Rusticalia is the solo recording project of Jesse Osmun, who hopes to one day play his songs live when he settles down. Jesse started playing in 1998, but only recently decided to get serious about writing and recording songs. He currently lives in Connecticut and draws inspiration from life, literature, and spirituality to create simple but elegant tunes.

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Listen to me talk about Africa

July 9, 2010

Greetings from SA

March 25, 2010

BIG NEWS!!!

December 15, 2009

Connecting Flight project is up..

October 31, 2009

Rusticalia goes to Africa in January..

September 25, 2009

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Gethsemane	Ambient	Aug 14, 2010	235
Bottom Of My Heart	Folk	Jan 19, 2010	341
Hamba	Folk	Jan 14, 2010	244
The Battle Cry Of Freedom	Music Videos	Jan 8, 2010	352
Maybe ( Ingrid Michaelson)	Pop	Jan 5, 2010	313
Mzungu Dub ( Final)	Ska/Reggae/Dub	Dec 20, 2009	343
Mzungu Dub ( for collabing!)	Ska/Reggae/Dub	Dec 18, 2009	323
The Old Triangle ( Arr.Bert Jansch)	Folk	Dec 2, 2009	492
Winter Vespers	Folk	Nov 25, 2009	309
The Last Meeting	Folk	Nov 19, 2009	534
Black Is The Color	Folk	Nov 1, 2009	333
Flightless Bird, American Mouth ( Iron and Wine)	Folk	Oct 28, 2009	705
Traveling The Milky Way ( featuring Insomniatic)	Alternative	Oct 23, 2009	248
Don't Forget To Write!	Ambient	Oct 20, 2009	185
Nightbird	Folk	Oct 18, 2009	248
Spencer The Rover	Folk	Oct 16, 2009	340
Oh smile, Where are you going?	Folk	Sep 24, 2009	408
Matthew 25:21 cover	Music Videos	Sep 20, 2009	453
Jig in DADGAD	Music Videos	Sep 17, 2009	482
Sweet Suite Spirit	Folk	Sep 14, 2009	326
Ejamming demo..	Folk	Aug 28, 2009	455
Good Intentions..	Folk	Aug 12, 2009	287
Girl In Port (Okkervil River)	Music Videos	Aug 9, 2009	314
Closer	Folk	Aug 4, 2009	349
All Who Labor	Folk	Aug 4, 2009	174
In Your Eyes	Music Videos	Aug 1, 2009	302
Faith	Folk	Jul 26, 2009	414
Illuminated	Folk	Jul 21, 2009	211
Pull Together	Folk	Jul 18, 2009	261
Floating ( Sun Kil Moon Cover)	Music Videos	Jun 30, 2009	406
Undertow..	Folk	Jun 22, 2009	700
Count Your Blessings..	Folk	Jun 8, 2009	498
Humility Is A Tender Lover	Folk	Jun 3, 2009	286
I've Got Scars	Folk	May 30, 2009	523
Good To Be Alive	Pop	May 27, 2009	280
Wrap My Head Around It	Folk	May 23, 2009	368
Gem Of The Roe	Folk	May 20, 2009	316
Match On A Fuse	Folk	May 17, 2009	322
Find The Cost Of Freedom ( CSNY)	A Cappella	May 15, 2009	471
Lightning Dances	Folk	May 7, 2009	281
Milk And Honey ( Jackson C Frank)	Folk	May 2, 2009	593
Needle of Death (Bert Jansch)	Music Videos	Apr 29, 2009	818
Northern Sky	Music Videos	Apr 28, 2009	671
Where There's Smoke, There's Fire	Folk	Apr 21, 2009	430
Depths Of The Soul	Folk	Apr 21, 2009	263
DGDGAD Tuning Idea	Music Videos	Apr 20, 2009	1146
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out	Alternative	Apr 18, 2009	500
Lux Fragmen Placide	Other	Apr 11, 2009	351
Harvest Moon ( Neil Young)	Folk	Apr 9, 2009	283
Only Love Can Break Your Heart ( Neil Young)	Folk	Apr 8, 2009	443
Ballad of Turin	Folk	Apr 5, 2009	355
Ruah	Folk	Apr 4, 2009	541
Kathy's Song	Folk	Apr 1, 2009	376
Breaking Even	Folk	Mar 24, 2009	385
Song For Paul	Music Videos	Mar 19, 2009	455
Parting Gift	Folk	Mar 10, 2009	397
Mary	Folk	Mar 6, 2009	406
Build a Better Man	Folk	Mar 3, 2009	290
Inner Fire ( work in progress)	R&B	Feb 28, 2009	630
Part and Parcel	Folk	Feb 25, 2009	377
Lady Of The Dust	Folk	Feb 23, 2009	339
Golgotha	Country	Feb 20, 2009	472
Women At The Tomb	Folk	Feb 18, 2009	354
Snowy Woodlands	Folk	Feb 12, 2009	438
Dry Bones	Folk	Feb 11, 2009	307
Feeling Prodigal	Folk	Feb 9, 2009	425
Easter Day	Folk	Feb 7, 2009	293
Frostbite	Folk	Jan 31, 2009	318
Kaleidoscope	Folk	Jan 12, 2009	401
Passengers (Music Video)	Music Videos	Dec 25, 2008	518
Sing Yourself To Sleep	Folk	Dec 11, 2008	453
Charms And Unspoken Incantations	Other	Dec 8, 2008	325
