Overview
- The announcement, published Tuesday, July 14, 2026, arrived with a lead single — Fussell’s reimagined version of the folk standard “Rock Island Line” — and a full nine-song tracklist.
- The Old Beloved Path was recorded in North Carolina with producer and mixer Ben Whiteley and features contributions from Dominic Billett, Isa Burke, Wayne Horvitz and Ken Whiteley.
- Fussell says he merged a Lonnie Donegan-inspired reading of “Rock Island Line” with an old English nursery rhyme because the combination made the verses feel personally meaningful to him.
- Fat Possum will release the album on September 18, 2026, and Fussell has a handful of summer dates booked with a fuller North American and European tour planned for the fall.
- The record follows 2024’s When I’m Called and continues Fussell’s practice of treating traditional songs as living material, a choice that aims to bring older folk repertoire to new audiences through simple live-room performances.