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Bobby Rush, from left, Shemekia Copeland, Buddy Guy, Eric Gales and John Mayer perform at Buddy's Got the Blues: A 90th Birthday Concert Celebration at the Radio City Music Hall in New York, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.
Buddy Guy still stuns at 90 during star-studded, curfew-breaking birthday concert – live review

By Jackson Maxwell Published

A cavalcade of guitar heroes, including John Mayer, Derek Trucks, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Gales and Billy Gibbons were on the bill, but there was no question that this show was all about Guy, one of the last original bluesmen

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Left–Samantha Fish performs at The Amp Ballantyne on October 04, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina; Right–Buddy Guy performs at Stern Grove on August 06, 2023 in San Francisco, California
What Samantha Fish learned from trading licks with Buddy Guy

By Janelle Borg Published

Fish first played with Guy in 2013 after she was coaxed into an impromptu on-stage jam with the legend

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Samantha Fish, lit up in blue, photographed with her Gibson SG.
Samantha Fish on finally meeting her fans’ demands and why the SG is the one

By David Mead Published

With a new live album out now, we sat down with the blues-rock fireball to hear about the gear and attitude that fuels her stage performances

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Buddy Guy performs at Stern Grove on August 06, 2023 in San Francisco, California
The guitar maverick is turning 90, and he's celebrating with a one-of-a-kind bonanza bringing together the top names in blues

By Janelle Borg Published

The guitar maverick is turning 90, and he's celebrating with what he does best – a one-of-a-kind bonanza bringing together the top names in blues

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Black and white photo of Samantha Fish wielding a Gibson SG
Samantha Fish reveals the “cheat” she uses to emulate a pedal steel guitar

By Janelle Borg Published

Despite calling it a “hot mess,” Samantha Fish says a volume pedal is her tried-and-tested approach to creating volume swells

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Five contemporary blues heroes [l-r]: Marcus King, Samantha Fish, Zach Person, Philip Sayce, Jared James Nichols.
5 modern blues guitar heroes on the impossible task of imitating the blues greats

By Charlie Wilkins Published

Blues and rock is still being shaped by the British blues boom of the ’60s – and the O.G. bluesmen who influenced them. But how can today’s players nail their tone and sound? Marcus King, Samantha Fish, Zach Persons, Philip Sayce and Jared James Nichols have their say

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Samantha Fish
Samantha Fish on the magic of 335s, “best” players – and why the North Hill Country Delta blues is a bottomless well of inspiration

By Damon Orion Published

With her latest studio release, Paper Doll, the Kansas City blues rocker bottles the energy of life on the road and goes in search of hooks, hooks, hooks

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American singer and guitarist Samantha Fish performs live on stage during a concert at the Hole 44 on March 30, 2023 in Berlin, Germany
Samantha Fish on who she thinks are the best modern blues guitar players right now

By Janelle Borg Published

In the past couple of years, the Kansas City blues rocker has opened for the Rolling Stones, joined Slash's multi-artist blues tour, and clinched the number one spot on Billboard’s Blues chart

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Samantha Fish leans back as she takes a solo on her white Gibson SG. She wears a white studded jacket.
How Samantha Fish used raw amp energy and “wild, funky, weird” guitars to make new album come alive

By David Mead Published

Paper Doll is the sound of Fish unleashing the riffs and working a newfound confidence with her vocals, and it has some seriously sizzling tones

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Buddy Guy performs at Massey Hall on April 19, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario
Buddy Guy returns to the stage after officially retiring from touring last year to honor Jimi Hendrix

By Janelle Borg Published

Guy joins the star-studded 2025 Experience Hendrix Tour lineup, which includes the likes of Zakk Wylde, Samantha Fish and Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram

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