**Pre-orders will ship first week of November**

For twenty years, Washington, DC’s Free Dirt Records has quietly shaped the modern roots landscape by championing emerging, tradition-steeped artists. The Long Memory: 20 Years of Free Dirt Records celebrates two decades of independent music with twelve unreleased tracks from the label's vault. Unreleased demos, b-sides, and live cuts from Willi Carlisle, Cinder Well, Kaia Kater, and Viv & Riley run alongside brand-new material, capturing a community forged in tradition and a forward-thinking DIY spirit. Named for Utah Phillips’ belief in folk music’s collective history—and guided by his motto, “Making a living, not a killing”—the collection honors Free Dirt’s three GRAMMY nominations, six NPR Tiny Desks, and a fiercely independent legacy of helping artists build a home in the genre.

Track Listing:

1. Liv Greene - I Can't Know (Demo)
2. Rum Drum Ramblers ft. Pokey LaFarge Brick by Brick
3. Viv & Riley and Rachel Baiman - The Long Game
4. JP Harris - Walk On By
5. Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves Cumberland Gap
6. Kaia Kater - Part of an Echo
7. Willi Carlisle - Railroading the Great Divide
8. The Montvales - Carolina (Trio Version)
9. The Wilders - I'm Going to Memphis (Live)
10. Caleb & Reeb - Old Friends
11.  Cinder Well - One Morning in May
12. Nathan Evans Fox - Reckoning

Catalog Number: DIRT-CD-0135, DIRT-LP-0135

UPC: CD (877746013522), LP (877746013515)