Folk songs at 86 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 739 folk songs with a verified tempo of 86 BPM: acoustic, story-first folk. Here are some of the best known.
86 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 86 BPM folk songs
Wasted
Angus & Julia Stone (2009)
Mah-Jong
Moriarty (2011)
Su’ mon big wheel
Les Cowboys Fringants (2003)
13 Horses
Alexander Rybak (2009)
Desire
Alela Diane (2011)
Anybody
Maggie Rogers (2014)
Sanctus
Subway to Sally (2001)
Poor Cow
Donovan (1968)
Away We Go
Joshua Radin (2015)
Mio zio
Carmen Consoli (2009)
Senegambie
Ismaël Lô (1994)
Who’ll Come With Me
The Kelly Family (1990)
Sabah
Ezginin Günlüğü (1993)
Movimento
Modena City Ramblers (1999)
Heaven's Only Days Down the Road
Shelby Lynne (2011)
A merula
Danyèl Waro (2010)
Albi the Racist Dragon
Flight of the Conchords
Tirol isch lei oans
Kastelruther Spatzen (2015)
Waiting for a Train
Billy Bragg (2016)
Visions of Children
Pete Seeger (2003)
Goose Eggs
Joanna Newsom (2015)
Freight Train
Laura Veirs (2008)
Liebe ist wie ein Lied
Hansi Hinterseer (2017)
Susurro
Quilapayún (1975)
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