Elenor was brought up with folk music, spending her earlier years in Ayrshire and a regular performer at the Marymass Folk Festival, Irvine and others around the Country. Reel Ale and Reel Ale Ceilidh Band provides her with the opportunity to play a range of music and songs as well as the fun of the ceilidh sound. Elenor plays guitar, sings and also plays hammered dulcimer – an original German “Hackbrett”.