Jake Xerxes Fussell - "Leaving Here, Don't Know Where I'm Going"
Photo by Kate Medley Jake Xerxes Fussell is adept at taking existing songs and just owning them. His latest single, "Leaving Here, Don't Know Where I'm Going," is a prime example of how Fussell plays traditional folk songs, but adds his own unique spin to them. It still sounds like traditional folk, but it also sounds like no one else but Fussell. I can never tell if it's his voice, his delivery, the way he arranges songs, or something else, but each song is uniquely his. "Leaving Here, Don't Know Where I'm Going" bridges the gap between a classic folk style and a more indie or alt-folk sound. And no one pulls that off like Jake Xerxes Fussell. Jake Xerxes Fussell says of his latest single: “This song is from the ‘lonesome road’ family of songs, which there have probably been about as many variations of as there have been people to sing them. This one in particular is another I picked up from my departed friend Art Rosenbaum , who learned it f...