Free Dirt Records
  • Let Them Go To Heaven
  • Shame
  • Hop High
  • Here in the Vineyard
  • Smoke Behind the Clouds
  • Bone Collector
  • Weight of the World
  • Double or Nothing
  • You Say
  • Go On Lovin'
  • Don't Bet Against Me
  • Content Not Seeking Thrills (Ain't You?)
  • Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
  • Old Kimball
  • When I Heard
  • Gone Away with a Friend
  • Let Them Go To Heaven
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:09) [11.3 MB]
  • Shame
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:35) [10.04 MB]
  • Hop High
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:33) [9.98 MB]
  • Here in the Vineyard
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:37) [10.13 MB]
  • Smoke Behind the Clouds
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:29) [12.37 MB]
  • Bone Collector
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:47) [13.37 MB]
  • Weight of the World
    Genre: Country Americana
    MP3 (03:23) [7.83 MB]
  • Double or Nothing
    Genre: Country
    MP3 (04:03) [9.38 MB]
  • You Say
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (02:55) [6.68 MB]
  • Go On Lovin'
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:52) [11.15 MB]
  • Don't Bet Against Me
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:24) [7.78 MB]
  • Content Not Seeking Thrills (Ain't You?)
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:03) [7 MB]
  • Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:08) [12.64 MB]
  • Old Kimball
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:06) [12.56 MB]
  • When I Heard
    Genre: Bluegrass
    MP3 (02:26) [5.59 MB]
  • Gone Away with a Friend
    Genre: Bluegrass
    MP3 (04:20) [9.91 MB]
Biography
Free Dirt is first and foremost a record label founded by John Smith and Dr. Erica Haskell in 2006. We break from tradition, however, by also offering distribution, business & tour management, as well as publishing administration services.

Dirt is underrated. Without it beneath us we wouldn't be able to move forward. It’s tough and enduring like the dedicated group of folks who mostly work out of Free Dirt Records & Service Co.'s Interstellar Headquarters in Takoma, DC. For us, growth isn't possible without an understanding of our roots and a clear and ethical sense of purpose. After all, music is, and always will be in flux, but that doesn’t mean we need to compromise our values to keep up with an industry that runs so efficiently on hype.

We quietly reject those apocalyptic industry statistics and instead strive to release the best roots music from around the world. We don’t subscribe to genres so much as good and important work that we hope educates and enlightens. That’s why we work with contemporary artists who respect the music of the past while broadening our understanding of it for the 21st century listener. We aim to give artists at all levels of success the space to explore the best of the old and the new. In addition to releasing new music, we seek to unearth and preserve archival traditional music and spoken word recordings and help them reach the ears of people across the world.

After a decade of groundwork, we’re really just getting started. There may be no such thing as a free lunch in this world but Free Dirt is here to stay.

ARTIST ROSTER
Dori Freeman
Anna & Elizabeth
Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge
Hackensaw Boys
The Bucking Mules
Rachel Baiman
Pokey LaFarge
The Two Man Gentlemen Band
Western Centuries
Axton Kinaid
Utah Phillips
The Wilders
Shortstack
Jessica Lee Wilkes
Betse Ellis
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