To see Samantha Fish perform live is to not forget her — it takes just once for her electrified live set to set off fire in your brain. Her slash-and-burn approach to her instrument is thrilling, as is the rollercoaster-emotional ride her setlist takes from beginning to end.

“The onstage me is just me amplified. I’m an entertainer. I look at the audience and figure out that they need that moment,” she said. For that reason, play...