Justin Osborne is a singer, songwriter, and storyteller best known as the founder and frontman of SUSTO. Since founding the band in 2013 while living in Havana, Cuba, Osborne has built an expansive catalog rooted in deeply personal lyricism and a sound that moves between Southern Gothic, folk, rock, country, and psychedelia.
Across SUSTO, the roots-oriented Susto Stringband, and his solo performances, Osborne’s songwriting remains the throughline—confessional, searching, and shaped by love, loss, change, resilience, and the strange beauty of everyday life. Performing solo brings those songs back to their foundation, putting Osborne’s voice, lyrics, and storytelling front and center and offering an intimate look at the songwriter behind the catalog.
