Jake Xerxes Fussell

American singer and guitarist Jake Xerxes Fussell brings his singular take on traditional folk to Button Factory in Dublin, Ireland on 10 October 2026. Raised in Georgia and based in North Carolina, he draws from the Southern songbook — ballads, work songs, scraps of country blues — and reshapes them with a calm, contemporary Americana feel. On stage, his pacing stays unhurried, his guitar playing clear and melodic, and the arrangements leave room for the stories to breathe, sometimes shaded by a discreet rhythm section or a touch of brass.

Fussell’s recordings — from his self-titled debut in 2015 through What in the Natural World, Out of Sight and Good and Green Again — map out an ongoing dialogue with field recordings and oral traditions. Live, that approach turns into a set that feels close and narrative, where place names, voices and landscapes surface through the songs rather than around them. Expect a focused performance built on craft and detail, with traditional material carried forward without fuss or nostalgia, just the grain of a voice and the lines of a guitar.