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Looking for some songs to add to your hiking playlist? Here are some of my picks if you need some music to keep you company inside your tent, up a steep trail, or to accompany your hiking slideshow or video They are either songs that I associate with being outside or are just a lot of fun to listen to.
What would you include on your hiking soundtrack? Leave a comment below!
Eddie Vedder: Tuolumne
Radical Face: Welcome Home
The Tallest Man on Earth: Wild Hunt
Grizzly Bear: Ready, Able
Fleet Foxes: Blue Ridge Mountains
Postal Service: Such Great Heights
Radical Face: The Mute
Fitz and the Tantrums: The Walker
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: Home
Eddie Vedder: Hard Sun
Portugal the Man: Purple, Yellow, Red, and Blue
M83: Midnight City
The Mountain Goats: Tallahassee
Of Monsters and Men: Mountain Sound
Sigor Ros: Saeglopur
Woods: Pushing Only’s
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Last modified: October 14, 2015
Great list. I love the Eddie Vedder song Hard Sun and anything by Pearl Jam. I’m sure mine will include a long list of 80’s songs. I’ll be starting on August 13th……..
This is awesome, thanks for sharing! -Sarah (a fellow ladies of the JMT-er)
Great list. Some others to consider: Old Crow Medicine Show – Wagon Wheel; Richard Thompson – Wall of Death.
Oh, and Solsbury Hill is a song that I strongly associate with hiking.
Glad you enjoyed and thank you for the suggestions Jeremy and Sarah! 🙂
I did a similar list of my top ten for walking on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. I actually have an entire playlist with walking themed songs and inspirational songs on my iPod. Great suggestions. I made a Spotify list of your favorites from this post. Very cool!
http://renegadepilgrim.com/renegadepilgr/2011/11/music-to-walk-to-my-camino-de-santiago.html
What about “I’m Walking” by Fats Domino?
Mountain Sound was basically the theme song of my adventures last summer, and I have a feeling it will be again. You’ve got some awesome stuff on there! Another epic one you might want to check out it M83 – Outro. It’s a little bit slower, but so beautiful!
I’m loving all your playlist choices- keep ’em coming!
some of these songs explored before , but as those which experienced was awesome so I saved this address link when I was traveling to access this source of amazing music in my laptop later. I mean now.
Eddie Vedder and M83 was so good
Ends of the Earth by Lord Huron is pretty great
“Tres Domine'” by Hammock is awesome.
Great playlist, thanks for sharing
I would agree with Katie. Lord Huron is a must. I’d also add First Aid Kit and The Head & the Heart.
Great playlist! I would recommend adding Spirit Bird by Xavier Rudd feels like I’m in the mountains everytime I hear this song and it feels like a call to the soul.
This playlist is so RAD!!!! I would add “Cosmic Love” by Florence + The Machine!