J Oscar Bittinger writes & plays modern folk that pops
Traditional styles mix with messy modern sounds, the city smooth gets blended with the rural rough. Smart and soulful songs with an uplift – “this is happening now.”
Though the setting may be contemporary, in the past made present, or imagining some future, J Oscar’s lyrics are poetry like that of plain spoken folk. The tales and talk are carried along on melodies that sound traditional one moment, then move to something more pop and modern the next.
Listen for new recordings of J Oscar in 2016.
From a Song
Thought I Had More Time
© 2010 J. Oscar BittingerWritten for “The Folk Bros.” I thought I had more timeTo drink the careless wineTo stand out on the rocksAnd shout the sea to chalk But I was wrong Don’t have that long I thought I had more timeTo make up my own mindTo catch all I could chaseIn the wide […]