from the ashes of stomp-clap 2010’s nostalgia americana, Folk music felt downright passé as Hudson Freeman began passing out his self-starter EP “A Man, ONe Day” around his college campus in 2016. BY 2020, however; not only was the world turned on its head just in time for graduation, singer-songwriter folk was back!

“I AM All the Ages I’ve Ever Been” (2021) marked the start of a new chapter. Hudson gave his music the signifier “LOFI FOLK” to capture the constellation of influences that piqued his interest as singer-songwriter production moved into the bedroom, post-pandemic.

Earlier this spring (2025), Hudson released a new album called “is a folk artist”. A disarmingly-distinct collection from a digital-age storyteller, it weaves issues of faith, belonging, and anxiety into a modern folk record that feels increasingly more monumental by the minute.

Much like the artists who inspire him like Sufjan Stevens, Pedro the Lion, Weed (pre-hotline TNT), Hudson Freeman finds himself at a uniquely turbulent coming-of-age moment. His music is shaped by a religious upbringing, grappling with moral absolutism, fleeting friendships, and navigating a search for belonging online.