Amanda Fish

Amanda Fish is an American blues singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Her 2018 album, Free, debuted at number 6 in the Billboard Blues Albums Chart. At the 40th Blues Music Awards, it was named the Best Emerging Artist Album.

Her younger sister, Samantha Fish, is a fellow blues and roots rock singer-songwriter, formerly recording for Ruf Records.

Career In her adolescence, Amanda Fish retreated to her own room to practice her singing while her younger sister, Samantha Fish, did likewise to play her guitar. Their original inspiration came from their parents; their mother, a classically trained mezzo-soprano, violinist and pianist was the director of a local Kansas City church choir, and their father played his guitar with friends. Initially hearing recordings of Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Ray Vaughan, they later heard music from Tom Petty and the Rolling Stones. The sisters were both drawn towards blues music in their teenage years, however Amanda did not commence writing or performing until 2012. Fish wrote all the material, although four of the songs were co-written with McDonnell.

Fish and her band reached the semi-finals of the 2017 International Blues Challenge. The album included contributions from her fellow Vizztone label mates, Tyler Morris and Bob Margolin. At the 40th Blues Music Awards, it was named the Best Emerging Artist Album. Her band has also appeared in 2018 at the Mimbres Region Arts Council Silver City Blues Festival, in 2019 at the Michael Arnone Crawfish Festival and in 2021 at the WC Handy Blues Festival. Other, perhaps smaller but no less notable venues and festivals include: The Durango Blues Train Music Festival in 2018, Al Bum's Concert Patio in 2018, Whiskey Rebellion Festival in 2018, Riverfront Blues Fest in 2018, Hill Fest Blues in 2020, Camping With The Blues in 2018 and 2020, and Canadian Blues venues; Sault Blues Society in 2019, Blues on Whyte, Buds on Broadway and the Blues Can.

Starting in 2020 and extending into 2021, Amanda and her husband recorded a CD of all new material in her makeshift home studio.

Discography Albums Title Year Artist Name Label Down in the Dirt 2015 Amanda Fish Band VizzTone Records Free 2018 Amanda Fish VizzTone RecordsTrailer Park Demos 2024 Amanda Fish VizzTone Records