Playing History:-
Richard has played all manner of music from Afro beat inspired ensembles, Irish traditional music, Blues, Jazz, Rock and Country both in traditional and contempary styles, through to experimental free form improvisation. Richard has played all over Ireland and the UK with bands, and toured in Chicago, USA with a 15 strong contempary Jazz Big Band.
Richard has also spent a lot of time in studios recording for both bands, and on a session basis.
Spectator News: A hard hitting drummer with an feel for solid timing
Belfast Telegraph: The venue was kept entertained by the energetic drumming of Richard Hodgen who was crucial to the sound of this band.
The Shetland Times: renditions of early Delta blues classics aided by the sharply-timed and frantic drums n washboard of Richard Hodgen how he has the energy and arm-power for the latter is anyones guess.
