Jake Xerxes Fussell Gets Good and Green Again.

Jake Xerxes Fussell Gets Good and Green Again

Happy Halloween and Día de los Muertos!

The waning of yet another savage year is at hand, but we have a soft spell to lift spirits, living, dead, or undead—a new song and album from our good friend Jake Xerxes Fussell, pride of Columbus, Georgia and Durham, North Carolina.

Jake’s phenomenal fourth album Good and Green Again finds the acclaimed folksong interpreter, guitarist, and singer navigating fresh sonic and compositional landscapes on the most conceptually focused, breathtakingly rendered, and enigmatically poignant record of his wondrous catalog. Produced by James Elkington (Jeff Tweedy, Michael Chapman, Steve Gunn, Nap Eyes, etc.) and featuring formidable players both familiar (Casey Toll, Libby Rodenbough) and new (Joe Westerlund, Bonnie “Prince” Billy), it includes Jake’s first original compositions; atmospheric arrangements with pedal steel, horns, and strings; and cover art by Art Rosenbaum.

Read more about the record here, and here via Pitchfork.

Album opener and first single “Love Farewell” is an elliptical tale of love, yearning, and collective folly.

Oh my love, you know I love you
Nothing on this earth that I love like I love you
Over and over, ten times over
Drink up the liquor, boys, turn the glasses over

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“Fussell is creating his own legacy within the long lineage of traditional folk musicians and storytellers that have come before him.” – The New York Times

“So elegant…It’s relaxing in the way that pondering a Zen koan is relaxing, and sweet in the way that the wounded, honey-voiced blues of Mississippi John Hurt are sweet.” – Pitchfork

“Music that resides at the seams of Appalachia and the cosmos.” – NPR

Deluxe LP edition features 140g virgin vinyl; heavy-duty board jacket with song sources, credits, & artwork by Art Rosenbaum; & high-res Bandcamp download code.
CD edition features gatefold jacket with LP replica art.
All preorders include an immediate 320k MP3 download of lead single “Love Farewell” (featuring Bonnie “Prince” Billy)
RIYL: Bob Dylan, John Prine, Townes Van Zandt, Ry Cooder, Bill Frisell, Dave Van Ronk, Michael Chapman, Jim Dickinson, Michael Hurley, The Youngbloods, Raccoon Records, James Elkington, Nathan Salsburg, William Tyler, Bonnie “Prince” Billy

Jake Xerxes Fussell 2022 Tour Dates

Jake is hitting the road in the US, UK, and EU this winter and spring. Stay tuned for more dates TBA.

Fri. Jan. 21 – Chapel Hill, NC @ The Nightlight
Sat. Jan. 22 – Richmond, VA @ The Camel
Sun. Jan. 23 – Washington, DC @ Pie Shop
Tue. Jan. 25 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
Wed. Jan. 26 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Knitting Factory
Thu. Jan. 27 – Boston, MA @ Club Passim
Fri. Jan 28 – Keene, NH @ Nova Arts
Sat. Jan. 29 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Caffe Lena
Thu. Feb. 17 – Los Angeles, CA @ Gold Diggers (w/ special guest Tom Brosseau)

Sun. May 1 – Kilkenny, IR @ Kilkenny Roots
Mon. May 2 – Kilkenny, IR @ Kilkenny Roots
Wed. May 4 – Belfast, UK @ Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
Fri. May 6 – Manchester, UK @ Gulliver’s
Sat. May 7 – London, UK @ Oslo *
Sun. May 8 – Glasgow, UK @ Glad Cafe *
Mon. May 9 – York, UK @ Fulford Arms *
Wed. May 11 – Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli (Club Nine)
Tue. May 17 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso

Tickets on-sale Friday, Oct 29 at 10am local time
* Rescheduled dates already on-sale

Jake’s self-titled 2015 album and What in the Natural World (2017) are casualties of the current vinyl supply-chain shortages and manufacturing delays, but rest assured, we have LP repressings in process, and you can purchase them now on backorder. Thank you for your patience as we navigate the Great Vinyl Doldrums of 2021–22.

Ring farewell, to my love farewell
We’re all marching around very well

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