Samantha Fish lights up the Lobero Theatre with a fierce modern blues set, following a vintage-fueled opener from Robert Jon & The Wreck in Santa Barbara.

One of the most formidable guitarists of her generation, Samantha Fish deals in her own unmatched brand of bravado, bringing both mind-blowing power and extraordinary emotionality to everything she creates. The multi-award-winning festival headliner has built a triumphant career including earning a Grammy nomination for Death Wish Blues (her 2023 collaboration with rocker Jesse Dayton) and opening for The Rolling Stones on their final 2024 U.S. tour date. On her new album Paper Doll, Fish offers up nine powerhouse songs that hit with an unstoppable force. “It’s taken me years to finally find my voice in a studio setting,” Fish admits. “But with this record I took everything I had, and slammed it right on the table.” A consummate music obsessive who lists such eclectic artists as Prince, Leonard Cohen, and Black Sabbath among her influences, Fish found herself especially fascinated with Delta blues heroes like Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside in the writing of Paper Doll. As a born performer who got her start by thumbing through the phone book and cold-calling local bars for gigs in her mid-teens, Fish crafted every song on Paper Doll with an eye toward her incendiary live show.Arguably her most accomplished work to date, Paper Doll emerged from Fish’s deliberate embracing of the ineffable musical gifts she’s cultivated almost her entire life. “I ended up pouring so much emotion into all the songs, and I hope they help people feel fired up and ready to take on anything that comes their way. I’d love for this record to be somebody’s jet fuel.”

Courtesy of World Records Southern California-based Southern rock band Robert Jon & The Wreck will open for blues-based singer and guitarist Samantha Fish this Friday at World Records.

Robert Jon & The Wreck are firing on all cylinders with their brand-new single “Back To The Beginning Again,” recorded at the legendary Sunset Sound in Los Angeles. The self-produced track finds the band digging deep into their Southern California roots, blending blues grit with 90s-inspired texture and raw emotional power. Built on a swampy, […]

Southern California’s Robert Jon & The Wreck are keeping the momentum alive with “I Wanna Give It,” the latest single from their album Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes, out now via Joe Bonamassa’s Journeyman Records. The track captures the band’s signature blend of heartfelt storytelling and road-tested rock-and-soul, wrapped in a wistful, country-leaning groove. Co-written during […]

Southern California roots-rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck return with powerful stand-alone single “Back To The Beginning Again.

[Cover photo credit to Rob Bondurant] Southern California Roots Rocker band Robert Jon & The Wreck have returned with “Back To The Beginning Again,” a stand-alone single recorded at Sunset Soun…

Southern California roots-rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck return with “Back To The Beginning Again,” a powerful stand-alone single recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, self-produced by the band and mixed by engineer Alex […]

Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes is an old-school joint. Robert Jon Burrison and Henry James Schneekluth were holed up at Dave Cobb’s studio, full immersion, and the results are clear to hear

Photo: Rob Bondurant

Robert Jon & The Wreck Release New Single ‘Back To The Beginning Again’

Southern California roots-rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck return with “Back To The Beginning Again,” a powerful stand-alone single recorded at Sunset