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【No need for decorations, let a single guitar carry away your soul—the aesthetic of "subtraction" taught by Jake Xerses Fussell’s new album The Old Beloved Path】 Pouring a glass of cheap bourbon late at night and listening to the ice clink, I sometimes think to myself. Isn't the world just a little bit too noisy? Step out into the city, and exciting beats and flashy electronic sounds poke at your eardrums; open social media, and someone is shouting at the top of their lungs, competing in self-assertion. Exhausted by all that clamor, there is an artist whose music soaks into your ears and heart like a night breeze blowing through the porch of an old wooden cabin. He is Jake Xerses Fussell, one of the premier storytellers in contemporary American roots music. According to a review by the American music media outlet No Depression, his sixth album, The Old Beloved Path, has arrived. And the path he chose for this work is a "return to minimalism," cleanly stripping away the synth and string embellishments he had experimented with in recent years. Oh yeah, this is it. This is the kind of music stripped of unnecessary fat that an old guy wants to listen to late at night. …