Folk songs at 120 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 794 folk songs with a verified tempo of 120 BPM: acoustic, story-first folk. Here are some of the best known.
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Popular 120 BPM folk songs
Moments Passed
Dermot Kennedy (2017)
Know
Nick Drake (1972)
Ár var alda
Wardruna (2009)
Wayeina
Oumou Sangaré (2003)
Blodnatt
Finntroll (2014)
Sacred Heart
The Civil Wars (2013)
Facing a World of Anger
Emily Loizeau (2009)
Un mi ne di più
I Muvrini (1995)
Hold
Ásgeir (2017)
The War Drags On
Donovan (1996)
Blood/Chest
William Fitzsimmons (2013)
Explosions
The Kelly Family (1993)
Der fahle Mond
Oonagh (2016)
O’Rileys Lichterfest
Versengold (2017)
La Guinguette au bord du canal
Mes souliers sont rouges (2005)
Suad
Modena City Ramblers (1999)
Annemarie
Höhner (2007)
If You're Into It
Flight of the Conchords
Mein Zuhaus
Kastelruther Spatzen (2013)
Satyricon
Corvus Corax (2001)
Quite Early Morning
Pete Seeger (1986)
Holy Smoke
Vashti Bunyan (2014)
Ohne dich wär ich verlorn
Nockalm Quintett (2014)
Recitativo y cueca autobiográfica
Quilapayún (1976)
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