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Outlaw Folk · Desert Noir

Gallows
West

Gothic Western songs for haunted highways, desert towns, old sins, and the ghosts that never quite leave town.

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Debut single · July 10, 2026

Where the River Turns Red

The song that introduced Gallows West — dark Americana with a cinematic Western atmosphere.

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The apparition

Old sins. New ghosts.

Gallows West is the newest creative chapter from Nashville producer, songwriter, and artist Stacy Hogan, joined by his wife and vocalist Lauren Hogan. The project moves through dusty outlaw folk, gothic western atmosphere, cinematic alt-rock, and ghost-story Americana.

Originating as a project to give voice to Tanner Banks, the lead character in Scott Saxberg’s novel Cadillac Wheels, Gallows West has since become its own shadowed world — part ghost story, part modern gothic western songcraft, and part cinematic Americana.

Where the River Turns Red opened the door. Hell Is Empty takes the next step — darker, stranger, and still grounded in the cinematic storytelling that defines Gallows West.

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