Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The blues is nearly 200 years old and arguably so beloved of a genre that the notion of it requiring innovation could easily be ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Jen Rosenstein When you’re born and raised near the site of Robert Johnson’s mythical ...

The 20-year-old guitar phenom understands the blues as a lifeline, a malleable language, a way of being in the world. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, ...

For 24-year-old Grammy-winning blues guitarist and singer Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, growing up in the shadows of musical giants like Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, and Robert Johnson — who were ...

Born and raised in Clarksdale, Mississippi – not far from the legendary crossroads where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the gift of wicked guitar chops – ...

At the tender age of 25, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has already been heralded as the future of blues music. That could lead to high expectations for the Mississippi native, who already has one Grammy ...

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram is an American blues guitarist and singer from Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States, who became a well-known performer as a teenager. His debut album, Kingfish, was ...

He’s only 23 years old, but Christone “Kingfish” Ingram already owns around 40 guitars. When you’ve had a guitar in your hands for more than half your life, you need more than one. As a kid, he didn’t ...

I first heard Kingfish live in 2013 at Red’s Juke Joint in Clarksdale, Mississippi, one of the last authentic juke joints in the south. Kingfish was just 14 years old, already spilling over with ...

Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify and Apple playlists at the bottom of the page. Christone "Kingfish" Ingram grew up ...