Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Road trippin'Anna Reed • May 27, 2016As we head into Memorial Day weekend, we know many of you will be road tripping to your destinations. Let's send you off on your way with songs that reference various forms of transportation for today's Coffee Break.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: #YouKnowItsSummerWhenAnna Reed • May 26, 2016You might have noticed the hashtag #YouKnowItsSummerWhen floating around on social media this week. What does summer mean to you? For today's 9:30 Coffee Break let's listen to songs that make you think of the start of summer.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Spelling songsAnna Reed • May 25, 2016The Scripps National Spelling Bee kicks off today so let's celebrate with songs that feature spelling in the lyrics.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Bob Dylan covers May 24, 2016Bob Dylan is 75 today. We are celebrating him all day by listening to Dylan songs at the top of every hour, so for today's Coffee Break let's listen to covers of Bob Dylan songs.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Stormy weatherAnna Reed • May 23, 2016It's a swampy morning in the Twin Cities which will soon lead to showers and thunderstorms, terrifying Beyonce fans heading to TCF Bank stadium tonight. Let's look at the brighter side of this gloomy forecast and listen to songs for today's 9:30 Coffee Break that have lyrics relating to stormy weather.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Songs that mention visual artAnna Reed • May 20, 2016Art-a-Whirl starts this weekend and whirls all the way through Sunday. To get us in the mood, let's listen to songs that mention some form of visual art for today's Coffee Break.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Murder ballads May 19, 2016For today's Vinyl Tap, Brian brought in The Raconteurs' "Carolina Drama" which tells the very detailed and gory tale of a dysfunctional family in South Carolina. So for today's Coffee Break, let's get a little creepy and listen to only murder ballads.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Fat horns!Anna Reed • May 18, 2016For today's Vinyl Tap, Jill brought in 'Vehicle' from The Ides of March which employs a great horn section. So for our 9:30 Coffee Break, let's listen to songs featuring an impressive horn section.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: What's that smell?Anna Reed • May 17, 2016Over here at Oake & Riley we're charmed and a little frightened by a new way to meet people called "smell dating". Let's keep the smelly vibes going with a Coffee Break all about smells and smelling.
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Animal sounds May 16, 2016Today in 1966, The Beach Boys released the critically-lauded Pet Sounds. In honor of this release, let's listen to songs that feature animal noises for today's Coffee Break.