Rolling Stone | by Brian Hiatt, February 29, 2019
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, the 20-year-old blues prodigy from Clarksdale, Mississippi who made Rolling Stone’s Hot List last year, is already having a big 2019: He just signed to Alligator Records, with his first album, Kingfish, due in May. He’s also opening for one of his mentors, Buddy Guy, this spring, and he’s spending August and September reaching a very different audience on the road with Vampire Weekend.
Rolling Stone | by Brian Hiatt, October 31, 2018
Blues prodigy Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, 19, grew up in Clarksdale, Mississippi, 10 minutes away from the crossroads where Robert Johnson supposedly did some business with Beelzebub. Ingram swears he hasn’t done the same (“Nah, I didn’t do any of that”) but he’s one of the only young people he knows of in 21st-century Clarksdale with any interest in the city’s musical legacy: “The only people who care are pretty much the elderly people,” Ingram says. “I do think I have an old soul, that I’ve been here before.”
Blues Blast Magazine | March 22, 2018
Kingfish Ingram… Young Blood Old Soul Blues.
Christone Ingram’s mom Princess loves the lessons her son has learned in the Delta Blues Museum Arts and Education Program in Clarksdale, Mississippi, but she’s not quite sure she likes the way bluesman and instructor Bill Howl – N – Madd Perry called him out at the guitar classes.
Jambands.com | August 21, 2019
Vampire Weekend are on a southern US tour swing with opener Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, a young blues guitarist from Mississippi, and on Tuesday evening in Austin, TX—the first of three shows in the city—the headlining band welcomed out Ingram for a Neil Young cover during their set for ACL Live at The Moody Theater.
Billboard, by Gary Graff | May 8, 2019
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram hails from Clarksdale, Miss., and, yes, has been to the infamous crossroads. He’s never met the devil there, but he did catch the music buzz and is about to release his debut album, Kingfish, whose “It Ain’t Right” is premiering exclusively below.
HuffPost, by Amanda Scherker | December 6, 2017
It doesn’t seem like coincidence that 15-year-old blues musician Christone Ingram boasts the nickname “Kingfish.” After all, his greatest inspiration is B.B. King, the ultimate rhythm and blues icon. And Christone wants to join his ranks, as reported by My Fox Memphis.