Creekbed Carter Hogan
For trans folksinger Creekbed Carter Hogan (he/they), everything good is made from the rotten stump of something else. With a solid grasp of traditional country and folk, an irreverent sense of humor, and a willingness to tackle deeply personal themes, they have quickly established themselves as one of the most interesting names in the emerging outlaw country scene.
Creekbed Carter’s shows weave stories of a religious and closeted childhood around songs that build on Appalachian folk picking traditions and pay homage to folk icons like Karen Dalton, John Prine, and Hazel Dickens. His timely fascination with history – labor songs and Catholic folklore in particular – has brought him a growing audience of 7k+ on TikTok as he re-arranges rare union tunes and deep dive into medieval saints. In addition to being a musician, Carter is also a fiction writer and educator.
Their work has garnered international acclaim, too: recently they’ve played to sold out audiences at Roskilde Fest, the Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival, Americanafest, and Folk Canada, and they’ve shared stages with heroes like Emmylou Harris, Nick Shoulders, Willi Carlisle, and Mary Gauthier. As a Cedar Cultural Center grant recipient of 2026, his new work explores union and labor history, present, and future.
Look out for singles and their third full length album due out this summer via Gar Hole Records.
Now booking concerts + festivals in the US and Canada
“Open-road mysticism, brokenhearted yearning, and laugh-out-loud wit”
– Genevieve Wood, The Austin Chronicle
“Hogan stands alone on stage, filling the room with warmth, empathy and hope. And that voice is exactly what we were hoping for.”
– Henrik Lentz, Gaffa (Denmark)
“There’s no fiction as strange as America’s current Dantean hellscape and Creekbed Carter’s the kind of artist to help us navigate it.”