weekly mixtape: fingerpicked folk
This week, I thought that I would share some of my favorite comfort music for the cold winter months. Fingerpicked folk music, especially from nylon string acoustic guitars has such a timeless and melancholic sound that perfectly resonates with a covid winter season regardless of genre or release date. Some of my favorite artists that use this style include Fleet Foxes, Vashti Bunyan, Adrianne Lenker, The Tallest Man on Earth, and Natalia Lafourcade. Below is a selection of some of my favorite songs that fit this description but what are your favorite fingerpicked folk songs?
When I Grow Up — First Aid Kit
Mexicana Hermosa — Natalia Lafourcade
anything — Adrianne Lenker
I’ll Be Here In The Morning — Townes Van Zandt
Blue Ridge Mountains — Fleet Foxes
Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright — Bob Dylan
The Only Thing — Sufjan Stevens
Naked as We Came — Iron and Wine
Tú Sí Sabes Quererme — Natalia Lafourcade
From the Morning — Nick Drake
Alesund — Sun Kill Moon
Hotel California — Earl Klugh
Meadowlarks — Fleet Foxes
Endless Roads — Angel Olson
Cycling Trivialities — José Gonzalez
Each Coming Night — Iron and Wine
Where Do My Bluebird Fly — The Tallest Man on Earth
April Come She Will — Simon and Garfunkel
Gagging Order — Radiohead
The Forest — José Gonzalez
Boots of Spanish Leather — Bob Dylan
Somebody that I Used to Know — Elliot Smith
Sovay — Andrew Bird
Sea of Love — Cat Power
Goin’ Home — Dan Auerbach
Enchanting Ghost — Sufjan Stevens
I Won’t Be Found — The Tallest Man on Earth
Hallelujah — HAIM
These Days — Nico
Soy Lo Prohibido — Natalia Lafourcade
First Day of My Life — Bright Eyes
Moonshiner — Bob Dylan
King of Spain — The Tallest Man on Earth
Sleepwalker — Julie Byrne
Souls Like Wheels — The Avett Brothers
Green River — Jackson Harden
Fare Thee Well (Dinks Song) — Oscar Isaac, Marcus Mumford
Morning Dove — Julie Byrne
Saskatchewan in 1881 — Colter Wall
Love Is All — The Tallest Man on Earth
Tú Me Acostumbraste — Natalia Lafourcade
I’d Like To Walk Around In Your Mind — Vashti Bunyan
Freight Train — Elizabeth Cotten
Dear Prudence, Esher Demo — The Beatles
Rivers — The Tallest Man on Earth
One Too Many Mornings — Bob Dylan
Sittin On Top Of the World — Doc Watson
Urge for Going — Joni Mitchell
Curls — Bibio
The Cascades — Fleet Foxes
music for indigo — Adrianne Lenker
