Listener Brittany points out the Mississippi River flows right through the Twin Cities and suggests our theme for the day. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what river songs do you want to hear? Bonus to those songs that explicitly or implicitly mention 'Mississippi River.' Send us your requests.

Last night, CBS's 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' made its debut. Jon Batiste is the new bandleader on the program, and Bastite often plays melodica. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that feature melodica? Send us your requests.

Kids everywhere are going back to school. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear for the first day of school? Send us your requests.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear for your Labor Day weekend? Send us your request, and tell us why your song says 'Labor Day' to you.

A couple weeks ago, we looked at rhyming 'fire' and desire'. Today, we're looking at a specific construction: For the 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that use the phrase 'on fire' in the title or lyrics. Send us your requests.

There are a lot of songs out there that have initials for names. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have initials in the title? Send us your requests.

Help us build a September playlist; don't forget to think outside the title on this one. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention "September" in the title or lyrics? Send us your requests.

As President Obama visits Alaska to make a public announcement returning Mt. McKinley to its traditional Alaska Native name, Denali, we're thinking about mountains in songs. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention 'mountain' or 'mountains'? Send us your requests.

Today we look at a popular phrase in songwriting, 'dream lover.' For our 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have the words 'dream lover' in the title or lyrics -- or both? Send us your requests.

Today is the beginning of the Minnesota State Fair, so we thought it would be fun to play a coffee break with songs that connect to the sights, sounds and smells of the Minnesota State Fair.