How have we not done this before as a thread? How about witchy songs that deserve a spot in your playlist?
I’ll get us started with a couple of mine, yes, I want the credit for the obvious ones. 
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Oh you knew Rhiannon was gonna be here. A must. Stevie Nicks pulled the name from a novel, had no clue it was a Welsh myth queen from the Mabinogion till later. She said she knew Rhiannon “wasn’t of this world.”
For my adds: Loreena McKennitt’s The Mummer’s Dance. If you haven’t heard it, fix that now. Pure Beltane energy
Omnia’s Wytches’ Brew, pagan folk band, fun and unapologetically witchy for lighter rituals or just playlist vibes.
Bit of a different vibe for me. I’m really into a lot of pagan flute music
Honestly surprised no one’s mentioned Hozier. ‘From Eden’ is literally written from the serpent’s perspective. ‘Work Song’ is about being brought back from the dead by love.
And then half his catalogue is just casually full of pagan imagery like that’s a normal thing to do. The man is practically writing hymns to the old ways and nobody blinks.
Oh, also, for dark moon work I always reach for Dead Can Dance. ‘The Host of Seraphim’ and ‘Yulunga’ especially.
Both wordless, which makes them pretty spell-friendly.
So I keep two separate lists, ‘ritual-safe’ songs with zero sudden volume spikes, and ‘vibe’ songs for cleanup and aftercare.
I’d also recommend crossfading and turning off autoplay, because nothing snaps me out faster than a random ad break mid-circle. Just… no
Be honest, has anyone else just put Loreena McKennitt on shuffle and called that a complete witchy playlist?
Twin Temple’s “I’m Wicked” makes a good addition to your witchy playlist.
Songs like The Seed, Your Blood, The River just prove it over and over. There’s something ancient in that music. And then you add Florence and the Machine’s ‘What the Water Gave Me,’ Shireen’s ‘Running from Wolves,’ Myrkur’s ‘Leaves of Yggdrasil’… that whole moody, witchy energy just clicks into place.
I have 61 songs on my own playlist if anyone wants more recommendations (always adding to it honestly).
Witches by Blackbird Raum. That’s the first thing that came to mind.
Ruth Barrett’s albums are the gold standard for traditional pagan music.
I’ve found the Outlander and Twilight soundtracks surprisingly potent for ritual work. It might sound odd, but try it.
Oh, you gotta throw Witchy Woman by the Eagles on there. That one’s practically a spell in song form.
Vibe over lyrics, honestly. Some of my favorite witchy songs don’t mention anything overtly magical but they just feel right for ritual or spellwork, and I keep coming back to them more than the ones that are explicitly about witchcraft.
The energy of the music itself can carry something. Even if the words are about something mundane (sometimes especially then).
Purge The Poison by Marina. Her newer stuff just feels so witchy to me, maybe it’s just the imagery pulling me in.
Anyone else hear it too?
Kiki Rockwell. Listen to her if you haven’t. “Same Old Energy” has strong witch vibes, and once that one gets its hooks in you, her whole discography is worth checking out.
‘Witch’ by The Bird and the Bee literally opens with ‘yes I am a witch.’ It’s the most on-the-nose witchy song recommendation possible.
The rest of the song goes in a completely different direction though, which threw me off the first time. You expect it to lean into that energy and it just… doesn’t. Still, good vibes for a playlist like this.
Oh my gosh yes. You could put literally anything by Florence + the Machine on this playlist and it would fit.
Just witchy and ethereal, all of it.
Season of the Witch might be the most vital track on any witchy playlist. That groove just works when you’re in the right headspace.
This thread is a goldmine.
If you haven’t tried it yet, make a separate playlist specifically for your spellwork, ones that actually shift your energy when you need to get into headspace.
I built mine around Loreena McKennitt’s ‘The Mummers’ Dance’ and a few S. J. Tucker tracks, and it’s become as much a part of my practice as lighting candles at this point. Curating the list itself can feel like a small act of intention-setting too.