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Coffee Break: 893 Essential Songs

by Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala

April 24, 2025

The Current's 20th Anniversary on Friday, January 24 at First Avenue.
The Current's 20th Anniversary on Friday, January 24 at First Avenue.Darin Kamnetz for MPR

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!

From The Current: Vote for the 893 Essential Songs of The Current

We’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.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive.

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