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Here’s to The Wilders…

This morning we received a note from Ike Sheldon, lead singer for Free Dirt Records recording artist The Wilders.  You can read it here, but to sum up, The Wilders are going on hiatus.  We’re not really sure what that means… hell, they don’t even know what that means.  It could mean they never play [...]
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Say Hello to the Two Man Gentlemen Band!

Free Dirt Records is so incredibly happy to bring into the fold the hot jazz, rhythm & blues, tin-pan alley, and western swing sounds of the Two Man Gentlemen Band! I mean, we can’t be any happier to be working with them. They’re such great guys. And wow, are they attractive or what! But notice [...]
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Welcome to the “Middle of Everywhere”- Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three new album out now!

Best news ever!  The new album from Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three, Middle of Everywhere, is now available! Channeling American roots, country blues, and jazz traditions of the early 20th century, their newest recording is surely a most inspired 21st -century creation. Middle of Everywhere represents the latest addition to a growing eminence [...]
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New spoken word album from Angela Davis, co-released by Trade Root Music and PM Press

The latest spoken word release from Angela Davis, called “The Meaning of Freedom” is out today, proudly co-released by Trade Root Music and PM Press. Angela Davis is a legendary speaker, known for the clarity and subtlety of her thought and the compelling passion of her delivery. This speech was delivered at a conference organized [...]
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The Wilders “S/T” and Utah Phillips “Making Speech Free” out now

The new releases are out and available for sale everywhere! For more information or to purchase directly from Trade Root Music Group, visit The Wilders product page here, or the Utah Phillips product page here
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June 2011- New albums from The Wilders, Utah Phillips, and more!

Hi Friends, Trade Root Music Group’s partner label Free Dirt Records took some time off in the first part of 2011, but are working hard to prepare for the release of two new recordings on June 21: The all new, self-titled album from The Wilders, and a reissue of a classic live album from folk [...]
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New Website!

Hi Folks! Welcome to the new Trade Root Music Group website. We’re still working out some bugs, but hope you enjoy it! We’re in the process of some housecleaning to prepare for a whole new slew of releases, in addition to some very exciting news. In the mean time, feel free to browse and shop [...]
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Please Leave My Mind

Please Leave My Mind

Please Leave My Mind


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Noam Chomsky at Riverside Church: “Crisis and Hope”

On June 12, 2009, the forty-year anniversary of the publishing of his classic American Power & the New Mandarins, Noam Chomsky gave a historic address at the Riverside Church in New York City. More than 2,000 people attended the lecture, and you can listen to it too on the April 20, 2010 release from Trade [...]
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Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three to release “Riverboat Soul”

The Mississippi River runs as an undercurrent through this collection of songs, a tribute to the ragtime and jug band influences of St. Louis, Missouri, the city LaFarge has most recently called home.
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