Police Dog Hogan
Fusing alt-country, pop, bluegrass, Latin and jazz, London-based Police Dog Hogan claims to pick up members like a trucker takes on hitchhikers (that is with a generous, open-minded regularity rather than with a view to robbing them in the woods).
From riches to rags, love at first sight on the radio, a risky relationship in space and a song in French about mustard, Police Dog Hogan is “the most literate non-literary band on the circuit”.
Police Dog Hogan began in 2008 as a group of friends who had been playing together on stage and in recording studios for around 25 years. Originally influenced by the Nashville and ‘Babylon’ country scenes of the mid 1980s, the Dog has created its own sound, combining pop tunes and harmonies with a bluegrass line-up and Latin/jazz rhythm section. It’s a genre that the band calls urban bluegrass.
Front man James Studholme is a songwriter with a mordant wit and a great ear for melody. Supporting him is a group of seasoned writers and musicians who have all made music an important part of their lives.
Their recorded work includes the triple-A-sided single ‘Fuzzy Folk Riot’ and a debut album Police Dog Hogan launched in June 2010.
BBC Radio said, “Police Dog Hogan stole the show!” at this year’s Maverick festival in Suffolk.
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