Pilgrim	Folk	Dec 4, 2008	531
An Urge For Leaving	Folk	Dec 3, 2008	287
Blooming Most Recklessly	Country	Dec 1, 2008	300
The Noble Truth	Folk	Nov 22, 2008	339
Oh, Thomas Merton! ( version 2)	Country	Nov 21, 2008	595
Oh, Thomas Merton!	Country	Nov 20, 2008	348
Tied to our ambitions	Folk	Nov 19, 2008	565
Meandering	Folk	Nov 17, 2008	339
Song For Laura ( final)	Folk	Nov 5, 2008	638
Song For Laura	Folk	Oct 27, 2008	425
Ghost Dance	Other	Oct 26, 2008	328
Inside/Outside ( finished)	Folk	Oct 22, 2008	482
Selah ( with Violin)	Folk	Oct 19, 2008	758
Hummingbird	Folk	Oct 18, 2008	360
Selah ( final version)	Folk	Oct 14, 2008	962
When Summer Laid To Rest	Folk	Oct 8, 2008	350
The Plans We Made	Folk	Oct 2, 2008	425
Hush ( Final)	Folk	Sep 29, 2008	497
Balancing Act	Folk	Sep 27, 2008	726
Foot Of My Bed ( w/banjo)	Folk	Sep 23, 2008	586
Selah	Folk	Sep 17, 2008	587
Hush (demo)	Folk	Sep 15, 2008	362
Solace ( w/strings)	Folk	Sep 14, 2008	583
Whispers	Folk	Sep 14, 2008	405
Wise Old Writer	Folk	Sep 11, 2008	362
Foot of my bed	Folk	Sep 7, 2008	715
To A Lover On The Road ( w/Ochrestomanci)	Folk	Sep 3, 2008	439
To A Lover On The Road	Folk	Sep 1, 2008	613
Solace	Folk	Aug 30, 2008	404
Vestapol	Folk	Aug 29, 2008	731
Old Man with a Beard (final)	Folk	Aug 25, 2008	697
Sleepyhead	Folk	Aug 24, 2008	644
Rusted Tractor on Route 2 (final)	Folk	Aug 17, 2008	636
Inside/Outside	Folk	Aug 12, 2008	413
Old Man with a Beard	Other	Aug 11, 2008	362
Lion And The Lamb	Folk	Aug 8, 2008	524
Fire Tower ( rough)	Folk	Aug 6, 2008	320
Ticonderoga	Folk	Aug 5, 2008	525
Low Flying Planes (rough)	Other	Jul 24, 2008	412
Passengers (finished)	Folk	Jul 21, 2008	807
Passengers ( demo)	Folk	Jul 13, 2008	568
Day The Gospel Died (ROUGH)	Folk	Jul 8, 2008	324
Tides	Classical	Jul 6, 2008	343
Wishing Well ( final version minus Dylan)	Folk	Jun 26, 2008	377
Wishing Well	Folk	Jun 25, 2008	363
Seraphim	Other	Jun 18, 2008	383
Father Wind	Folk	Jun 6, 2008	1956
Four Yellow Birds ( w/Vocals)	Folk	Jun 1, 2008	541
Names	Other	May 27, 2008	391
Four Yellow Birds	Folk	May 25, 2008	457
He flies by his own wings (almost finished)	Folk	May 22, 2008	1158
He flies by his own wings (no vocals)	Folk	May 20, 2008	635
Leaving	Folk	May 16, 2008	462
Concussion ( final version)	Rock	May 12, 2008	1167
Head Above Water	Other	May 11, 2008	602
Concussion	Alternative	May 5, 2008	559
Kick	Folk	May 4, 2008	517
Stand	Folk	Apr 19, 2008	435
Sleeping With A Ghost	Other	Apr 18, 2008	636
Hmmm, needs a title!	Folk	Apr 18, 2008	388
Beautiful and Brave ( final)	Folk	Apr 13, 2008	760
Alone Is A Four Letter Word	Folk	Apr 12, 2008	702
The Hypnotist	Folk	Apr 8, 2008	493
Drive West (final version)	Country	Apr 6, 2008	941
Beautiful and Brave	Folk	Apr 5, 2008	475
Drive West ( almost finished)	Country	Apr 2, 2008	842
Ode to Sunapee( Album Version)	Folk	Mar 30, 2008	389
Ode to Sunapee	Alternative	Mar 28, 2008	384
Casimir Pulaski cover	Folk	Mar 24, 2008	398
Roadmap	Folk	Mar 23, 2008	689
Drive West	Country	Mar 22, 2008	711
Snowball Mic test	Folk	Mar 22, 2008	437
View From An Airplane Window	Alternative	Mar 15, 2008	579
My guitar	Setups	Mar 14, 2008	431
The one I love ( REM)	Alternative	Mar 14, 2008	523
Brave New Ideas	Folk	Mar 11, 2008	499
These Three Words ( feat Petra)	Folk	Mar 10, 2008	779
Dead tree in the lake	Folk	Mar 10, 2008	487
Come Down From The Mountain	Country	Mar 9, 2008	423
Black Mountain Poet(w/lap steel)	Folk	Feb 4, 2008	475
Sidewalks	Folk	Feb 4, 2008	384
Black Mountain Poet	Folk	Jan 31, 2008	516
Sleeper (probably final)	Alternative	Jan 29, 2008	591
Sleeper ( with Slide)	Country	Jan 28, 2008	575
Better Left Unsaid	Folk	Jan 27, 2008	668
Landings	Folk	Jan 10, 2008	501
Decisions	Folk	Dec 24, 2007	520
Manteo Causeway	Folk	Dec 4, 2007	1035
Judas ( final collab version)	Spiritual/Gospel	Nov 20, 2007	1172
Judas (the original)	Spiritual/Gospel	Nov 18, 2007	831
Leviathan	Folk	Nov 13, 2007	1257

