Maisie Johnson
Maisie is a locally-based folk singer-songwriter who, at the end of 2017, reached #3 on the UK Country iTunes chart with her debut EP, ‘Sixteen’ and has just returned from a run of performances in Canada.
Maisie is an 18-year-old country/folk singer-songwriter from south west London. Having known that she wanted to be a performer since she can remember, she started writing songs and teaching herself to play guitar at age 12 and started performing aged 14. She has since also taught herself to play the mandolin, banjo, ukulele, and charango.
'The Beginning', a live EP of original songs recorded at the Basement Door in Richmond with her sister Alice, was released in July 2016. After going solo and joining forces with percussionist Sam Thyr in January 2017, Maisie released a new EP, 'Sixteen', on December 1st 2017 which peaked at #3 on the UK iTunes Country album chart on the day of its release.