The Rolling Hills Folk club started to great acclaim in October 2006. The club takes its name from the Matt McGinn song The Rolling Hills of The Borders. The Scott room in the George & Abbotsford caters for about 40 people or so, which presents a more personal and intimate space in which to sing and play. We hope to encourage young and old alike whether singers or/and musicians to contribute to the evening.

The Hotel offers not only accommodation but an excellent menu - making for the possibility of a complete night out with good food, songs and music and somewhere to rest your head.

 

 

The club’s first ever guests were in 2007 Elsa Lemâitre and Erika Douglas followed by:-

Pete Coe

Fiddler’s Leap

Guy Norris

Linties and Stuart Miller

Eilean Mor from Australia

Curly and Shug

Alison McMorland and Geordie McIntyre

Jimmy Hutchison

Ian Abernethy

Habbadam from Denmark

Helen Pitts and Steve Dawes

Ian Bruce

2009

Steven Clark and Jim King

Stooshie

Elsa Lemaitre and Erika Douglas

Kathy Hobkirk

Phil Hare

Kim Edgar

Brian Peters

Gus Langlands

Gordeanna McCulloch

Craig: Morgan: Robson

Rallion

Madsen & Graubaek

Sylvia Barnes and Sandy Stanage

Ian Davison

Wizz Jones

Habbadam

Scott Gardiner and Johnny Kemp

Rantum Scantum

Fisher Lassies and Fiddlin’ Chiks

2011

Tom Clelland

Ragged Glory

Sue Burgess and Paul Wrigley

Dave Gibb

Anna MacDonald

The Albanach Guitar Duo

Stairheid Gossip

Folk Trail with Clare, Naomi, Chris, Myra, Dave and Sue en route to John O’ Groats

Heather and Pete Heywood

David Ferrard

Pete Coe

Alex Hodgson Band

Eryn Rae Graham Dolan, Graham Blanche

The Celtic Nyckelharpa Project

The Fisher Lassies

Pete Scott

Tom, Maggie and Emma Spiers

Liz Law and Terry Conway

Ken Campbell’s Ideal Band

Edinburgh University Folk Club members

Anna MacDonald and Suzanne Houston and

guest performances from Paper Aeroplane,

Sarah Dean and Paula Ryan

Steve Turner

Tich Frier

 

2008

Swains’ Kitchen

Roy Clinging

Steve Turner

Ewan McVicar

Sara Grey and Kieron Means

Dave Keir

Ewan Wilkinson and Sandy Brechin

Andy and Margaret Watchorn

Craig: Morgan: Robson

The Outside Track

The Long Notes

Linties and Stuart Miller

Mick West Trio

Bob Knight

Luce Women

2010

Gren Bartley

Ewan Wilkinson and Sandy Brechin

Peter and Barbara Snape

Ken Campbell’s Ideal band

Janette Geri

Jim King and Steven Clark

Rebecca Hall and Kenny Anderson

Susie Kelly

Bob Knight

Ian Abernethy

Ian Davison & Corissa Bovill

Sylvia Barnes and Sandy Stanage

Archie Fisher

Eryn Rae and Graham Dolan

Horizontal Sunday

Stooshie

Shetland Fiddle in the Borders

Fiddler’s Leap

Ribbon Road

Phil Hare

Rannok

Fiddlin’ Chiks

Ewan McLennan

2012

Corran Raa

 

For future guests for the coming year

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