press

  • “Lilly Hiatt, Will Hoge Lead Tennessee Flood Benefit, Charlie Watts Tribute” — Rolling Stone 
  • “Charlie Watts Tribute at The Basement East to Benefit Waverly Flood Victims” — The East Nashvillian 
  • Dirt Reynolds and the Exit/In (interview)” — Rhythms Magazine 
  •   “East Nashville Shows Up for the Rock Block at Exit/In Benefit Concert” — Nashville Scene 
  • “All Star Musical Benefit to Preserve an Independent Exit/In Set for Memorial Day Weekend at East Park” — The East Nashvillian 
  • “Concert to Preserve the Exit/In announced” — The Tennessean 
  • “‘Battleship Chains’ is a rousing slice of air punching alt-country rock with a big crowd friendly chorus” — Folking.com 
  • “Dirt Reynolds unveils video for 'The Day David Duke Came to Destrehan'” — Petal Motel 
  • “Dirt Reynolds Gets Down and Dirty with His Southern Sass on ‘Scalawag’” — American Songwriter 
  •  “Dirt Reynolds Discusses Debut Album ‘Scalawag,’ Southern Christian Values, and Being a Troublemaker (interview)” — V13 Magazine 
  • “Readers' top ten favorite albums released in June 2020 (#2)” — Americana Highways 
  • “Alt-country rocker Dirt Reynolds talks bar fights, rough encounters, and new LP 'Scalawag' (interview)”  Glide Magazine 
  • “His colorful past has been great fodder for his song craft, and given him a very mature and eloquent perspective that makes this outlaw/alt-country effort a very impressive starting point.” — Take Effect 
  • “Rollicking would be the word for a lot of it. Country is the word for all of it.” — Farce the Music 
  • “Watts and his band channel his wild life experiences into twangy alt-country that is also socially conscious during a time when we sure do need more Southerners speaking out against hate and bigotry.” — Glide Magazine 
  • “Watts comes out firing relentlessly” — Country Standard Time 
  • “This album is an earnest glimpse of life for those who are marginalized because they don’t fit the portrait of the American dream.” — Americana Highways 
  •  “Dirt Reynolds Celebrates Southern Identity on Debut Album ‘Scalawag’” — American Songwriter 
  • “A new southern revolution” — Disciples of Sound