Appalachian Folk music is the traditional music of the region of Appalachia in the Eastern United States. It is derived from various European and African influences, including English hymns, Irish and Scottish traditional music (especially fiddle music), and African-American blues. First recorded in the 1920s, Appalachian musicians were a key influence on the early development of Old-time music, country music, and bluegrass, and were an important part of the American folk music revival of the 1960s. Instruments typically used to perform Appalachian music include the banjo, fiddle, Appalachian dulcimer, and guitar.
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Easygoing instrumental track featuring guitar, mandolin and bass. Light egg shaker percussion and train whistle. 4 distinct pause sections. Killer lead mandolin section. Features walk ups, mandolin tremolo and sparse ending section. Appropriate folksy background music for film. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
A fun good time jig with an authentic traditional style and sound. Can be used as Southern Americana, Irish, Canadian Maritimes or Canadian Metis.. A Merlin Strum Stick leads the way giving a very unique and traditional sound. The sound of the Merlin Strum Stick will make your media stand out. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Glowing Coals is baritone slide guitar, acoustic guitars, mandolins, bass guitar and roots drums. It is a four section song where guitars and mandolins play intertwining lines that are fun to follow. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Glorious Morning is mandolin. It is celebrating sunrise on a beautiful day. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Traditional Irish folk tune (Fisher’s Hornpipe) played here bluegrass style! Featuring 5-string banjo and acoustic guitar, this upbeat, light and merry track is well known in Scottish and Irish traditions, as well as the Appalachian tradition where it is played at at bluegrass and old time festivals, Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
A mellow fingerpicked acoustic guitar song. Its simple, hopeful melody evokes spring in the mountains, new beginnings, and starting over. This instrumental Americana track fits perfectly as an underscore or bed for outdoor scenes, rural splendor or renewal and hope. It's positive & wholesome. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
An earthy and rustic country / folk underscore track played on a clawhammer banjo. Elements of light and darkness both come through in this organic and natural sounding, slightly dreamy and contemplative piece. A great track for use with anything rustic, natural, organic, rural, homey and, Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Banjo and vocals are at the center of this amusing, friendly, country-folk track. Slide acoustic guitars and harmonica also pepper its arrangement of piano, country bass, shaker, brushed snare and kick drum. Kitsch, cute and corny, this is an excellent piece for comedy, rural themes, travel, web, Vocal Pads, Comedy, Comedy Country
This emotive, delta blues-based track is excellent for conveying rural authenticity and a sense of spirituality. The arrangement is steady, sparse and raw, featuring finger-style and slide acoustic guitars. Superb for dramas, nature and rural themes, and period pieces. Deep/ Delta Blues/ Spiritual. Instrumental, Americana, Americana
Slow, sparse and epic soundtrack composition with a melancholy feel. Unforgettable melodic themes and harmonic structure give a genuine and sincere uplifting motivational experience. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
A feel-good musical journey to the countryside. Can also be a simple theme depicting a rural, folksy or mountain area lifestyle. Smooth and pleasant. Instrumental, New Age, Nature
This is a re-harmonized, and re-arranged version of the Appalachian folk song. It is written for a string quartet with two violins and two cellos. This track would work great as a background track for a documentary about the Appalachian area especially from the Civil War 1800s, or earlier. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Very moving roots country vocal that hits hard from the downbeat. Memorable lyric and authentic feel. This one's real.. Just right for In Store Play, Male Vocals, Country, Alt Country
Bright and uplifting, featuring sensitive acoustic guitar. Creates an optimistic, heartfelt mood. Ideal for many Productions including Background music in Internet and Corporate videos and presentations! Also to use for romance, country picnics and scenes of leisurely drives around Cape Breton! Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
This Appalachian folk tune is great for western films or cowboy based content. Its about the journey and the hard roads along the way. Perfect for underscore or score and the 3 sections bring about the reality of one's own growth through hardship. Featuring folk ensemble & low brass. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
This timeless, emotionally charged Appalachian folk tune is absolutely beautiful. All instruments are real, and the rubato makes it pure and genuine. This music is great for all sorts of scenarios, media, corporate and commercial content, for dramas, theatre productions and more. Live music is best! Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Beautiful folk waltz about dancing with your intended by the riverside before being married sentimental carefree tender sweet loving caring calm peaceful serene flowing positive stirring moving free easy slow great for internet radio mall music elevator music romantic new love radio edit weddings, Male Vocals, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Run From the Flood is acoustic guitars in DADGAD tuning, baritone guitar slide, mandolin, bass guitar and roots drums. It moves along at 160bpm and has a cool roots feel where acoustic guitars and slide share melodies. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Waltzing, flowing, mellow rendition with mixed vocals, acoustic guitar and mandolin, mid-tempo. Fitting for themes like rural/country-side, farm country, saloon slow dance and more. Mixed Vocals, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Sweet down-home folksy polka, perfect for rural, backwoods, back country, Southern folk, kin folk, hoe-down good times. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
