
JASON McNIFF PRESS
One of the UK's best kept secrets
Mojo

A triumph of English-Americana
Time Out

The nearest thing out there to Bob Dylan and the Band
Sean Rowley, BBC Radio London
Dark songs of drunkenness and murder!
The Independent

A troubadour and one of the best singer/songwriters we have in this country
Morning Star

Not just a good songwriter, a truly great one
Americana UK 9/10
Album of the Year for 2nd album Nobody's Son
as voted for by the staff at Americana UK

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Jason McNiff is a London based Yorkshireman of Irish and Polish descent. He has made four records of what is loosely described as Alt. Country or Americana, yet there is something very British about him. As Time Out attests, 'McNiff's quiet, intimate, fragile-sounding vocals draw you into his world – a melancholy, almost timeless place, through which he drifts, a romantic loner, a dreamer, at home with the blues.' He is often touted as one of the UK's most overlooked musical treasures - a great songwriter and top-notch finger-style guitarist. His new album, April Cruel (Fledg'ling) has just been released, and is picking up some excellent reviews...
Latest News…
This very Sunday, back at Come Down & Meet the Folks, after a long lay off. Will be the first gig with a new line up. Sunday sessions in London dont come better than this, so get yourselves along to the Apple Tree at 5 o'clock…
Very happy to see the release of Battaglione Alleato in Italy, all about operation Tombola. The album is curated by the Modena City Ramblers and features my song 'Tombola' as well as contributions from bands all over Italy, such as Ned Ludd, Rossopiceno, Fryda, Popinga, Luca Serio & the Yonders… MCR are currently touring the album, and I hope to make it over to open some shows for them… Ci vediamo dopo!
April Cruel
The new album - released 12th September 2011 on Fledg'ling Records www.thebeesknees.com

"April Cruel is Bradford-born Jason McNiff's 4th studio album. Dubbed 'serious talent ... the old fashioned way' by MOJO magazine, McNiff is a guitar wielding troubadour of Polish and Irish descent. Here, he has collated a wealth of travelling, gigging, gambling and chaotic adventure into this fresh, beguiling gem of a record. Shanty ballads of Yorkshire love affairs, divorce and partisan soldiers depict a world where the past still shapes our future. In McNiff's dexterous fingers, European folk is reborn with the vigour and enchantment of a songwriter who has arrived at his artistic destination. Tales of loss, war and domestic bickering evolve into sweet, poetic triumph." - Sarah Gillespie, Jazz singer and poet (www.sarahgillespie.com)
Gigs
- 18 May 2012
Milfords Pub, 1 Milford lane, off the Strand, LONDON w/Gabriel Moreno, Benjamin Folke Thomas & Simon Stanley Ward £5 entry
- 01 Jun 2012
Meeting Del Mare, Marina di Camerota (SA) ITALY opening for Modena City Ramblers
www.ramblers.it
- 13 Jun 2012
Nashville Babylon@ the 12 bar club, Denmark street, LONDON £5 entry
www.loosemusic.com/loose/ the-return-of-nashville-ba bylon
- 12 Jul 2012
Slaughtered Lamb, Great Sutton St., Clerkenwell LONDON book launch and music
- 10 Aug 2012
Kalamazoo club at the King's Head, Crouch End, LONDON
www.kalamazooklub.co. uk







