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.