Kill Or Be Kind Samantha Fish

• 1 Bulletproof (Tangle Eye Mix) 05:19
• 2 Kill Or Be Kind 03:45
• 3 Love Letters 03:38
• 4 Watch It Die 05:00
• 5 Try Not To Fall In Love With You 04:04
• 6 Fair-weather 04:12
• 7 Love Your Lies 02:47
• 8 Dream Girl 04:14
• 9 She Don’t Live Around Here 05:45
• 10 Dirty 03:27
• 11 You Got It Bad 03:21
• Total Runtime 45:32

Info for Kill Or Be Kind

Mit Kill Or Be Kind Die genresprengende US Gitarristin, Sängerin und Songwriterin Samantha Fish steht vor einer neuen Ära in ihrem musikalischen Werdegang. Die begnadete Gitarristin aus Kansas City flirtet auf Kill Or Be Kind ganz ungeniert und selbstverständlich mit dem traditionellem Blues ihrer Heimat, verschiebt dabei die Grenzen des Genres jedoch hin zu ihrem ganz eigenen, unverkennbaren Sound. Das vibrierende Album wurde in den Royal Studios in Memphis aufgenommen und vom dreifachen Grammy-Gewinner Scott Billington produziert; abgemischt wurde es schließlich vom zweifachen Grammy-Sieger Steve Reynolds.

Samantha Fish, vocals, guitars
Austin Clements, bass
Rick Steff, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3 organ
Doug Belote, drums
Jim Spake, tenor and baritone saxophones
Tom Clary, trumpet
Andriu Yanovski, Moog synthesizer
Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph, backing vocals
Kayla Jasmine, backing vocals

Samantha Fish
Just a few months ago, very few people outside Kansas City, Missouri knew there was a young, dynamic musician named Samantha Fish getting ready to take the world by storm. In fact, it's not all that long ago that the 22-year-old singer/guitarist first discovered the blues and started paying her dues on that city's local scene. With Runaway, her solo debut, she now breaks out big time, announcing herself as a newcomer to be reckoned with.

The album's ten tracks - nine of them originals - incorporate "all the sounds I grew up with, with my own spin," says Fish, who seems to have spent her formative years in the Midwest soaking up a vast array of musical styles. Runaway features sharp-edged, riff-driven blues ("Down in the Swamp"), breakneck boogies ("Runaway"), smoky, late-night jazz ("Feelin' Alright") as well as hints of the sultry 70s hard rock of Ann and Nancy Wilson and the 4/4 ruggedness of the Rolling Stones. Throughout, Fish demonstrates astonishing range and depth as a songwriter. Her vocals are cool, confident and nothing less than beguiling.

Backing her on this eclectic collection of modern electric blues is the same crack team that first convened for the making of Girls With Guitars. That collaboration with fellow female artists Cassie Taylor and Dani Wilde, released earlier this year, already showed that Fish refuses to be intimidated, even when working with musicians more experienced than herself. "They are incredibly talented and creative, so it made for fun sessions," she says of the well-oiled studio band heard on Runaway. Jamie Little, one of the UK's most in-demand drummers, reunites with bassist Cassie Taylor to give the record plenty of rhythmic thump. Producer Mike Zito, a St. Louis native and 2010 Blues Music Award winner, adds thick, meaty electric guitar on most cuts. "Mike and I have known each other for a few years now, so he knew the sound and style I was after. He did a great job of taking ideas and giving them direction in the studio setting."

In between making these first two albums, Fish spent a month on the road with Cassie Taylor and Dani Wilde for the first leg of the year-long Blues Caravan Tour. It gave her the valuable opportunity to road-test the material heard on Runaway to a discriminating audience. With an exciting new debut album now in her back pocket, the tour continues throughout the summer and into the fall of 2011, touching down at many European and North American festivals and even taking to the seas on the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise in October.

This album contains no booklet.