Jake Xerxes Fussell is an American folk musician and fingerstyle guitarist known for arranging and interpreting traditional music. Combining disparate traditional sources, his work brings historical songs, blues, fiddle tunes, and traditional rhymes into modern acoustic settings.
Fussell was raised in an extended community focused on traditional cultural preservation, storytelling, and historic crafts. His recordings, including albums released via Fat Possum Records, feature stripped-down arrangements made alongside collaborating musicians including Ben Whiteley, Dominic Billett, Isa Burke, Wayne Horvitz, and Ken Whiteley.
