We’re pleased to share some new music—about bootleg whiskey—from the great Jake Xerxes Fussell, his first since the critically acclaimed 2019 album Out of Sight (and featuring the same band, including Nathan Bowles on drums.) Download or stream his brand-new single “Copper Kettle,” and read Jake’s reflections about the song and its history. Drink a long draught down with Jake (check the guy’s track record).
We’re thrilled to partner with our friends at Uncut Magazine on a series of lockdown sessions with James Elkington, Itasca, Jake Xerxes Fussell, and Michael Chapman. All four artists have taped the sessions live from their respective lockdown retreats, exclusively for Uncut.
That’s right: both Jake Xerxes Fussell and Itasca are setting out on European tours. You can even catch both of them at the End of the Road Festival in Dorset, UK this summer, Sept. 3–6. What a party!
Jake Xerxes Fussell’s Out of Sight, lauded as “one of the most life-affirming and transcendent Americana albums in an age” by MOJO and celebrated with a NY Times profile and a five-star review in The Guardian, is now available in stores and streaming worldwide. Please consider a visit to Jake’s world this weekend; we guarantee you’ll leave refreshed.
Jubilate, y’all! Jake Xerxes Fussell’s Out of Sight is out in one week, on June 7, and preorders are now shipping. Hear new single “Jubilee” (premiered by Uncut Magazine on their July covermount CD) and all five songs on Side A.
Jake shares two new songs, and their stories, from Out of Sight via Folk Radio UK. Check out North American tour dates with Daniel Norgren and profiles in Uncut and MOJO magazines.
Today, Jake Xerxes Fussell shares new single, “Michael Was Hearty,” from his forthcoming album, Out of Sight, out June 7th. Following the lead single, “The River St. Johns,” “Michael Was Hearty” is a gorgeous rendition of a tragicomedy by Irish traveler and ballad singer Thomas McCarthy. Check out his impeccable Spotify playlist of spring jams as well.
On his third and most finely wrought album yet, guitarist, singer, and master interpreter Fussell is joined for the first time by a full band featuring Nathan Bowles and others. NPR Music’s All Songs Considered has premiered “The River St. John’s.” Pre-order with confidence and read an essay by Bonnie “Prince” Billy.
On his third and most finely wrought album yet, Jake is joined for the first time by a full band. An utterly transporting selection of traditional narrative folksongs addressing the troubles and delights of love, work, and wine, collected from a myriad of obscure sources and deftly metamorphosed, Out of Sight contains, among other moving curiosities, a fishmonger’s cry that sounds like an astral lament; a cotton mill tune that humorously explores the unknown terrain of death and memory; and a fishermen’s shanty/gospel song equally concerned with terrestrial boozing and heavenly transcendence.
Trouble in Mind and PoB, in cooperation with the venerable Chicago venue the Empty Bottle, are proud to present Trouble in Paradise, a three-day festival (Sept. 13-15) showcasing a simpatico sampling of both record labels’ critically acclaimed and wide-ranging international rosters. The lineup, which features an array of artists including The Weather Station, Gun Outfit, Nap Eyes, Itasca, James Elkington, JX Fussell & Nathan Bowles, among many others, explores the shared terrain between the respective realms of one label named for a classic blues song and another named for a Melville story.
