Record Label

Free Dirt Records

American independent record label and label services company founded in 2006 by John Smith (14) and Erica J. Haskell that releases folk and roots music. The label has released music by Pokey LaFarge, Willi Carlisle, Anna & Elizabeth, The Hackensaw Boys, Mighty Poplar (Grammy-nominated), Che Apalache (Grammy-nominated), Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge (Grammy-nominated), Western Centuries, Dori Freeman, and JP Harris. 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. The label also distributes a number of other roots labels including (Brooklyn), (St. Louis), (Nashville), (New Orleans), and (Seattle).