A bluesy folk music track performed by an ensemble of acoustic instruments: fingerstyle steel-string guitar, upright bass, drum kit (mostly snare), and slide guitar. This music is ideal for evoking country and rural scenes with it's jangly home-style guitar picking and calm, relaxed full of warmth. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Folksy train ballad about memories of a magical rail journey with the composer's father. Elegant touching and emotional memories of a special trip, recalling life with a special person during America during the 20th Century. Blue skies, fondness, friendship and everlasting love, with an Irish lilt. Male Vocals, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Down -home back-porch rabble-rousing canoe-trip crashing getting ready to get ready acoustic guitars mercilessly thrashed along to whip saw harmonica and mudd-kicking tom tom's and percusiion this track will sweeten any back-woods down-home scene especially when the good ole boys are getting some. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Ominous backwoods instrumental piece featuring fiddle and mandolin... This bluegrass recording has a certain dark dangerous brooding beauty making it perfect for a movie like Deliverance or less sinister like a nice documentary. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Picture yourself on the porch in the country playing the Banjo on a cool spring day. The sun is out and the birds are chirping. Folk music was born on the front porch and the music brought a light feeling of joy and home felt warmth. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
A folksy, perky song about harvest time in wine country. Appalachian style male/female harmonies and fiddle parts. Features finger pick'in guitar with cello counter point. Great for wine commercials or cafe, restaurant and vineyard advertising use. Also good for cooking and sommelier programing. Mixed Vocals, Folk, Appalachian Folk
An orchestral adaptation of the famous Shaker tune, "I Will Bow and Be Simple" or “Willow Tree.” With a Copland-esque classical, symphonic folklorism for vintage Western film scores. Performed live, ideal historical drama, pioneering documentary, going west. Innocent nostalgic early settlers. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
A historical account of the a tragic railway accident in Mexico killing over two hundred people. Appalachian style male/female harmonies, accordion, banjo, flat picked guitar with string underscore. Ideal for locomotive documentaries, train theme TV and Film. Mixed Vocals, Folk, Appalachian Folk
An all American violin solo for the civil war documentary, or the positive homestead in America or Europe that plays to pass the time and recognize the crops in good health. The Sun is shining, a hard winter has passed and a good future is on the horizon. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
introspective, acoustic guitar picking, haunting, graceful, heavenly, yearning, warm, wonderful, good, relaxing. Song inspired by daughter's leaving the family nest and going to college in Boone, NC at Appalachian State University. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Overlooking the wide open fields of a countryside is a place this track can take you. Can you not almost see the sagebrush rolling along as the Wyoming wind or hill country landscape carries it away. The guitars handle all the emotional duties on this ideal soundtrack or mood-setting piece. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
soft acoustic guitar picked, gentle folk chord progression, quiet nylon and acoustic steel guitars, simple folk melody, ideal background music for childrens or nature and rural productions. with a positive and innocent feel Dramatic Music, Production Happy Music cheery Instrumental,, Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Stomping kick drum and steady strumming acoustic guitars are paired with a motivated banjo melody. The middle section slows to half time while the banjo and acoustic guitars pluck a reflective, delicate melody. The track concludes with uptempo strumming and banjo plucking. Slightly dangerous feel. Instrumental, Americana, Americana
Dreamy, laid back acoustic country folk song featuring a soothing fiddle solo with accompanying acoustic guitars possibly for background music for a commercial in natural surroundings. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
After a relation end, children of broken families often become innocent victims, and may become enmeshed in their parent’s drama. This song touches on how domestic discourse affects the kids of divorce. Good for TV Drama or Film related to family breakups. Sounds like The Civil Wars, T-Bone Burnett, Mixed Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Singer-Songwriter
You don't dance at your church? Well we do at ours! Bonfires every Saturday night - you should come! A fun, playful dance featuring fiddle and various traditional percussion instruments. Bouncy and delightful. Finger lickin' good. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Upbeat, rollin, dancing Country-Folk with mixed vocals, banjo, and guitars, mid-up tempo. Fitting for themes like rural/country-side, history, farm country and more. This is a traditional song which also became a Number 1 pop hit. That version was recorded by the folk/pop band Kingston Trio. Mixed Vocals, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Campy, outback, bluesy Country-Folk with mixed vocals and acoustic guitar, mid-tempo. Fitting for themes like rural/country-side, campfire, celebrating and more. Mixed Vocals, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Upbeat, fun, summery Country-Folk with mixed vocals, banjo, guitars and bass, mid-tempo. Fitting for themes like rural/country-side, farming country celebration, dancing and more. Mixed Vocals, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Happy, uplifting, upbeat, Irish flute, banjo, bluegrass instrumental. Ideal for daytime television programmes, tv adverts, holiday programmes, children's music, children's tv and a wide range of audio visual projects. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Fun, bluesy, folky Country-Rock/Appalachian Folk with male vocals, acoustic guitar, and bass guitar, mid-up tempo. Fitting for themes like rural/country-side, bar/saloon, dancing and more. Male Vocals, Folk, Appalachian Folk
Relaxed, ambient Acoustic track. Melancholic, tender, impressionistic, inviting. A time for quiet reflection. A dreamy inviting track. Great for ANY Commercial or Movie underscore. Features a Dobro and acoustic guitar. Give it a listen. Instrumental, Folk, Appalachian Folk