentWe’ll take your votes and count down the 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now during our Spring Member Drive starting Monday, May 12. Let’s get warmed up by crafting a playlist of songs you’ve discovered by listening to The Current over the last 20 years!
So for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that you discovered on The Current would you like to hear?
(Nil’s note~ commenting on this post is awesome, but is NOT your official vote! Click here to cast your official vote for The 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now.)
Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.
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Songs Played
Bad Bad Hats- Midway
Brandi Carlile- The Mother
Benjamin Booker- Violent Shiver
CHVRCHES- Get Out
Jean Dawson feat. Lil Yachty- Die For Me
Low Cut Connie- Boozophilia
