June 26, 2008
Click here to listen to the June 26 2008 interview of The Wilders's multi-instrumentalist Phil Wade on KCUR (Kansas City, MO) with New and Arts Reporter Laura Spencer!

June 24, 2008
Be sure to tune in to National Public Radio's "Saturday Weekend Morning Edition" with host Scott Simon this Saturday June 28, 2008 to hear Free Dirt Records recording artist The Wilders discuss their latest album "Someone's Got to Pay." The show is two hours, and the feature will air near the end of either hour one or two. For times on when your local NPR affilate airs "Saturday Weekend Morning Edition", please visit the National Public Radio website.

June 17, 2008
Chumbawamba is back, armed with acoustic guitars, accordion and trumpet, five-part harmonies, a bucketful of attitude and a new 25-track album called The Boy Bands Have Won (It actually has a much longer title than that, but let's call it by its pseudonym). Trade Root Music and PM Press will proudly release the recording in North America on June 24, 2008. For details about the upcoming release, view the official press release here.

June 17, 2008
Trade Root Music Group and Izniz Recordings announce the June 24, 2008 release date of the all-new album from Nethers, What the Wind Will Never Tell. For details about the upcoming release, view the official press release here.

May 24, 2008
Folk musician, storyteller, and Trade Root Music Group's dear friend U. Utah Phillips passed away the evening of May 23, 2008. He greatly inspired our work here at TRMG, and we will miss him dearly. The offical obituary as provided by the family on May 24, 2008 can be found at the official Utah Phillips website.

May 1, 2008
Trade Root Music Group and PM Press announce the May 20, 2008 new release of the latest 2 CD spoken word set from Derrick Jensen, Now This War Has Two Sides. To order, visit Trade Root Music Group's catalog page here!

April 29, 2008
The Wilders debut on the national Freeform American Roots chart (FAR) at #4 for the month of April AND the national Roots Music Report Roots Country Chart at #20 for the week of April 25!

April 26, 2008
The Wilders will be on WXRT Chicago's Eclectic Company with host Jon Langford Tuesday April 29th at 10:00pm central time. Listen live or check out the archived tape of the show after air time at the WXRT website.

April 18, 2008
The Wilders receive a five star review from About.com! Read the review here!

April 17, 2008
Northwest Folklife announces the release of their new recording Live from the 2007 Northwest Folklife Festival. For more information, read the official press release by clicking here.

April 10, 2008
The Wilders monopolize the Kansas City metro area press! Major coverage is beginning to happen for the the band's latest release Someone's Got to Pay, as the Kansas City Star, The Pitch, and The Present all recently ran extensive features on the band. Read them here:

Kansas City Star (Kansas City Metro area's main daily newspaper)

The Pitch (Kansas City Metro area's main alternative weekly)

Present Magazine (Kansas City Metro area's main online magazine)

Be sure to be on the lookout for more features and reviews about The Wilders, arriving in many regional and national media outlets soon! In addition, you'll most likely be seeing features and reviews about The Wilders in regional and national print & online media. And, chances are good that you'll be hearing The Wilders on your local non-commercial/community radio station. But no need to wait, call/e-mail the station and request their album be played!

February 9, 2008
Free Dirt Records announces the April 15, 2008 release date of the all-new album from The Wilders, Someone's Got to Pay. For details about the upcoming release, view the official press release here.

February 1, 2008
Trade Root Music Group announces their new partnership with PM Press out of Oakland, CA. The series of co-releases beteween them begins with two recordings from Chumbawamba: The classic re-release of English Rebel Songs (click here to purchase), and the new live recording Get On With It (click here to purchase), featuring 2 tracks available only on this special North American release.

October 29, 2007
Trade Root Music Group has signed an exclusive worldwide distribution deal with the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. The first offering will be Pulling Down The Clouds: Contemporary Native Writers Read from Their Work and is available now for purchase HERE.

Free Dirt Records has released a VERY special, VERY limited edition 10" red vinyl EP record by The Wilders! Sittin' on a Jury marks an extraordinary transition for The Wilders from the country and old-time music you've grown to love, to a new set of original tunes that have been brewing in their subconscious for quite some time. Only 2,000 units were printed... hurry and purchase yours today by clicking HERE. And, for a limited time only, included in the record sleeve is a code for a free digital download for the songs on the EP!

October 1, 2007
Trade Root Music Group is proud to announce the addition of noted Irish-American musician and poet Terence Winch to the Trade Root label collective. For more information about his work, please visit his official website at www.terencewinch.com!

June 23, 2007
Izniz Recordings artist Michael White's song "Fiesta Dominical" from the album Voices has been placed on the PBS Primetime Documentary Series Roadtrip Nation 2007. For more information, please visit www.leisei-michael.com!

May 1, 2007
Free Dirt Records releases the debut full-length recording from San Francisco's Axton Kincaid! For more information about this release, download the official press release here. Be sure to visit their official website at www.axtonkincaid.com!

April 30, 2007
Trade Root Music Group kicks off their partnership with Cape Breton Canada's fiddler Wendy MacIsaac with the re-release of That's What You Get, The "Reel" Thing, and Timeline. Be sure to check out her website for updates on her work at www.wendymacisaac.com.

March 30, 2007
Mechanical Man from the Michael White album Voices has won second place in Jazz category for the 2006 International Songwriting Competition! For more information, visit the ISC website.

March 5, 2007
Trade Root Music Group kicks off their partnership with Northwest Folklife in March with the re-release of Joe Heaney's Say a Song and Han Madang: Musical Traditions of Korea. Be sure to check out all the great things they do in the great Pacific Northwest at www.nwfolklife.org.

February 13, 2007
Trade Root Music Group partner label Free Dirt Records proudly releases three recordings from Kansas City's own The Wilders! Read what critics are saying about them: