Browsing: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

“Making the video was so much fun as I could use my spinning/gun handling experience as a sheriff! I’m a big western movie fan, especially the movie ‘Tombstone,’ starring Val Kilmer.” – Micki Free

Free can stand toe-to-toe with with any of the current blues rock guitar slingers on today’s circuit and more than hold his own. I imagine a lot of young guns are going to have to step up their respective games.

“He’s the one who created a certain frequency, a certain vocabulary.” – Carlos Santana on Buddy Guy

“It means a lot that Buddy loves a record so much that he would do this record for me, and love me so much that he’d do this record.” – Bobby Rush

The arts will hold our hands through the darkness. These are the backstories of five artists who provided us with survival soundtracks for the year that never seemed to end.

The Maple Blues Award winners will be announced on January 31, 2022 at the LIVE Maple Blues Award Show to be held at Koerner Hall in Toronto. Tickets are on sale now!

Ally used her pandemic vacation wisely, recording fourth album ‘Heart of Fire’ with world-renowned producer Jim Gaines

“I get my mojo from the classic greats—the masters of blues-rock and even classic rock, but everything I play comes from my own heart…” Micki Free

In 2021-22 Rush and his compilation co-producer (and longtime manager) Jeff DeLia embarked on a project that would honor the legacy of his breakthrough composition/recording. They sought to create four new versions from the artist himself and a group of his high-profile friends.

Kingfish has found a way to inject his original music with the sense of thrill that his mentors historically infused into their sound