Lead Belly’s dead. Bob Dylan lives in Malibu. The Gaslight Cafe is now a craft cocktail lounge. No matter: there's still folk music to be found in New

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As in an ageless folk song, there will be another verse, another chance to beat the railroad tycoons and stop senseless wars. In the meantime, we’re lucky to have folk musicians to speak to the struggle and remind us whose side we’re on

Jake Xerxes Fussell Makes Down-to-Earth Folk Music for Troubled Times

American folk songs record a history of oppression and have often fueled the fire of protest. Folk artist Jake Xerxes Fussell’s music endeavors to sustain these working-class musical traditions while reinterpreting them for the modern age.

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