Name: Jake Xerxes Fussell
Start: 2024-09-26T19:30:00
Location: Acadiana Center for the Arts

Jake Xerxes Fussell

Acadiana Center for the Arts

For two decades, Valcour Records has stood at the heart of Louisiana’s roots renaissance — preserving the traditions of Cajun, Creole, zydeco, and folk while amplifying the voices shaping its future. Founded in Eunice, Louisiana, by partners Joel Savoy and Phillip LaFargue, Valcour has become a touchstone for the state’s cultural identity, producing award-winning albums and nurturing artists whose music carries the sound and soul of Acadiana to audiences around the world.

Twenty Years of Valcour Records

Jake Xerxes Fussell is a singer and guitarist based in Durham, NC. He is, according to AnnPowers of NPR, “maybe the leading interpreter of American folk music right now…”Fussell’s albumGood and Green Againwas released to critical acclaim in January of 2022. Thealbum was produced by James Elkington and featured some formidable musicians, includingCasey Toll on upright bass, Libby Rodenbough on strings, Joe Westerlund on drums, JosephDecosimo on fiddle, and others. Bonnie “Prince” Billy contributed additional vocals.