“I really like using small amps in the studio. It’s an old Led Zeppelin trick, right? But they just sound pretty incredible”: How Samantha Fish used raw amp energy and some “wild, funky, weird little guitars” to make her new album come alive

Samantha Fish leans back as she takes a solo on her white Gibson SG. She wears a white studded jacket.

This month sees the release of Samantha Fish’s latest studio album, Paper Doll. A ferocious, riff-laden powerhouse, it’s energised still further by the fact that it was recorded while her band was on tour and so the vibe throughout is stage fresh and positively electrifying.

Later this year Samantha brings her celebrated live show to the UK, complete with her cigar-box sidekick, her faithful Gibson SG and possibly a new companion in the form of a very special Christmas present she awarded herself last year…