Folk songs at 81 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 509 folk songs with a verified tempo of 81 BPM: acoustic, story-first folk. Here are some of the best known.
81 BPM sits in the laid-back pocket where soul, slow jams, and a lot of classic hip hop live. It suits cooldowns, easy lifting between sets, and long drives.
Popular 81 BPM folk songs
Paddling in Rushmere
Nick Drake (2007)
Delicious Solitude
Goran Bregović (1998)
Damned
The White Buffalo (2009)
Rose & Thorn
Alela Diane (2013)
Midnattens widunder
Finntroll (2014)
Goodbye Girl
The Civil Wars (2012)
Krähenfrass
Subway to Sally (1995)
I’d Rather Be With You
Joshua Radin (2016)
Nabou
Ismaël Lô (1994)
Madre tan hermosa
The Kelly Family (1989)
Gün Gelir
Aysel Yakupoğlu (2016)
Goodbye, Goodbye
Billy Bragg (2013)
This Land Is Your Land
Pete Seeger (1964)
Easy
Joanna Newsom (2010)
Spike Driver Blues
Laura Veirs (2008)
The Valley
The Oh Hellos (2012)
This Land Is Your Land
Woody Guthrie (1944)
Ramblin’ Boy
The Highwaymen (1964)
It’s Not Supposed to Be That Way
Phosphorescent (2009)
Spanish Pipedream
John Prine (1971)
Lilly Munroe
Burl Ives (1960)
Room of Roots
Al Stewart (1970)
The Glory of Love
John Martyn (2008)
Modulation
Ani DiFranco (2005)
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