Jake Xerxes Fussell
Schedule
Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
52 Public Sq, Nelsonville, OH, United States, Ohio 45764 | Nelsonville, OH
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Stuart’s Opera House presents Jake Xerxes Fussell with Dougie Poole on Thursday, February 19, 2026._______________________________________________
Doors at 7:00 pm. Music Starts at 8:00 pm. | The Stuart's Opera House Lobby entrance is at sidewalk level and wheelchair accessible.
Advanced Ticket Prices:
Reserved Seats: $25+
Box Seats: $35
Prices do not include additional service fees. Tickets will increase $5 if purchased at the door.
Stuart’s Opera House Member Presale begins Thursday, December 4 at 10 am.
General Ticket Sales begin Friday, December 5 at 10 am.
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About Jake Xerxes Fussell
Reared in Georgia and now settled in North Carolina, Jake Xerxes Fussell has established himself as a devoted listener and contemplative interpreter of a vast array of so-called folk songs, lovingly sourced from a personal store of favorites. He has released five studio albums to-date, beginning with his self-titled debut album, released by Paradise of Bachelors in 2015.
His most recent studio album When I’m Called was produced by James Elkington and features the playing of Ben Whiteley (The Weather Station), Joe Westerlund (Bon Iver, Califone), and others. Blake Mills contributes guitars on several tracks. Joan Shelley and Robin Holcomb provide backing vocals. In their review of the record, Pitchfork wrote: “No other American singer is repurposing our old folk scripts with so much authority or ingenuity.”
More recently, Fussell and Elkington collaborated on the music for Rebuilding – a feature film directed by Max Walker-Silverman and starring Josh O’Connor. A soundtrack of the same name was released on Fat Possum Records in November 2025.
“Critics love to call things unclassifiable, which can sometimes feel like a subtle admission of defeat. But Jake Xerxes Fussell’s music, which draws heavily from nineteenth- and twentieth-century vernacular folk songs and archival field recordings, is idiomatic, and entirely his own…he is a folksinger in the truest sense, collecting ideas and melodies and lyrics from distant and disparate traditions, looking for the things that unite us in our humanity.” – The New Yorker
“(Fussell) is one of the great magpies of American song, collecting forgotten, tarnished gems with a folklorist’s zeal…” – The Guardian
“…maybe the leading interpreter of American folk music right now.” – Ann Powers, NPR
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About Dougie Poole
Dougie Poole is a musician and songwriter living in Los Angeles. Coming of age in Providence, Rhode Island’s DIY scene in the early 2010’s, he dabbled in heavier and more experimental music before maturing into a country auteur.
On The Rainbow Wheel of Death, Poole’s 3rd release via Wharf Cat Records, he breathes new life into country music, retaining the acclaimed elements of his previous work — drum machines, acoustic guitars, synthesizers, and his deep-set voice — while pushing toward something warm, organic, and prismatic.
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