Sociograss

Sociograss is a five piece band of musicians based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Come together under a shared love of American roots music the band has been well known on the Scottish scene for years now becoming a regular fixture at Scottish music festivals and hosting jams in Edinburgh and around the country.

The band formed when guitarist and singer Tim Leslie of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania found himself for the first time in Edinburgh and chancing upon members of Dundee band Wire and Wool. Finding musical harmony between them and a passion for the music of Appalachia the group was soon after joined by fiddle player Ben Errington of Auld Reekie String Band, and later Conal McIntosh, on double bass.

Not a strictly bluegrass only band, Sociograss plays a fusion of bluegrass and bluegrass adjacent genres. Whilst bringing in certain sounds and conventions of oldtime, western swing, early country and early jazz into their music, Sociograss continuously applies the stylistic approaches of the bluegrass genre to their musical performances; rocksteady foot-stomping rhythm, powerfully stacked vocal harmonies and passing breaks for solos amongst the band members, exhibiting their individual technical prowess.

Their success in Scotland has taken them on to travelling around the UK and some of Europe’s festivals. last year they released a new album, “Made It All Up” followed by the Kentucky Dragon E.P with another album scheduled for release in 2026.