Free Dirt Records

Free Dirt Records
Founded 2006 (2006)
Founder John Smith & Erica Haskell
Status Active
Genre Folk, roots, traditional
Country of origin USA
Location Washington, D.C.

Free Dirt Records is an independent record label founded in 2006 by John Smith and Erica Haskell that releases folk and roots music.[1] It is under the Trade Root Music Group umbrella which also includes 12x12 Management & Label Services.

History

Free Dirt Records was founded while John Smith was working at Smithsonian Folkways.[2] There he collaborated with an intern named Erica Haskell[3] on a box set of spoken word recordings by singer and storyteller Utah Phillips.[2] After that project, the two of them decided to create a label where they could work with young artists making traditional music and showcase often overlooked material like spoken word. The label's first official release was by the traditional Bosnian group Mostar Sevdah Reunion. Since 2006, the label has released music by Pokey LaFarge,[4] Anna & Elizabeth,[5] Hackensaw Boys, Cahalen Morrison, Dori Freeman,[6] and The Two Man Gentlemen Band.[7] Free Dirt also works with PM Press to co-release spoken word and folk music. Together they've put out lectures by Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn and music from Chumbawamba, Leon Rosselson and Robb Johnson, among others. Free Dirt is based in Takoma, Washington, D.C.

List of artists on Free Dirt Records

See also

References

  1. ↑ Laban, Linda. "Free Dirt Records Showcase". The Village Voice. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 Leger, Devon. "Growing Up with Utah Phillips: Nevada City, Erica Haskell, and Utah's West Coast Legacy". KITHFOLK. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  3. ↑ McLaughlin, Lacey. "Erica Haskell". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Horn, Nick. "Pokey LaFarge on His Rounder Records Debut, Something in the Water". Riverfront Times. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Adams, Mason. "LISTEN TO ANNA & ELIZABETH'S SPOOKY NEW TAKE ON AN OLD APPALACHIAN MURDER BALLAD". Vice. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Wicks, Amanda. "THE VIRGINIA SONGBIRD TAKES FLIGHT: A CONVERSATION WITH DORI FREEMAN". The Bluegrass Situation. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Prescription Drugs (We're Having A Party!)". Discogs. Retrieved 29 February 2016.


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