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    Tangled Up in Blues

    Sep 24, 2019 5 minutes
    BY JIM BEAUGEZ

    GUITARIST SAMANTHA FISH, has been a roadhouse blues-rock virtuoso, a hill country Americana chanteuse and a Detroit-soul torch singer, all in the span of a mere eight years. On Kill or Be Kind (Rounder), her new album and sixth overall, Fish masterfully streamlines everything that has made her a compelling artist to date. Her gift for melody and phrasing take center stage on a strong collection of 11 original songs adorned with subtle horns and keys and full of her impassioned guitar playing.

    Rumbling slide riffs à la Mississippi Fred McDowell and R.L. Burnside undergird “Bulletproof” and “Watch It Die,” while the horns that gave swing to her 2017 release, , raise the temperature of “Trying Not to Fall in Love With You” and show up throughout the album. “There’s something so dramatic about horns,

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