Jake Xerxes Fussell Durham, North Carolina
"Fussell is creating his own legacy within the long lineage of traditional folk musicians and storytellers that have come
before him."
– NY Times
"So elegant … relaxing in the way that pondering a Zen koan is relaxing, and sweet in the way that the wounded, honey-voiced blues of Miss. John Hurt are sweet."
– Pitchfork
"Music that resides at the seams of Appalachia and the cosmos."
– NPR
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