Folk songs at 85 BPM
TempoTunes has 325 folk songs with a verified tempo of 85 BPM: acoustic, story-first folk. Here are some of the best known.
85 BPM is the head-nod zone: boom bap, R&B grooves, and mid-tempo rock. It works for warmups, brisk walks, and steady strength work.
Popular 85 BPM folk songs
Another Day
Angus & Julia Stone (2007)
At the Huts of the Underworld
Korpiklaani (2012)
Jara
Wardruna (2009)
Polizia molto arabbiata
Goran Bregović (2002)
Symetryczno-liryczna
Enej (2012)
Among Ancestors
Turisas (2004)
I trädens sång
Finntroll (2010)
Seemannslied
Subway to Sally (2005)
Like a Mountain
Timber Timbre (2007)
Matebkiche
Souad Massi (2001)
Lay of the Last Tinker
Donovan (2013)
Und in dem Schneegebirge
The Kelly Family (1994)
Sing mir deine Lieder
Oonagh (2016)
Sold the Devil
Shelby Lynne (2015)
Strange Things Happen
Billy Bragg (1984)
Miser
Corvus Corax (2010)
Teban Siyala
Victor Démé (2010)
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Pete Seeger (1956)
Raven Marching Band
Laura Veirs (2001)
Moje malá válka
Jaromír Nohavica (1989)
Don't You Push Me Down
Woody Guthrie (1992)
Aw Come Aw Wry #5
Phosphorescent (2005)
I Know Where I'm Going
Burl Ives (2000)
Beautiful & Light
Tunng (2011)
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