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Rivers Edge	Alternative	Aug 19, 2010	458
Im on my way	Folk	Jan 16, 2010	227
I'm On My Way (Assistance required)	Folk	Jan 14, 2010	561
Sx7 - Days of You	Folk	Dec 24, 2009	300
Love Hurts ( Aucustic version)	Folk	Oct 9, 2009	576
Paradise Is A Highway	Country	Oct 6, 2009	402
cuatro cinco diez	Folk	Sep 27, 2009	265
Good Intentions	Folk	Aug 12, 2009	193
Africa (iComp CD Compilation Entry Version)	Rock	Apr 23, 2009	786
Walk Away	Alternative	Apr 21, 2009	698
The Phoenix	Country	Apr 10, 2009	609
The Flame	Pop	Mar 3, 2009	831
SNOWY WOODLANDS remixed	Ambient	Feb 17, 2009	501
Broken Things (Julie Miller cover)	Folk	Jan 13, 2009	466
A Christmas Prayer	Holiday	Dec 20, 2008	1901
Africa (Supporting the ONE.org campaign)	Rock	Dec 1, 2008	876
Hummingbird	Folk	Oct 31, 2008	351
Sort Of New and Unfinished w/Vox	Rock	Oct 21, 2008	355
Open Wide II	Pop	Oct 8, 2008	534
Last Notice	Folk	Sep 11, 2008	437
last notice (acoustic version)	Folk	Jul 22, 2008	697
Where The Wild Lands Are (Draft 3)	Alternative	Jul 19, 2008	343
Everything and Anything	Rock	Jun 5, 2008	697
The Tin Man	Rock	May 24, 2008	1211
Concussion	Rock	May 22, 2008	821
Open Wide	Folk	May 5, 2008	634
never forget, never regret 2	Ambient	Mar 19, 2008	535
gambits	Other	Mar 12, 2008	495
"Never Forget, Never Regret" (With Acoustic Guitar)	Classical	Feb 5, 2008	848
A Thousand Ways	Folk	Jan 25, 2008	839

