New album as Police Dog Hogan play Hailsham

Spokesman James Wallace said: “This is the most complete, personal and emotional record yet from Police Dog Hogan. The collective musical skills of the band have been used to full effect to create an album that delivers on both interpretation and atmosphere as they muse on the need to grab life by the throat as time becomes ever more precious.

“Police Dog Hogan, first formed in 2009, has evolved over the years into a tight-knit seven-piece band combining guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, accordion, trumpet, keyboards, bass and drums to create an exuberant fusing of country, pop, folk and rocking bluegrass. They’ve been described as ‘pop music with all the wrong instruments’ by some, Brit-Americana by others and a ‘seven-headed joy machine’ by all who witness the show as PDH cover the spectrum of all human emotions from hilarity with Three Drinks A Day to profound and tear-stained with One last Trip Around The Sun.

“With at least 400 shows under their belts, Police Dog Hogan are now a regular fixture on the UK festival circuit, having played Glastonbury, Cornbury, Cropredy, Latitude, Beautiful Days, Black Deer and the Sidmouth and Shrewsbury Folk Festivals in recent years.

“In 2018 their song Devon Brigade was nominated for best original song at the AMA-UK Awards. Their 2022 album Overground, produced by George Murphy at Eastcote Studios, yielded cult favourites Westward Ho! and Hold On.”

Police Dog Hogan are: James Studholme guitar and singing; Tim Dowling banjo, guitar and singing; Edward Bishop fiddle, mandolin and singing; Shahen Galichian accordion, piano, harmonica and singing; Don Bowen bass and singing; and Al Hamer drums and singing.