Sociograss 

 Sociograss: American roots  music in scotland 

Sociograss is a six 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 Appalacia 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. This year they released a new album, “Made It All Up”. The band is now looking forward to a packed year ahead with more shows and touring in the planning.

Sociograss are:

Mark Hand - mandolin, vocals

Ben Errington - fiddle, vocals

Tim Leslie - guitar, vocals

James Wright - banjo, vocals

Alex Riach - fiddle, vocals

Conal McIntosh - double bass, vocals