Title	Artist	Genre	Plays
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley cover	fuzzynormal	Rock	50
numbers divine	doctorzinc	Rock	184
Till There Was You	TheTiler [+1]	Pop	186
You Knew	WillCharles	Folk	140
Mr. DC	DBastos	Folk	109
Can't Even Cry (That's It For Now Mix)	aaront [+1]	Funk	186
Rivers Edge	iGarn [+4]	Alternative	458
Night of the Living Dead (demo)	aceandseanovan	Rock	100
Buried, Content	KeithBrown	Pop	95
The Amazing Beautiful Girl (Album Version)	RichardRinger [+2]	Other	129
Tumbleweed (Jamming with Fatty)	iGarn [+1]	Ambient	183
Sitting in the Darkness II ( of this Spanish Apartment)	davidmayer [+1]	Ska/Reggae/Dub	134
Birka Speaks	Vixen [+1]	Folk	533
Wet Matches by WillCharles (cover)	randolf	Alternative	172
Order of Her Day	Sabine [+1]	Pop	523
I Wanna Make It With You	MikeHuntingford	Pop	158
Words	JakeKulp	Folk	92
Wet Matches	WillCharles	Folk	188
So Long	WillCharles	Folk	156
All The Same	WillCharles	Folk	134
Temptation (ver. 2)	C_Man	Alternative	240
The Reason I Remembered	geoff_wales	Rock	83
shine	guitardogcar	Folk	99
Rebuild this House	stankalonius	Folk	129
dear elliott	guitardogcar	Folk	168
Little Marta (Allman Brothers Cover)	toveco	Folk	152
Amazing Grace	joshhughes	Folk	108
Farewell lonely road	benjaminflint	Folk	110
Railroad	MingusBass	Folk	452
there is time	j0j0	Folk	522
today	guitardogcar	Folk	212
Driving North	TomDevine	Alternative	257
Im on my way	Morris [+2]	Folk	227
Father Time	Mystified	Folk	338
Stereo Jump	PhD	Hip Hop/Rap	242
the only one	guitardogcar	Folk	180
SUNDAY MORNING	SISTERS	Pop	330
Times They are a Changing - Bob Dylan cover by Rosebud	RMG_Music	Folk	332
bizarre	eagle [+1]	Alternative	428
Tear Down the Walls#1 from "Crude"	DikaFlow [+1]	Hip Hop/Rap	276
sadie (original)	guitardogcar	Folk	218
Inundate	Stebbo	Alternative	248
Go To Find ft. Dead Giveaway	DeadGiveaway	Hip Hop/Rap	212
Byrd ft. Dead Giveaway	DeadGiveaway	Hip Hop/Rap	251
White Bird (w/Mori & Clay)	RubyDubidoux [+2]	Folk	557
I Love You (by Jalanix & 4Haengs)	4haengs [+1]	Rock	1173
So Long Suzanna by Martin Sexton	guitardogcar	Folk	298
4getmenotz - bass demo	jkramer5 [+1]	R&B	212
The Wild Side	puppy7	Ska/Reggae/Dub	356
end of innocence	guitardogcar	Folk	229