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Following her eighth appearance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Samantha Fish has released “Don’t Say It,” the latest single from her forthcoming live album Paper Doll Live, due June 12 via Rounder Records.

The album marks Fish’s first official live release and was recorded at the historic Bijou Theatre. According to the announcement, the record captures the energy of Fish’s live performances alongside backing vocals from The McCrary Sisters.

“‘Don’t Say It’ is one of those songs that builds gradually — a slow-burn reveal where one person is fighting for the validity of a relationship while the other is emotionally checked out,” says Fish. “It was incredible having the McCrary Sisters on this track. They weave in and out of the harmonies and add so much heart and depth.”

The two-time Grammy nominee has become known for her high-energy live performances, and Paper Doll Live aims to capture that atmosphere on record. The album includes live performances of songs such as “Lose You” and “Sweet Southern Sounds,” along with a rendition of “Kick Out the Jams.”

“There’s a fire that comes across in live performance that doesn’t always translate in studio albums,” Fish says. “The stage lays all of that bare.”

Originally from Kansas City, Fish has built her career through relentless touring and a live show shaped by influences ranging from Prince and Leonard Cohen to Mississippi Hill Country blues artists.

“If Paper Doll was a declaration of artistic power,” Fish says, “Paper Doll Live is the sound of that power unleashed.”

Fish will continue touring throughout the United States and Europe this year in support of the release.

TOUR DATES

5.08 Kansas City, MO Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City
5.09 St Louis, MO Atomic
5.10 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
5.13 Iowa City, IA The Englert Theatre
5.14 Marion, IL Marion Cultural & Civic Center
5.16 Welch, MN Treasure Island Casino**
5.17 Des Plaines, IL The Des Plaines Theatre
5.19 Warrendale, PA Jergel’s Rhythm Grille
5.20 State College, PA The State Theatre
5.21 Troy, NY Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
5.22 Ledyard, CT Foxwoods Resort Casino**
5.23 Beverly, MA The Cabot
5.24 Nashua, NH Nashua Center for the Arts
5.27 Patchogue, NJ Patchogue Theatre
5.28 Syracuse, NY Westcott Theater
5.29 Lebanon, NH Lebanon Opera House
5.30 Augusta, NJ Michael Arnone’s Crawfish Fest
5.31 Buffalo, NY Babeville

6.19 Grolloo, Netherlands Holland Intl Blues Festival
6.20 Dortmund, Germany Musiktheater Piano
6.21 Chiari, Italy Istituto Salesiano “San Bernadino”
6.23 Loceri, Italy Parco Urbano
6.25 Rubigen, Switzerland Muhle Hunziken
6.27 Vienne, France Jazz a Vienne
6.28 Erlangen, Germany E-Werk Kino
6.30 Mannheim, Germany 7er-Club
7.01 Aschaffenburg, Germany Colos-Saal
7.02 Hamburg, Germany Fabrik
7.04 Helsinki, Finland Puisto Blues
7.07 Warszawa, Poland Klub Hydrozagadka
7.08 Gdynia, Poland Podeorko Art

9.18-19 Telluride, CO Telluride Blues & Brews Fest
10.31 West Hollywood, CA Whisky A Go Go***

**w/ Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
***w/ Jesse Dayton

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Some bands carry their debut like a millstone, and some bands carry it like a torch. Hardline has spent the better part of three decades in the second camp — and with Shout, their latest album via Steamhammer/SPV, they’ve made the strongest case yet that the flame Johnny Gioeli and company lit with 1992’s Double Eclipse still has serious heat left in it.

At the center of that effort, as he has been for much of the band’s recent run, is Alessandro Del Vecchio — keyboardist, co-writer, and the kind of sonic architect who tends to shape records from the inside out rather than the top down. In a new interview, Del Vecchio laid out exactly how Shout was built, what it means for Hardline‘s legacy, and why recreating the past was never really the point.

“The key is intention and honesty,” he said. “We didn’t sit down saying, ‘Let’s recreate Double Eclipse.’ That would immediately turn into nostalgia. What we did instead was reconnect with what made that album special in the first place, which is strong songwriting, emotional delivery, and that balance between power and melody.”

That balance — the thing that made Double Eclipse such a benchmark for melodic hard rock — is precisely what Shout chases on its own terms. Del Vecchio, Gioeli, and guitarist Luca Princiotta split the songwriting between them, though “split” may be too clean a word for what sounds like a genuinely fluid process. “There’s no rigid division like ‘you do this, I do that,’” Del Vecchio explained. “Usually one of us brings an idea, a riff, a chorus, sometimes even just a title, and then we build it together.”

Each brings something distinct. Gioeli sets the emotional compass — his voice is so recognizable that it functions almost as a filter, determining what fits and what doesn’t before a note is fully arranged. Princiotta supplies the modern muscle, the riffs and arrangements that keep the record from feeling like a period piece. Del Vecchio handles structure, melody, production direction, and the keyboard work that, on a record like this, can mean the difference between a great song and an anthem. “Songs like ‘Shout’ or ‘Welcome to the Thunder’ are really the result of that combination,” he said. “It’s three different perspectives working toward one goal, and that’s what gives the record its cohesion.”

The production philosophy on Shout followed a similar logic — resist the temptation to chase trends, and focus instead on impact. “Modern doesn’t mean following trends,” Del Vecchio said. “It means sounding relevant and impactful today.” Big guitars, powerful drums, and room left for the vocals and melodies to do their work. The keyboard layers and harmonies that give Hardline its signature anthemic sweep stayed intact — not as nostalgia but as architecture. “You want it to hit hard, but you also want it to lift people,” he said. “That’s always been Hardline.”

