Folk songs at 88 BPM
TempoTunes has 348 folk songs with a verified tempo of 88 BPM: acoustic, story-first folk. Here are some of the best known.
88 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 88 BPM folk songs
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Les Cowboys Fringants (2004)
Mon carrousel
Mayra Andrade (2009)
Wooden Pints
Korpiklaani (2007)
Koferi
Goran Bregović (2007)
Of Many Colors
Alela Diane (2011)
Blodsvept
Finntroll (2013)
That Little Something
Emily Loizeau (2009)
Catch the Wind
Donovan (2001)
Sick Man
The Kelly Family (1989)
Laurië lantar
Oonagh (2016)
Musik es mieh Levve
Höhner (2007)
Judas kuesst noch immer
Kastelruther Spatzen (2013)
Help Save the Youth of America
Billy Bragg (1986)
Let Them Wear Their Watches Fine
Pete Seeger (1956)
Soft as Chalk
Joanna Newsom (2010)
Zlo sedí v rohu pokoje
Jaromír Nohavica (2012)
Un son para Cuba
Quilapayún (1976)
Snow Deer
Woody Guthrie (1999)
Everybody
John Prine (1972)
Dansul lui Sulo
Fanfare Ciocărlia (1998)
Maria
Burl Ives (1968)
She’s Mine
Brett Dennen (2006)
Hello, Hooray
Judy Collins (1968)
Spencer the Rover
John Martyn (1975)
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