Jake Xerxes Fussell Preps First LP for Fat Possum, Touring w/Kath Bloom & Robin Holcomb (Hear “Going to Georgia”)

Jake Xerxes Fussell has announced a new album, When I’m Called, his first for Fat Possum, which will be out July 12. The album was produced by his longtime collaborator James Elkington, and it features contributions from Blake Mills, Joan Shelley, Robin Holcomb and more.

As on other records, Fussell is an master interpreter of other people’s songs, and the first single from the album is his version of traditional folk song “Going to Georgia.” “I learned the traditional song ‘Going to Georgia’ from a few different places so my version is something of a collage” says Fussell. “There are a number of variants out there. Ralph Stanley played a version of it, as did the great song collector and revivalist/interpreter Paul Clayton. My main source was an early 1980s field recording of The Eller Family of Hiawassee, Georgia, brought to us by artist-documentarians Art and Margo Rosenbaum via their wonderful Folkways anthology Folk Visions & Voices: Traditional Music and Song in Northern Georgia.” Listen below.

Jake will be on tour starting in May, including shows with Kath Bloom and Robin Holcomb. He plays NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge on June 27 with Bloom, and tickets for the whole tour go on sale Friday, April 19 at 10 AM local time. All dates are listed below.

When I’m Called
1. Andy
2. Cuckoo!
3. Leaving Here, Don’t Know Where I’m Going
4. Feeing Day
5. When I’m Called
6. One Morning In May
7. Gone To Hilo
8. Who Killed Poor Robin?
9. Going To Georgia

Jake Xerxes Fussell – 2024 Tour Dates
Thu. May 16 – Charlotte, NC @ The Evening Muse
Fri. May 17 – Asheville, NC @ The Outpost
Sat. May 18 – Talbotton, GA @ Talbotton Fest
Sun. May 19 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
Fri. June 21 – Roanoke, VA @ Spot on Kirk
Sat. June 22 – Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall
Sun. June 23 – Mt. Solon, VA @ Red Wing Roots Festival
Tue. June 25 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
Thu. June 27 – New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge ~
Fri. June 28 – Catskill, NY @ Avalon Lounge ~
Sat. June 29 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
Tue. July 16 – San Diego @ The Casbah *
Wed. July 17 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Barnsdall Gallery *
Thu. July 18 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ Brisol’s Cider House *
Fri. July 19 – Felton, CA @ Felton Music Hall *
Sat. July 20 -San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel *
Sun. July 21 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s *
Tue. July 23 – Bend, OR @ Volcanic Pub *
Wed. July 24 -Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios *
Thu. July 25 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern *
Fri. July 26 – Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo *
Sat. July 27 – Vancouver, BC @ Wise Hall *
Fri. Aug. 30 – London, UK @ Lafayette
Sat. Aug. 31 – Lewes, UK @ Con Club Lewes nr Brighton
Sun. Sept. 1 – Bristol, UK @ Lantern Hall
Mon. Sept. 2 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Tue. Sept. 3 – Glasgow, UK @ Mono
Wed. Sept. 4 – Manchester, UK @ The Deaf Institute
Fri. Sept. 6 – Paris, FR @ L’Archipel
Sat. Sept. 7 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
Sun. Sept. 8 – Rotterdam, NL @ Kantine Walhalla
Thu. Sept. 26 – Lafayette, LA @ Acadiana Center for the Arts

~ with special guest Kath Bloom
* with special guest Robin Holcomb