Go Fish on Wednesday night in New Haven

NEW HAVEN » Those who have been watching Samantha Fish for a few years can tell you that the badass, rockin’ blues guitarist from Kansas City is changing ever so slightly over time — and at this point, she’s not exactly mellowing with age.

At 28, Fish no longer is the fresh-faced neophyte in the blues world that she was when she started turning heads at KC’s Knuckleheads Saloon a decade or so ago.

She has grown into a creative, authoritative guitarist who likes to mix in some roots rock and country influences along with her blues, with four albums to her credit and a fifth — working with producer Luther Dickinson (The North Mississippi Allstars/Black Crowes) and Jimbo Mathis, among others — on the way.

She’s also a road warrior: Fish spoke on the phone last week while riding through Louisiana, headed back to New Orleans after a meeting in Tennessee, before she starts heading up this way for some Northeast gigs — including a show at Toad’s Place on Wednesday.

Showtime is 9 p.m. Remember September opens. Tickets are $22 in advance, available at toadsplace.com, or $25 at the door.

For Fish, things “are going really good,” she said on the phone. “I’ve got a record that came out in March, called ‘Chills & Fever,’” and another album, “Belle of the West,” that is due out in October.

While the last album, recorded with help from The Detroit Cobras, was a bit of a tribute to the music of Detroit and the rockier side of the blues, “Belle of the West” is “more my acoustic, Americana record,” Fish said.

She’s recording it with lots of Mississippi- and Tennessee-area musicians and said it is a “very personal” album.

But while Fish continues to explore, “it’s just a natural creative thing for me” and she’s not abandoning the blues, she said.

“To me, everything I do is blues-based,” Fish said. “My heart and soul comes from that ... but to me it’s just a natural progression. ... It’s all blues to me. “You’ve got to let things evolve,” Fish said, and that’s definitely something that she’s been doing as she matures as an artist.

Over the past few years, she’s found that “I’m not as scared as I used to be. When I was younger ... I was kind of scared to take chances . ... I think the older I get, I’m not as scared to take chances ...

“Even with my fan base,” she’s come to have faith that “if I believe in it, they will, too,” Fish said.

“You have to be true to yourself.”

It wasn’t that long ago that Fish was a largely unknown kid playing around Kansas City.

Her star rose initially as a result of her participation in Girls With Guitars, a trio of young women

that includes British guitar shredder Dani Wilde and bass player Cassie Taylor, daughter of veteran bluesman Otis Taylor.

But Fish quickly took her place as a solo artist who can carry any show and play toe-to-toe with anyone in the blues world, including Mike Zito, who has been one of her mentors and produced her first two albums.

Fish’s third studio album, “Wild Heart,” also produced by Dickinson, was released in 2015, with “Chills & Fever” following earlier this year.

With the release of “Chills & Fever,” Fish also saw some evolution in her touring band.

“I went from a trio to a six-piece and we have a horn section,” she said. “It’s definitely a step forward . ... But it’s still me. I’m singing my ass off and playing my guitar every night.”

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