𝕱𝖗𝖊𝖊 𝕯𝖎𝖗𝖙 𝕽𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖘

𝙷𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚖 from @nathanevansfox.bsky.social is coming May 29th ~ freedirt.ffm.to/nathan-evans...

Live vid for “WORLD OF TROUBLE” from The Montvales is out now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGlb...

March 20th! Save the date for 'Path of Totality', the new album from The Montvales ~ freedirt.ffm.to/path-of-tota...

🎃 𝖘𝖆𝖒𝖍𝖆𝖎𝖓 𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖘 is back... stuffed full of spectral folk & old-time, ancient ballads, and ghoulish grooves to take you closer to the other side open.spotify.com/playlist/7Lm...

Welcome The Montvales to the Free Dirt family!
New single 📣 "Loud and Clear" is out today ~
freedirt.ffm.to/loud-and-clear

Anna & Elizabeth’s self-titled album to be released on Vinyl for 10th Anniversary We look back at Anna and Elizabeth’s groundbreaking self-titled album, to be released on vinyl for the first time on its Tenth Anniversary - “a rare album that is as intimate as it is ambitious and as...

"A landmark release in folk music." @klofmag.com

klofmag.com/2025/10/anna...

~In honor of its 10th anniversary, Anna & Elizabeth's legendary self-titled record will be available on vinyl (white & black) for the first time on 10/10~ freedirt.ffm.to/anna-elizabeth

Part 1: What Kind of Propaganda is Country Music Making This Time? September 11, bro country, and preparing the way for eugenics country

Y'all hip to @nathanevansfox.bsky.social's Substack? He's spitting fire in the form of some epic think pieces on rural politics and country music culture.

Mama's Broke on folk-punk and finding your genre - The Gateway “There’s a genre of music that you can call folk-punk, but there’s also a bunch of punk people who play folk music," Keeler says.

“When people asked us what our genre is, I didn’t want to say folk because I feel like folk people who aren’t in traditional folk think of something like the coffee shop playlist" - Mama's Broke

The Hillbilly Music Offering a Spiritual Call to 'Yallidarity' Nathan Evans Fox is creating a relevant, Southern sound of community, solidarity, and action.

@nathanevansfox.bsky.social x @sojo.net interview ✊🔥

"For a while, folks had a little bit of hope that maybe we can liberal our way out of this. Maybe we can pretend that American progress will save us. I think that's done."

Welcome @nathanevansfox.bsky.social to the Free Dirt family! Listen to "Hillbilly Hymn (Okra & Cigarettes)" out now ~ lnk.to/hillbilly-hymn

Really happy to have helped eTown Radio release this beautiful collaboration between Tim O'Brien, Bill Frisell and Dale Bruning. Give it a listen ~ freedirt.ffm.to/life-lessons

Happy birthday to Utah Phillips! Free Dirt wouldn't be here without his work and inspiration ✊

We're happy to announce we've made The Carper Family's three albums available digitally!

open.spotify.com/playlist/38J...

Today is @bandcamp.com Friday!
freedirtrecords.bandcamp.com

Cinder Well: Tiny Desk Concert YouTube video by NPR Music

A whole year ago! What a special day it was 🤩

OUT TODAY, just in time for V Day! @liv-greene.bsky.social's "Flowers (Party Version)," a bonus track from Deep Feeler

lnk.to/flowersparty...

Congrats @kaiakater.bsky.social! Strange Medicine is nominated for "Contemporary Roots Album of the year at @thejunoawards.bsky.social ~

NOLA County on The Americana Roundup Tuesday 2/4 at 1 PM Central - Replay on Saturday 2/8 at 8 AM Central - Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms talk about their new album Gold In Your Pocket on @freedirtrecords.bsky.social We are also featuring music from:
Listen to NOLA County at AmericanaRoundup.com

Check out the Free Dirt Records programming block for the 2025 WTJU Folk Marathon tomorrow morning from 10am to noon on @wtjuradio.bsky.social!

Listen and donate here - www.wtju.net

🤩 Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms topped the Alt. Country Chart this week!

Happy birthday to our dearly departed friend Jim Miller today
Listen to some of his greatest musical moments ~
open.spotify.com/playlist/0CN...

🔥Nice start to the year! Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms are top 'o the charts right now ~

Folk Alley Favorites: Best Albums of 2024 - Folk Alley We listened to over 500 albums this year and added songs from more than 300 new releases to our playlists—so narrowing it all down to our Best Albums of 2024 wasn’t easy! At Folk Alley, our annual ‘Be...

Congrats to all the artists we worked with in 2024 that made this list from Folk Alley, one of our favorite roots music publications!

The Best Country Music of 2024 Looking back on the year in folk, bluegrass, Americana, roots rock, Western swing, and anything country-ish.

Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms made @bandcamp.com's "Best Country Music" of the year!

"Klauder and Williams specialize in songs that feel like they’re leaping from the speaker and making a beeline for the pleasure center in your brain."

Conversation: Northwest Hillbilly Music That Shines Like Gold Over the past 20 years, Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms have emerged as the first couple of old-time string band and traditional country music in the Pacific Northwest. They’ve made themselves staples t...

🪕🔥Take a listen to this wonderful interview with @wmotrootsradio.bsky.social!

Liv Greene Interview — Lonesome Highway The greatest pleasure for us at Lonesome Highway is discovering new artists, previously unknown to us, who are creating outstanding art. The find of 2024, for this writer, is Liv Greene, a young Nashv...

"Making music that blends folk and country elements, DEEP FEELER is likely to enhance Greene’s already lofty reputation as one of the standout emerging artists in the burgeoning East Nashville music community." ~ Lonesome Highway

🤩 Here we go y'all! Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms are Top 30 on the Americana music radio charts this week. Thanks for listening and spinning independent country music 🎉

New Album Reviews — Lonesome Highway Ags Connolly Your Pal Slim: Songs of James Hand Self-Release Very much a labour of love, this twelve-track album is a tribute to the artist who shaped the musical career of Oxfordshire’s Ags Conno...

~Lonesome Highways on Caleb & Reeb's new album~

"Songs that sound as if they have been around forever are the order of the day here by a couple that have never intended to rewrite the rule book. Instead, their concentration is on honouring the tried and trusted."

The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, November 2024 Our monthly round-up of folk, bluegrass, roots rock, Americana, and all things country-ish.

"No matter where they find their feet, Klauder and Willms yield a bounty of rootsy styles—classic country, bluegrass, Western swing and Cajun music—that’s expertly played and endlessly engaging. These two bring old-time tradition to life as well as anyone anywhere." - @bandcampofficial.bsky.social