Sascha Osborn is a London-based contemporary folk storyteller whose songs blend warm, soulful vocals, jazz-infused harmonies and poetic lyricism. Inspired by people, places and lived experience, she crafts thoughtful songs that explore connection, resilience, belonging and change with honesty, warmth and compassion.
Drawing on chance conversations, relationships, history and the world around her, she transforms everyday moments into songs that create space for reflection, connection and hope.
Her forthcoming collection of songs, Red, Black and Blue, reflects a deepening artistic voice and a distinctive blend of folk, jazz and soul influences.
Written during the Covid-19 lockdown as home-produced blueprints in Logic Pro, the collection was later developed with producer Patrick Wood and recorded with some of the UK's leading jazz musicians, transforming intimate sketches into richly textured arrangements that realised her ambitious sonic vision.
Together, the songs explore the marks life leaves on us: love, loss, memory, grief and the quiet courage needed to move through change. Drawing on stories of wartime childhood, family relationships, work pressures, environmental change, inspiring landscapes, love and the power of the words we speak, the collection reflects a deep engagement with everyday life.
Blending warm harmonies, soulful melodic lines and poetic storytelling, Red, Black and Blue is rooted in lived experience and shaped by emotional honesty, compassion and hope.
Released gradually as a series of individual songs, the collection invites listeners to spend time with each story as it unfolds, revealing a broader identity, resilience, reflection and personal growth.
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A a reflective, imagery-led song about hindsight and the clarity that comes with distance. Moving through scenes of mountain rain, open fields and distant church bells, it traces an inward journey shaped by memory and perspective. At its core is the realisation that signs were always there, small gestures and meaningful details that went unnoticed and unheard. Only with distance does the absence come into focus.
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This song traces the journey from silence, inertia, and fear building to empowerment and renewal. It’s about breaking free from societal expectations and “shoulds and coulds,” finding the courage to speak out, break barriers and glass ceilings. A call to say “enough is enough” and reclaim courage, self-belief, purpose, and freedom.
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Is a reflective, imagery-led song about hindsight and the clarity that comes with distance. Understated and grounded, the song explores missed signals and the delayed recognition of what truly mattered, often only after it’s gone.
I was deeply drawn to move to this song, to physically express in response to the song I had created with producer Patrick Wood. Video directed filmed and produced by Lizzy Platt. Filmed at Pixel Studios, London.