AHEAD OF ‘PAPER DOLL LIVE’ RELEASE
JUNE 12TH VIA ROUNDER RECORDS
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Following her eighth triumphant appearance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, acclaimed guitarist and songwriter Samantha Fish has announced a new run of tour dates with UK power trio, Zac Schulze Gang, in support of her forthcoming live album, Paper Doll Live, due June 12 via Rounder Records.
Recorded at Knoxville’s historic Bijou Theatre, Paper Doll Live marks Samantha Fish’s first official live album. Capturing a band firing on all cylinders in front of a packed crowd, the record features soaring harmonies from Nashville gospel legends The McCrary Sisters and showcases the raw intensity that has made Fish one of the most celebrated live performers in contemporary roots music. Guitar Player praised the album as “arguably Fish’s most authentic concert souvenir,” while Creative Loafing Atlanta hailed her current live show as “one of the most explosive blues shows this year.”
The two-time GRAMMY nominee has built her reputation the old-school way: onstage, with a live show critics have called “wild, raunchy… an absolute must-see” and praised for its “savage guitar work and commanding stage presence.” Paper Doll Live captures that energy in full force — raw, immediate, and impossible to fake.
“There’s a fire that comes across in live performance that doesn’t always translate in studio albums,” says Fish. “The stage lays all of that bare.”
Emerging from Kansas City’s rich blues lineage and shaped by influences ranging from Prince and Leonard Cohen to the legends of Mississippi Hill Country blues, Fish has spent her career transforming live performance into both proving ground and catharsis. From cold-calling bars as a teenager to headlining international festivals, she has forged a live show that balances grit, vulnerability, and explosive musicianship.
“If Paper Doll was a declaration of artistic power,” Fish says, “Paper Doll Live is the sound of that power unleashed.
”With the release of Paper Doll Live and a newly announced tour ahead, Samantha Fish continues to cement her status as one of the most electrifying live performers in modern roots music.
A 2x GRAMMY-nominated guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Samantha Fish is widely recognized as one of the most dynamic artists in contemporary blues and roots music. The Kansas City Hall of Fame inductee and multiple Blues Music Award winner has built a global following through relentless touring, fearless songwriting, and critically acclaimed releases including Runaway, Black Wind Howlin’, Wild Heart, Chills & Fever, Kill or Be Kind, Faster, the chart-topping collaboration Death Wish Blues with Jesse Dayton, and Paper Doll. Fish has shared stages with artists including Slash and The Rolling Stones, and has appeared at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival. She continues to push boundaries while delivering electrifying performances that connect deeply with audiences around the world.
ABOUT ZAC SCHULZE GANG
Following the breakout success of their debut album Straight To It, the Zac Schulze Gang have rapidly emerged as one of the UK’s most exciting young rock bands. Hailing from Kent, the trio — guitarist/vocalist Zac Schulze, drummer Ben Schulze, and bassist Ant Greenwell — fuse blues, punk energy, and classic rock swagger into a raw, high-voltage sound inspired by Rory Gallagher and Dr. Feelgood. After selling out London’s The Garage and performing more than 250 shows a year across the UK and Europe, the band now launch the next chapter with their explosive new single “Hellhounds On My Trail,” recorded live with longtime producer Ian Sadler. Fresh off appearances alongside artists including Samantha Fish and Eddie 9V, as well as a performance at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival, the award-winning trio continue to build momentum ahead of a major U.S. support tour with Tab Benoit and their biggest UK headline run yet, culminating at Islington Assembly Hall. Praised by Classic Rock as “armed with upbeat, 70s-ified blues rock with a few enticing twists and a roughened Rory Gallagher-esque edge,” the Zac Schulze Gang are quickly becoming one of the most talked-about new names in modern blues-rock.
TOUR DATES
5.19 Warrendale, PA Jergel’s Rhythm Grille
5.20 State College, PA The State Theatre
5.21 Troy, NY Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
5.22 Ledyard, CT Foxwoods Resort Casino **
5.23 Beverly, MA The Cabot
5.24 Nashua, NH Nashua Center for the Arts
5.27 Patchogue, NJ Patchogue Theatre
5.28 Syracuse, NY Westcott Theater
5.29 Lebanon, NH Levanon Opera House
5.30 Augusta, NJ Michael Arnone’s Crawfish Fest
5.31 Buffalo, NY Babeville
6.19 Grolloo, Netherlands Holland Intl Blues Festival
6.20 Dortmund, Germany Musiktheater Piano
6.21 Chiari, Italy Istituto Salesiaino “San Bernadino”
6.23 Loceri, Italy Parco Urbano
6.25 Rubigen, Switzerland Muhle Hunziken
6.27 Vienne, France Jazz a Vienne
6.28 Erlangen, Germany E-Werk Kino
6.30 Mannheim, Germany 7er-Club
7.01 Aschaffenburg, Germany Colos-Saal
7.02 Hamburg, Germany Fabrik
7.04 Helsinki Puisto Blues
7.07 Warszawa, Poland Klub Hydrozagadka
7.08 Gdynia, PL Podeorko Art
7.23 Rochester, NY Party in the Park
9.11 New Braunfels TX Brauntex Theater
9.12 Dallas TX Kessler Theatre
9.13 Houston TX Heights Theatre
9.16 Colorado Springs CO Phil Long Music Hall +
9.17 Boulder CO Boulder Theater +
9.19 Telluride CO Telluride Blues & Brews
9.20 Telluride CO Telluride Blues & Brews
9.23 Monterey CA Golden State Theatre +
9.24 Napa CA Uptown Theatre +
9.25 San Luis Obispo CA Fremont +
9. 26 Grass Valley CA Center for the Arts +
9.27 Menlo Park CA Guild Hall +
9.29 Portland OR Revolution Hall +
10.1 New York NY Buddy Guy Event @ Radio City Music Hall
10.3, Everett WA Kings Hall +
10.4 Sandpoint ID Panida Theater +
10.31 West Hollywood, CA Whisky A Go Go***
** Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
*** Jesse Dayton
+ Zac Schulze Gang
Tickets on sale at SAMANTHAFISH.COM
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