Samantha Fish put it plainly when describing the relationship between her studio album Paper Doll and its live counterpart: “If Paper Doll was a declaration of artistic power, Paper Doll Live is the sound of that power unleashed.” She brings that power to Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg on Saturday, November 21.
About the Show
Fish is a two-time Grammy nominee and Kansas City Hall of Fame inductee who began her career cold-calling local bars for gigs in her mid-teens and has since opened for The Rolling Stones on their final 2024 U.S. tour date, appeared eight times at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and earned a personal invitation from Eric Clapton to perform at his Crossroads Guitar Festival. The influences she draws on—Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside alongside Prince and Leonard Cohen—hint at a range that runs from the drone quality of Mississippi Hill Country blues through the scale of arena rock. The New York Times called her “one of the most promising young blues performers working.”
This fall run supports Paper Doll Live, her first official live album, released June 12 on Rounder Records. The album was recorded at Knoxville’s historic Bijou Theatre with her touring band and features backing vocals from the McCrary Sisters, the Nashville gospel group whose harmonies fill out the record’s live energy. Guitar Player called it “arguably Fish’s most authentic concert souvenir.” It grew from Paper Doll, the studio album that earned Blues Rock Review’s top album of 2025 honors and a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album.
Support for the fall North American leg comes from the Zac Schulze Gang, a Kent-based power trio drawing from Rory Gallagher and Dr. Feelgood. Guitarist and vocalist Zac Schulze, drummer Ben Schulze, and bassist Ant Greenwell tour more than 250 dates a year across the UK and Europe, have sold out London’s The Garage, and recently released the single “Hellhounds On My Trail.”
Venue & Logistics
The show takes place at Sherman Theater, 524 Main Street in Stroudsburg—a theater room that fits the scale of this tour. This is the Hudson Valley stop on a world run that spans North America, the UK, Europe, Australia, and Japan. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.; the show starts at 8:00 p.m. All ages.
Tickets
Tickets run $37–$47. Buy tickets