Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram

After an enforced hiatus of three years, Bluesfest Touring is thrilled to announce three new 2023 tours heading for New Zealand, marking the long-awaited return of the Bluesfest Sideshow Season to NZ shores!

After an incredibly successful tour in 2022, and completely sold out shows in Sydney and Melbourne, American blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram is coming to perform his only NZ concert, and first headline show at Auckland’s Powerstation next April.

Since the release of KINGFISH, his Grammy-nominated 2019 debut, Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram quickly become the defining blues voice of his generation, whilst still a teenager.

And now aged just 23, the upward trajectory for Ingram’s star continues to burn bright, as he follows in the hallowed footsteps of generations of many esteemed Blues music luminaries before him, taking home the 2022 Contemporary Blues Album Grammy Award for his latest album 662.

“Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram is the future of the blues, singing and playing with edge, verve and vitality. Stinging guitar…sweet and melodic vocals” – Guitar World

Ingram’s journey began in the 662, in the city of Clarksdale, in Coahoma County, Mississippi, just ten miles from the legendary crossroads of Highways 61 and 49. Born to a musical family, he fell in love with music as a small child, initially playing drums and then bass. At a young age, he got his first guitar and quickly soaked up music from Robert Johnson to Lightnin’ Hopkins, from B.B.King to Muddy Waters, from Jimi Hendrix to Prince, but all the while developing his own sound and style.

662 is the next chapter in the still-unfolding story of Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram. He describes 662 as his own personal journey, a story that sits upon the legacy of his influential blues elders. The songs – reflecting his life in and away from his home in the Delta – speak to universal truths, as well as to similar experience shared by his large and growing multi-generational, multi-cultural fan base. From the blistering, hometown title track, ‘662’, to the irresistible ‘She Calls Me Kingfish’, to the show, soulful and poignant ‘Another Life Goes By’, to the funky truth-telling ‘Too Young To Remember’, 662 overflows with hard-hitting songs, jaw-dropping guitar work and deep, soul-possessed vocals.

NPR Music says Ingram’s playing is “astounding…it’s almost like he’s singing through the guitar.” Undoubtedly, Ingram is a blindingly brilliant performer, and his show is not to be missed!

“Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram represents the next generation of great American blues artists.”
– PBS NewsHour

CHRISTONE ‘KINGFISH’ INGRAM
FRIDAY 14-APRIL-2023 – POWERSTATION, AUCKLAND

PRESALE: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 - 2pm NZDT
ONSALE: Thursday, October 20, 2022 - 2pm NZDT

FOR PRE-SALE REGISTRATION, TICKETS + MORE INFORMATION GO TO:
www.bluesfesttouring.co.nz