CHRISTONE "KINGFISH" INGRAM RECEIVES GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATION FOR LIVE IN LONDON
Third Nomination For Previous GRAMMY Award-Winner,Guitarist, Vocalist And SongwriterLatest Honor Follows High-Profile Appearances On CBS Television's60 Minutes And UK Tastemaker Television Program Later...With Jools Holland
Kingfish is one of the most exciting young guitarists in years, with a sound that encompasses B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix and Prince.—Rolling StoneIngram plays guitar with dramatic, searing tone and sure-handed authority. And that’s just in the studio; he’s even scarier live.—NPR MusicKingfish is a new blues superstar… a guitar phenom who has been updating the blues for this century...he draws frequent comparisons to Hendrix, Clapton, and B.B. King...a thoroughly modern bluesman updating the music in sound as well as subject matter.—60 Minutes
On Friday, November 10, 2023, The Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 2024 GRAMMY Awards. Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Christone "Kingfish" Ingram's new album, Live In London, is nominated for a GRAMMY Award in the Contemporary Blues category. All three of Kingfish's albums – 2019's Kingfish, 2021's GRAMMY-winning 662, and now Live In London – have received GRAMMY nominations.
“To be nominated for another GRAMMY Award is fantastic. Thanks to the Recording Academy and all of the folks who bought and streamed Live In London. It is a real special album for me,” said Kingfish. “I also want to congratulate my friends and fellow nominees across the Contemporary and Traditional Blues categories. I’m very excited for us all and look forward to celebrating in person in February.”
The 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards ceremony and telecast will take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA, on February 4, 2024.In just the past two weeks, Kingfish has appeared in a 10-minute interview segment on CBS Television's 60 Minutes as well as in performance on the tastemaker UK television program, Later...With Jools Holland. Additionally, Kingfish can currently be seen in a new advertising campaign for Jack Daniel's.
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Performs Midnight Heat from Live In LondonOn Later...With Jools Holland (November 4, 2023)
“Guitar Face” from Jack Daniel’s “In The Moment” campaign.
