Dr Hoppo's Urban Rooftops

This is the official YouTube channel for Dr Hoppo's Urban Rooftops.

We are a grass roots Manchester band playing jazz, latin, soul, funk, rock, dance music, with music preordained to lift your spirits.

Since our first gigs in 2019, we have performed shows varying from an intimate quintet to a ten-piece outfit, with drums, percussion and horn section. Whichever way we go, expect an uplifting mixture of jazz and other cool songs for listening, along with sunny latin- and soul-tinged music for dancing.

The Urban Rooftops  'core five' are: prima chanteuse Lauren Mullarkey, with Dave Howells on lead vocals and guitar, Rob Murray on bass, the very-much-alive Snuff on kit and myself Steve (Dr Hoppo) Hopkins on keyboards.

In autumn 2026 we will release our first album 'Persuasive', a collection of original songs and cover versions with exciting twists. Then we will play a few local gigs before getting the bigger band back on the road.