Shout also makes room for range. “Candy Love” leans into the band’s lighter, more celebratory instincts — pure 1980s melodic rock without apology — while “Glow,” a track Gioeli has described as rooted in a love of dogs and the weight of loss, operates in a completely different emotional register. Del Vecchio approached the latter less as a ballad and more as a study in restraint. “When you work on a song like that, you don’t think in terms of ‘ballad,’” he said. “You think in terms of emotion. The goal was to create space. Space for the vocals, for the words, for the listener to connect. That means not overplaying, not overproducing, and letting the dynamics breathe.”

Then there’s the album’s cover of the Scorpions‘ “When You Came Into My Life” — a deliberate left-field pick that prioritized emotional depth over the obvious classic-hit grab. “We wanted to pick something that had emotional depth, not just a classic hit,” Del Vecchio said. “That song has a very strong emotional core, and it fits Johnny‘s voice perfectly.” The arrangement was reworked to feel like a Hardline track rather than a tribute act exercise, preserving the melody while reshaping everything around it.

Keyboard-wise, Del Vecchio is characteristically measured about his own role on the record — always conscious of not crowding the guitars and vocals that form the band’s spine. But there are moments where the keys do more than decorate. “Songs like ‘Shout’ itself or ‘Rise Up’ have elements where the keyboards help define the atmosphere and support the identity of the track, not just fill the background,” he said. He also points to “Mother Love” as a track where the keyboard sits closer to the foundation — a song he said grew directly out of a keyboard riff rather than a guitar idea.

Shout arrived April 17, with a European tour following just a week later — and Del Vecchio admits the live context was never far from his mind during the writing process. “When you write songs like ‘Shout’ or ‘Welcome to the Thunder,’ you can already picture the audience reacting, singing along, feeling that energy,” he said. “That definitely influences the way you build the choruses and the arrangements.” But the live test was always secondary to the more fundamental one: does the song work on its own? If it does, the rest follows.

More than 30 years on from Double Eclipse, Del Vecchio sounds less like a man trying to honor a legacy and more like one who’s simply stopped worrying about it. “I’ve been doing this for many years, and I’m at a point where I don’t feel the need to chase anything,” he said. “I just want to make the best music I can, honestly.”

For a genre that gets written off on a near-annual basis, that kind of conviction has a way of cutting through. “If you approach it with passion, attention to detail, and respect for the songwriting,” Del Vecchio said, “it still has a lot to say.”

Shout makes that argument without breaking a sweat.

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German band Xandria have revealed details and first single in connection with their new full-length announcement. Due out on August 8th 2026 via Napalm Records, it’s going to be entitled Eclipse. Concurrently, the symphonic/gothic metal quintet has also announced a 32-date headlining touring plan across Europe.
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Joanne Shaw Taylor has announced her new studio album, The Trouble With Love, which is set for release on October 23 via Journeyman Records. The album was produced by Kevin Shirley and will be available on CD, 180-gram dusty rose vinyl LP, and digital formats.

The album explores themes of love, heartbreak, resilience, and self-acceptance through a blend of blues, rock, soul, and pop influences. To coincide with the announcement, Joanne released the new single “This Is Who I Am,” a reinterpretation of a song originally recorded by Celeste for the television series The Day of the Jackal.

“Kevin brought this cover of Celeste’s beautiful song to the table,” Joanne shares. “It’s such a beautifully written track, for me about acceptance and self love. I hope we’ve done it justice.”

“This Is Who I Am” follows previously released singles from the album, including the title track “The Trouble With Love” featuring Joe Bonamassa, “What Good Is My Love?” featuring Orianthi, and “Hell Or High Water.”

The upcoming release follows Joanne’s 2025 album Black & Gold, which received strong reviews from several music publications. Joanne has also continued touring extensively behind the album and its deluxe edition.

Alongside the album announcement, Joanne revealed a slate of upcoming European festival appearances and U.S. tour dates running through September.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Trouble With Love feat. Joe Bonamassa
2. Hell Or High Water
3. This Is Who I Am
4. Tired Of Being Right
5. Bad Boy
6. What Good Is My Love? feat. Orianthi
7. The Girl That You Loved Before
8. Never Gonna Please ‘Em All
9. You And Me (Rachel’s Song)
10. Death Wish

Spring Europe Tour Dates

May 23 – Peer, BE – Blues Peer Festival
May 24 – Schöppingen, DE – International Blues Festival Schöppingen
May 25 – Raalte, NL – Ribs & Blues Festival
May 27 – Hannover, DE – Pavillon Hannover
May 28 – Nuremberg, DE – Lowensaal
May 29 – Eindhoven, NL – BRIDGE Guitar Festival Eindhoven

2026 U.S. Tour Dates

June 27 – San Jose, CA – San Jose Fountain Blues & Brews Festival
July 8 – Old Saybrook, CT – The Kate
July 9 – Newport, RI – The JPT Film & Event Center
July 12 – Kingston, NY – Assembly – Kingston
July 22 – Milwaukee, WI – The Argo
July 25 – Fargo, ND – Fargo Blues Festival
July 26 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
July 30 – Minneapolis, MN – The Parkway Theater
July 31 – Sioux Falls, SD – Levitt Shell Sioux Falls
August 14 – Portland, ME – Aura
August 15 – Salisbury, MA – Blue Ocean Music Hall
August 16 – Laconia, NH – Colonial Theatre
August 19 – Lexington, MA – Cary Hall
August 20 – Norfolk, CT – Infinity Music Hall Norfolk
August 21 – Buffalo, NY – Electric City
September 10 – Paw Paw, MI – Warner Vineyards
September 11 – Dayton, OH – Levitt Pavilion Dayton
September 12 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom

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