Police Dog Hogan gets back on the road with a short tour during February and March 2018 and makes its first visit to Scala on Thursday 8 February 2-18. The band is no stranger to the London music scene with numerous appearances at the Half Moon and Nell’s.‘But we are excited to be playing Scala for the first time’ says band leader James Studholme. “It has a great reputation for live music and appreciative audiences. Our mission is to send the audience home happy’.

The band recently heard that their song ‘Devon Brigade’ has been nominated for Best Original Song at the AMA-UK Awards. By the time they play Scala they will know if they have won. To coincide with the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1 they produced and released a video of ‘Devon Brigade’ which tells the story of Studholme’s 19 year old great-uncle who never returned from the front.

You can watch the official video for ‘Devon Brigade’ in this article.

The band, first formed in 2009, has evolved over the years into a tight-knit seven-piece unit combining guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, accordion, trumpet, keyboards, bass and drums.

With 300 plus gigs already under their belts and a highly successful fourth album, Wild By The Side of The Road, released in 2017 Police Dog Hogan carries on delivering its own brand of country, americana tinged rock to enthusiastic audiences.

In 2014 Police Dog Hogan was one of only three UK bands invited to Nashville to perform at the prestigious Americana Music Association Awards, where DJ Bob Harris – in town for the awards – snapped them up for a recording that has become one of the most-watched YouTube videos on his ‘Under the Apple Tree Sessions’ channel. In 2015 they made a showcase appearance on Harris’s Radio 2 show.

The band has repeatedly been offered headline and other spots on the main stages of numerous key festivals – among many others, they have been asked back an unprecedented three times to Larmer Tree, twice to Kendal Calling and Port Eliot, and three times to Cornbury. In 2016 they appeared at Glastonbury for the first time, on the Avalon stage.

The band regularly plays to sell-out audiences up and down the country. They’ve become a serious and ambitious musical venture that marries a devotion to touring and the presentation of consummate live performances. With James Studholme’s dedication to song writing and recording the band seamlessly incorporates raucous cacophonies to melancholic tributes and everything in between.

Pete Sargeant