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.

[6] Later while Haskell was attending graduate school in ethnomusicology[7] they collaborated on a box set of spoken word introductions paired with original songs by anarchist folk musician and storyteller Utah Phillips[6] before founding Free Dirt Records in 2006.

The label's first official release was by the traditional Bosnian group Mostar Sevdah Reunion.

[8] 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,[9] Anna & Elizabeth,[10] Hackensaw Boys, Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge (Grammy-nominated), Cahalen Morrison, Che Apalache (Grammy-nominated), Dori Freeman,[11]