
Songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist, Jason McNiff releases his 7th full length album, Dust Of Yesterday, on April 16th, 2021. Produced and engineered by Roger Askew (Joe Strummer, Wilko Johnson, Christy Moore) the album was recorded throughout the summer and autumn of 2020 in Roger's home studio in Eastbourne, UK. It features McNiff's signature acoustic guitar work throughout with significant contributions from Beth Porter (of Eliza Carthy's band) on cello and Basia Bartz (Dana Immanuel, Rob Corcoran) on violin.
Songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist, Jason McNiff releases his 7th full length album, Dust Of Yesterday, on April 16th, 2021. Produced and engineered by Roger Askew (Joe Strummer, Wilko Johnson, Christy Moore) the album was recorded throughout the summer and autumn of 2020 in Roger's home studio in Eastbourne, UK. It features McNiff's signature acoustic guitar work throughout with significant contributions from Beth Porter (of Eliza Carthy's band) on cello and Basia Bartz (Dana Immanuel, Rob Corcoran) on violin.


EVERY FRIDAY 5-7PM AT THE JENNY LIND, HASTINGS
EVERY SATURDAY 5.30-7.30PM AT HANUSHKA COFFEE HOUSE, HASTINGS
EVERY THURSDAY 7-9PM AT THE COVE, FAIRLIGHT

Jason McNiff


chef song

A Razor's Edge, celebration of Bob Dylan

My Mississippi

Fishermans Blues - Jason mcniff
Jason McNiff is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was born in Bradford, moving to London in the 90s where he became involved in the Folk and Americana scene. A regular performer at the 12 bar club in Denmark street, he opened for Bert Jansch numerous times, signing to Snowstorm records in 2000. His debut album ,'Off the Rails' was well received with glowing reviews especially in Time Out, London's most important magazine. With Andy Allan from Hank Dogs, he helped run the Easycome Acosutic Club, and was also a regular a Come Down and Meet the Folks, Alan Tyler's legendary Sunday afternoon shindig. His 2nd album, Nobody's Son was Americana Uk album of the year (2003) while 4th record, April Cruel, was nominated best alt country album at the Independent Music Awards in America. He formed duos with Emily Barker and Emma Tricca, and in 2014, the folk group, Lone Malones. In 2019, Jason moved to Hastings where he set up the Sundowner, his regular Friday afternoon session at the Jenny Lind featuring guests from all over the world. He plays with his band every Saturday at Hanushka's coffee house and is currently working on his 10th album.
Winner - 'Male artist of the Year' 2024
Fatea Magazine
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'Wistful & Nostalgic' - Album of the week
The Times ****
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'Uk's premier fingerstyle guitarist"
Mojo ****
"A superior singer/writer "
No Depression
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"Songs like a Raymond Carver short story"
Shindig!
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'A refreshingly organic acoustic sound'
RNR
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​'A bounteous mix of the finest roots music has to
offer"
Folk Radio UK
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"Deft finger-picking style against a wonderfully atmospheric vocal"
Clash
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"Britain's greatest contemporary finger style guitarist"
Guitar Quarterly
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"A triumph of English-Americana"
Time Out
"The nearest thing out there to Bob Dylan and the Band"
Sean Rowley, BBC Radio London
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"Dark songs of drunkenness and murder!"
The Independent
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"A troubadour and one of the best singer/songwriters we have in this country"
Morning Star
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"Not just a good songwriter, a truly great one"
Americana UK 9/10
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'I love Jason's version (of Fisherman's blues)'
Mike Scott, The Waterboys​
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'Jason's versions sound so fresh, whilst staying true to Bert's timeless music'
The Bert Jansch Foundation
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