Christone "Kingfish" Ingram (born January 19, 1999) is an American blues guitarist and singer from Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States, who became a well-known performer as a teenager.
[3] In addition to his own albums, musicians he has recorded with include Eric Gales, Buddy Guy and Keb Mo.
[9] He was taught how to play by Bill "Howl -N- Mad" Perry and Richard "Daddy Rich" Crisman at the arts and education program of the museum.
[16] In November 2014, as part of the Delta Blues Museum band he performed for Michelle Obama at the White House.
[17] In June 2017, he played at the Jackson, Mississippi Underground 119 blues club which re-opened in spring 2017, after being closed since August, 2015.
The festival also included Jake Kershaw, the Chris O'Leary Band, Erin Coburn and Jim McCarty and Mystery Train.
[19] In October that year, he appeared in an episode of Jazz Night in America which also featured Terry "Harmonica" Bean and Anthony "Big A" Sherrod.
[22] The May 18, 2017 issue of Billboard indicated that Luke Cage creator, Cheo Hodari Coker selected Ingram along with other acts to appear in a cameo role for the season two of the series.
Season 2 premiered on June 22, 2018, with Ingram appearing in episode 4, "I Get Physical", where he performed two songs "The Thrill is Gone" and "I Put A Spell On You".
[23][24] In June 2018, he performed alongside hip-hop musician Rakim as part of NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concerts series, where he played "King's Paradise", "Paid in Full" and "Know the Ledge".
"[29] No Depression magazine said the album was "a stunning debut from a young bluesman with an ancient soul and a large presence in the here-and-now.
Radio station WXPN wrote, "Whether playing delicately or ferociously, Ingram's every strum is made with passion.
Ingram stretched each of his tracks out, squeezing every last drop of possibility out of them...It sounded like it had been pulled out of the deepest pits of the Earth.
[38] Two months later, he released a new single "Rock & Roll" composed by Nashville-based Sean McConnell and Ashley Ray, which he adapted as a tribute to his mother, Princess Pride, who died in the previous December.
[42] Ingram supported the Rolling Stones in Hyde Park, London as part of the 2022 British Summer Time concerts.