Hikers Favorite Type of Music

[dixiehiker]

I love three categories best.... classical / modern classical (Josh Groban), bluegrass (mostly Christian themed), and believe it or not, pop when I want to hear something with a beat to move or walk to!!!!
-dixiehiker

[MOWGLI]

Neli Young
Van Morrison
Ryan Adams
Wilco
Lucinda Williams
Bob Dylan
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Old Timey Bluegrass
James Taylor

Too many to list. I am really fond of acoustic music.

Favorite trail song? Terrapin Station gets lodged in my head sometimes.

[BigE]

Railroad Earth - For me without question the best hiking/mountain music I have ever heard. If you have not heard these guys, check 'em out. Awesome alt./progressive bluegrass.

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[Vi+]

The first music I heard which really impressed me was the Fifth Symphony, by Ludwig van Beethoven. The dynamic ranges between the high and low notes, loud and soft volumes, even the silences played between musical notes remain unequaled.

Some of the passions expressed in classical music and opera I also find, though grittier, in blues music.

I rank the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd among the artists producing some rock and roll which hasn’t been beaten.

Overall though, for me, if I could listen to only one style of music it would be classical, without any doubt.

[k4kam]

Wagner's operas (especially the "Ring" cycle).

[Heater]

Goldberg variations? The well tempered clavier?

[Shiraz-mataz]

Ever since I was a wee tot growing up in South Cackalacky, I generally listened to country music. Perhaps it was from a sense of connectedness with my southern heritage but more likely it was because that's what my parents and most of my friends listed to. Country was my music of choice for years, even after moving to Maryland until one day when I was on business travel. The rental car radio had all the presets on rock stations and as I drove away from the airport I was hooked by the hard-hitting, angst filled music that filled my ears. Nickleback... Creed... Evanessence... There was no going back to the twangy tunes of my ill-spent youth!

[Kerosene]

I'll listen to pretty much anything with the exception of country, hard rap, and opera. Of course, my 15-year old daughter forces me to listen to this stuff anyway (she's an aspiring opera singer).

[Jaybird]

I am curious about the favorite type of music of the AT hikers. My favorite, Bluegrass (I was born in KY ... the state, not the jelly) had a revival in the the Washington, DC area in the '80s and '90s, but has faded in recent years.

I voted for BLUEGRASS because your POLL only let you vote for 1 choice.
I've very eclectic music tastes....i might listen to NEW GRASS REVIVAL followed by LED ZEPPELIN followed by some classic DAVE BRUBECK...


BUT, i have to be honest about this...most times...i dont take TUNES with me on the trail...i enjoy listening to the sounds of NATURE...

[c.coyle]

When I want to zone out and just get through the last few miles, nothing puts me in zombie mode better than jazz running 'round my brain. Parker and Coltrane, especially.

Those long Allman Brothers jams - Whipping Post, Elizabeth Reed, Mountain Jam - also work for me.

[minnesotasmith]

I'd prefer to only hear my music (New Age ala Enya, pre-1900s classical, smooth jazz), or no music at all. Country with extra twang and foreign music (other than East Asian, which I find OK) both particularly bug me. However, I have a special dislike for ever hearing rap "music", which I regard as a contraction (they always leave off the "c" in front, for some reason). A perfect T-shirt IMO: http://www.tshirthell.com/store/prod...?productid=535

[RedneckRye]

Metal. Lots of Metal.

[minnesotasmith]

Metal. Lots of Metal.

Ah. Music meant to take impure LSD by. (As I don't ever do that, black metal/alternative has little place in my life.)

[scothiker]

You missed one - Celtic music - in this order:

Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas
Dougie Maclean
Skyedance
Natalie MacMaster
Peat Bog Faeries

and Georgia's own Emerald Rose.

Also that blend of bluegrass and God-knows-what played by Mark O'Connor, Bela Fleck and and collaborators. So innovative, every store places it in a different category.

Appalachian Pickin' Society.

Mark O'Connor, Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer's "Appalachian Journey" and "Appalachia Waltz".

Good stuff.

[Mags]

Willie Nelson (Teatro and Spirit are must listens!)
Emmylou Harris (just about anything!)
Nick Cave
Mark Lanegan
Daniel Lanois
..and many others. But those above seem to be in "constant play" list

[Wings]

You forgot Indie. There was no category so I put it in New Stuff.

[RedneckRye]

Metal. Lots of Metal.

[RedneckRye]

Meant to quote myself and MinnesotaSmith, not post again. I seem to recall most of the impure LSD experience being tied to The Dead, etc. Saw many, many a lost wasted soul when I followed them around during their last few years. Luckily I reverted back to my metal roots.

[Klezmorim]

Texas Swing. Ah-HAAAA!!

[QHShowoman]

I love acoustic singer/songwriters of the rock/roots/folk variety, especially Indigo Girls and Michelle Malone.