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Coffee Break: Songs of Summer

by Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala

September 03, 2025

Drew Imes, co-owner of Superior Paddle Boarding, heads out from Brighton Beach to join a group of 17 other paddle boarders to watch the sun rise over Lake Superior on June 20, 2017, the summer solstice. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
Drew Imes, co-owner of Superior Paddle Boarding, heads out from Brighton Beach to join a group of 17 other paddle boarders to watch the sun rise over Lake Superior on June 20, 2017, the summer solstice. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.comBob King | Duluth News Tribune

School has started, and summer vacation is officially over. It’s not officially fall for another week or so, but the change is right around the corner. You can almost smell the apple cider and pumpkin spice in the air!

There are a whole bunch of new songs and albums scheduled to be released this fall. Before we get there, let’s take a minute to appreciate some of our favorite jams from this summer.

So for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what favorite songs of the summer would you like to hear?


Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played
Doechii- Anxiety
Black Sabbath- Paranoid
Margo Price- Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down
supermodel*- i used to live in England
Role Model- Sally, When The Wine Runs Out
The Beaches- Last Girls At The Party
Chappell Roan- Pink Pony Club