Samantha Fish – Paper Doll Live World Tour

One of the most formidable guitarists of her generation, Samantha Fish deals in her own unmatched brand of bravado, bringing both mind-blowing power and extraordinary emotionality to everything she creates. Since first introducing the world to her larger-than-life talent, the multi-award-winning festival headliner has built a triumphant career whose latest milestones include earning a Grammy nomination for Death Wish Blues (her 2023 collaboration with rocker Jesse Dayton) and opening for The Rolling Stones on their final 2024 U.S. tour date. On her new album Paper Doll, Fish offers up nine powerhouse songs that hit with an unstoppable force, each delivered with an exquisite dose of illuminating insight, soul-soothing empathy, and—above all—newly heightened clarity of vision. “It’s taken me years to finally find my voice in a studio setting,” Fish admits. “But with this record I took everything I had, and slammed it right on the table.”

Sgt. Splendor works from the groove up, fueled by chemistry, curiosity, and serious musicianship. Centered around Kate Vargas and Eric McFadden, the band blends the elastic, communal pulse of Sly and the Family Stone, the raw emotional authority of PJ Harvey, and the loose-limbed swagger of The Rolling Stones into a sound that’s exciting, exploratory, and sharply focused. Vargas delivers vocals with clarity, bite, and an unflinching sense of timing, while McFadden’s shape-shifting guitar work draws from gritty rock, funk, blues, and flamenco, informed by years on the road leading his own projects and touring with artists like George Clinton and Eric Burdon. Live, Sgt. Splendor thrives on controlled chaos, often performing with rotating rhythm sections that keep the music responsive and unpredictable. That approach has landed them on festival stages such as BottleRock, MEMPHO, High Sierra, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and Olympia Funk Fest, as well as tours and shared bills with Samantha Fish, Fantastic Negrito, Joan Baez, The Nth Power, and Mike Dillon’s Punkadelick.