Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram Hard Road Tour

Hard Road 2026 Tour

Hailed by Rolling Stone as “a rare 21st century guitar hero and the undisputed future of the blues,” Christone Kingfish Ingram stands at the crossroads of history and innovation, channeling the spirit of the Delta while boldly reimagining what comes next. Now, with his new album, Hard Road, Kingfish looks back at his extraordinary GRAMMY® Award-winning journey thus far by lighting out for previously unexplored musical territory, infusing his signature sound with a genre-blurring approach fraught with creative urgency and heretofore untapped emotional range.

Executive produced by Ingram and Ric Whitney for Kingfish’s newly minted Red Zero Records with production by Patrick “Guitar Boy” Hayes, Nick Goldston, and longtime collaborator Tom Hambridge, Hard Road is Ingram’s most sophisticated and musically ambitious collection yet, one which renews the long tradition of the blues by welding it to multiple strains of contemporary Black music. Songs like “Nothin’ But Your Love” and the fiery “Voodoo Charm” see Kingfish effortlessly uniting classic blues licks with hard rock, funk, soulful pop, and velvety R&B, all with resounding immediacy and astounding eloquence.

A native son of Clarksdale, Mississippi — the de-facto Ground Zero for the Delta blues — Kingfish’s six-string prowess first turned heads when he was still a teenager. Though steeped in the tones of B.B. King, Albert King, and Buddy Guy, what set Ingram apart was how he expanded the form, blending in funk, soul, rock, pop, and jazz. 2019’s debut album, Kingfish, topped Billboard’s “Blues Albums” for 91 weeks and earned his first GRAMMY® nomination, plus three Blues Music Awards. He followed up with 2021’s 662, which won both the GRAMMY® and Blues Music Award for “Best Contemporary Blues Album.”

Having now seen the world and returned home irrevocably changed, Kingfish was determined to push himself as a songwriter. “Crosses” showcases Kingfish’s personal spirituality while “Clearly” and “Hard To Love” see him reaching acceptance that the path he’s chosen is strewn with both highs and agonizing lows.

Dripping with lusty energy and bewitching sensuality, the slinky funk of “S.S.S.” expands the parameters of Kingfish’s music to incorporate other facets of his personal tastes. His playing throughout retains its deep roots in the electric blues tradition while ascending to new heights of technical prowess and dynamic invention.

Hard Road marks another milestone for Kingfish as the first-ever release on his own Red Zero Records. Co-founded with manager Ric Whitley, the label furthers his mission to propel the blues ever onward by uplifting young and regional musicians.
“We see a lot more young people in the crowd these days,” Kingfish says. “Which is great because that’s pretty much what we’re trying to do – lure my generation in, and once we get them in, we can show them about the real raw thing.”