Folk songs at 97 BPM
TempoTunes has 310 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
Quit Your Low Down Ways
Bob Dylan (1989)
Teachers
Leonard Cohen (1967)
You Can't Beat the House
Mark Knopfler (2009)
Spirits 13
Keith Jarrett (1986)
He Woke Me Up Again
Sufjan Stevens (2004)
Madre
Estopa (2002)
High, Wide and Handsome
John Denver (1989)
Frightened Child
Natalie Imbruglia (1997)
I Never Loved You Anyway
The Corrs (1999)
À’ polyvalente
Les Cowboys Fringants (2002)
Don’t Explain
Cat Power (2008)
Recuerdos del Paraguay
Mercedes Sosa (1962)
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