Hudson Freeman

About

Hudson Freeman is a Brooklyn-based Lofi-Folk artist, inspired and forged by the DIY midwest. Born in Waxahachie, Texas to Evangelical missionaries, Hudson started writing songs upon a radical break at the age of thirteen when his family suddenly moved from the suburbs of Dallas to The Kingdom of Eswatini. The profound influence of indie big-hitters like Sufjan Stevens and Bon Iver, as well as college years spent in Springfield, Missouri made a do-it-yourself midwesterner out of Hudson. After graduating school and waiting out a pandemic, he headed to Brooklyn, where things really began to stick.

His 2025 record,"Is A Folk Artist" is 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.