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.
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For Bert Jansch: Jason McNiff (Hastings) plays Open Road
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AND THE SUN COMES UP ON MY DREAMS @ the Printworks
Cairo (Stuck In The Past)
"One of the UK's best kept secrets"
Mojo
"A superior singer/writer "
No Depression
"A fantastic body of work"
Shindig!
"A bounteous mix of the finest roots music has to offer"
Folk Radio UK
"Deft finger-picking style against a wonderfully atmospheric vocal"
Clash
"Britain's greatest contemporary fingerstyle guitarist"
Guitar Quarterly
"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
Songwriter and guitarist Jason McNiff releases his 8th full length album on June 24th. Entitled 'Tonight We Ride', It's an album of covers featuring versions of songs by Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Dire Straits, The Waterboys, Townes Van Zandt, Bert Jansch and Tom Russell. The album grew out of Jason's continuing online residency where he plays all wonderful songs that have inspired him, alongside his own distinctive material. Come and join us on a Thursday night (20.30, Facebook) and take a tour through folk, blues, country, singer/songwriter and beyond!
'I love Jason's version (of Fisherman's blues)'
Mike Scott, The Waterboys
'Jason's versions sound so fresh, whilst staying true to Bert's timeless music'
The Bert Jansch Foundation