Police Dog Hogan
Joyous. Stomping. Belting along encouraged.
Since forming in 2010, Police Dog Hogan have fused their country-roots-Americana sound to a wholly British sensibility.
They spent early 2025 touring to promote their 6th studio album, Lightning Strike, recorded in a single weekend at Middle Farm Studios in Devon. It follows 2022’s success with Overground, which spent 4 weeks on the UK Folk album chart.
Their exploits often feature in banjo player Tim Dowling’s weekly Guardian column, but their comic misadventures on tour don’t represent the music, an emotionally powerful, driving country-rock sound featuring guitar, fiddle, banjo, accordion, and trumpet.
Need to know
Venue: Sage Two Theatre Layout
Price: £24
Stage Times: Announced closer to show time.
Age: Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.
What they say
‘A good night out guaranteed.’
– Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 Folk Show
More about the band
Police Dog Hogan have played dozens of festivals, including Glastonbury, Latitude, Cropredy, Cornbury, Beautiful Days, Kendall Calling and the Sidmouth Folk Festival. They’ve sold out London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Union Chapel, Scala, and Cadogan Hall, and have performed in Nashville, Ireland and France.
In 2018, their song ‘Devon Brigade’ was nominated for best original song at the AMA-UK Awards. The album it came from, Wild By The Side of the Road, spent several weeks in the Official UK Americana charts.
Late 2024 saw Police Dog Hogan release a Christmas single, Pull Away, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the RNLI. Their 2020 single, My First Christmas Alone, helped to raise over £50k for Crisis and reached No. 1 in the iTunes country charts.
Police Dog Hogan are
James Studholme guitar and vocals
Eddie Bishop fiddle and mandolin
Tim Dowling banjo and steel guitar
Emily Norris trumpet
Shahen Galichian accordion and piano
Don Bowen bass
Alistair Hamer drums
