Free Dirt Records
Free Dirt Records is an American independent record label and label services company founded in 2006 by John Smith and Erica Haskell that releases folk and roots music. The label's releases have received three Grammy nominations.
Free Dirt Records
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Free Dirt Records is an American independent record label and label services company founded in 2006 by John Smith and Erica Haskell that releases folk and roots music. The label's releases have received three Grammy nominations.
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• Name — Free Dirt Records • Founded — 2006 • Founder — John Smith, Erica Haskell • Distributor — AMPED Distribution (US), MNRK Music Group • Genre — Folk, American roots, country • Country — U.S. • Location — Washington, DC • Website — www.freedirt.net
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John Smith met Erica Haskell when Haskell interned at Smithsonian Folkways in 2000. Later while Haskell was attending graduate school in ethnomusicology they collaborated on a box set of spoken word introductions paired with original songs by anarchist folk musician and storyteller Utah Phillips before founding Free Dirt Records in 2006. The label's first official release was by the traditional Bosnian group Mostar Sevdah Reunion. Smith and Haskell ventured to create a label where they could work with young artists making traditionally rooted music and showcase often overlooked material like spoken word. Since 2006, the label has released music by Pokey LaFarge, Anna & Elizabeth, Hackensaw Boys, Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge (Grammy-nominated), Cahalen Morrison, Che Apalache (Grammy-nominated), Dori Freeman,
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- 1.Distribution. Free Dirt Records & Service Co.
- 2.Laban, Linda. Free Dirt Records Showcase. The Village Voice.
- 3.Lynch, Joe. Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees. Billboard.
- 4.Grammy.com. 2020 Grammy Awards: Complete Nominees List. Recording Academy.
- 5.Enos, Morgan. 2024 Grammy Nominations: See The Full Nominees List. Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy.
- 6.Leger, Devon. Growing Up with Utah Phillips: Nevada City, Erica Haskell, and Utah's West Coast Legacy. Kithfolk.
- 7.McLaughlin, Lacey. Erica Haskell. Jackson Free Press.
- 8.Larry, Leblanc. John Smith. Celebrity Access. 13 September 2018.
- 9.Horn, Nick. Pokey LaFarge on His Rounder Records Debut, Something in the Water. Riverfront Times.
- 10.Adams, Mason. Listen to Anna & Elizabeth's Spooky New Take on an Old Appalachian Murder Ballad. Vice. 15 March 2015.
- 11.Wicks, Amanda. The Virginia Songbird Takes Flight: A Conversation With Dori Freeman. The Bluegrass Situation. 22 January 2016.
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