Folk songs at 97 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 340 folk songs with a verified tempo of 97 BPM: acoustic, story-first folk. Here are some of the best known.
97 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 97 BPM folk songs
Happy Little Boozer
Korpiklaani (2007)
Rox in the Box
The Dead South
La Dernière pluie
Emily Loizeau (2009)
Diteli
I Muvrini (2002)
Candy Man
Donovan (1965)
Everything’ll Be Alright
Joshua Radin (2016)
Wir sehn uns wieder
Oonagh (2016)
İstavrit
Ezginin Günlüğü (1993)
Die allerletzte Naach
Höhner (2007)
Larzan karné
Danyèl Waro (2010)
Im Himmel der Sehnsucht
Kastelruther Spatzen (2013)
Over You
Billy Bragg (2013)
Time’s A‐Getting Hard
Pete Seeger (1955)
Pochod marodů
Jaromír Nohavica (1990)
Mother
Vashti Bunyan (2014)
December '04
The Oh Hellos (2023)
Plegaria a un labrador
Quilapayún (1983)
Pastures of Plenty
Woody Guthrie (1988)
Rusasca lui Filon
Fanfare Ciocărlia (1998)
Pueblo Gal
Burl Ives (2000)
So Early, Early in the Spring
Judy Collins (1965)
On the Border
Al Stewart (1998)
Hole in the Rain
John Martyn (2008)
Hypnotized
Ani DiFranco (2006)
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