Police Dog Hogan, Porchlight Smoker

Police Dog Hogan are a high-energy and eclectic seven-piece, combining fiddle, banjo, mandolin, drums and guitars with knockout four-part harmonies in an exuberant fusing of country, pop, folk, and rocking urban bluegrass. The Sunday Times has described them as 'wonderful', the Telegraph named them 'one of its favourite new bands', Radio 2 called them 'a band to watch' and veteran DJ Johnnie Walker praises their gigs as 'just a really good, fun time'.

Often described as the real deal, every Porchlight Smoker show is different - and no song is ever performed the same way twice. They play a varied and at times virtuoso repertoire that mixes self-penned works with covers made very much their own. A range of instruments, including banjo, guitar, lap-steel, stand-up bass and mandolin - even clarinet - accompany the band's trademark vocal harmonies.