Jake Xerxes Fussell

Jake Xerxes Fussell and the living trail of folk songs

Jake Xerxes Fussell is an American singer and guitarist whose work centers on folk and blues, with a focus on traditional Southern folk songs. His recorded path shows a steady movement through adapted material, field recordings, and traditional repertoire, while later releases also add original compositions. Out of Sight presents traditional narrative songs gathered from many sources, and When I'm Called finds him returning to music of lifelong personal meaning. Across the catalog here, Fussell comes through as an interpreter who keeps older material active rather than fixed, bringing inherited songs into a current setting without severing their origins.