Give me some good folk songs for the road

PC's going to hit the road with hope in their hearts and purpose in their stride. Once I heard Ain't No Grave I knew I was going to have to play it.

Wayfaring Stranger too, probably. In some version.

What else is good in american folk? Instrumental, a plus. My usual mood music consists of Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method and The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull by Earth, and the soundtrack from Dead Man, now I'm looking to add a little more hope and community to that. You know, folk.

Not strictly folk, but Johnny Cash's American Recordings 3 and 4 work very well indeed.

Not strictly folk, but Johnny Cash's American Recordings 3 and 4 work very well indeed.

Yeah, strictly folk is probably too upbeat anyway. This is Apocalypse World, after all! :) Johnny Cash strikes an excellent balance between somber and soulstirring, too bad I can't seem to find the American 3 and 4 on spotify.

Yeah, strictly folk is probably too upbeat anyway.

Wha buh?

Anyway, check out Tim Eriksen:
http://timeriksenmusic.com/music.html

Be sure to give a listen to the Hookes Regular Sing and Roadkill.

Can't go wrong with 16 Horsepower. Little bit less moody, Jim White.

'Hard Times' is the classic to go for here. Either the Bone Thugs & Harmony version or the Bob Dylan version. Or both. I'd go for some Donovan, perhaps. And Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch 'I'll Fly Away'. A nice 'We are climbing Jacob's Ladder' could work. And Pete Seegar will give you all the hope you need. For instrumental, go for Appalachian bluegrass, with a banjo, kinda like these guys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmFsn5VfvVY.