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Published on 2026-10-13
GRAMMY® Award-winning blues, rock ‘n’ roll, soul, and R&B musician Christone “Kingfish” Ingram performed on CBS Saturday Morning this past weekend, performing songs from his latest album, Hard Road. Kingfish recently announced the upcoming release of Hard Road Extended, an expanded edition arriving on all DSPs and streaming services via his own Red Zero Records on Friday, October 16. Pre-saves/pre-adds are available now.
WATCH "BAD LIKE ME" ON CBS SATURDAY MORNING
WATCH "(STILL) NOTHIN' BUT YOUR LOVE" ON CBS SATURDAY MORNING
WATCH "VOODOO CHARM" ON CBS SATURDAY MORNING
"Bad Like Me" and Voodoo Charm" are songs from Kingfish's third studio album, Hard Road. "(Still) Nothin' But Your Love" is from Hard Road Extended, which adds four previously unheard songs to the ambitious collection, magnifying the journey with new sounds, stories, and collaborations that showcase Kingfish’s evolving artistry.
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Hailed by Guitar World as “a landmark album… the sound of an artist maturing, dealing with tragedy, life, and new ideas for putting a fresh twist on one of electric guitar's foundational sounds,” Hard Road sees Christone “Kingfish” Ingram looking 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, the album marks 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 “Voodoo Charm,” “Bad Like Me,” “Nothin’ But Your Love,” and the slinky “S.S.S.” see Kingfish effortlessly uniting classic blues licks with hard rock, no-holds-barred funk, soulful pop, and velvety R&B, all with resounding immediacy and astounding eloquence. With each album, Kingfish has upped his already prodigious game, not only in his breathtaking guitar playing but also in the growing strength of his deeply personal songcraft and vocals, marked by a depth of expression well beyond his 27 years. A true statement of purpose from an artist who has already made history and is only getting started, Hard Road is infused with the wisdom of someone who’s lived through transformation, seen the world, and returned home changed.
A native son of Clarksdale, Mississippi — a city steeped in blues history — Christone “Kingfish” Ingram stands at the crossroads of legacy and innovation, channeling the spirit of the Delta while fearlessly reshaping its future. His guitar mastery, steeped in the tones of B.B. King, Albert King, and Buddy Guy, first turned heads when he was still a teenager. But what sets Ingram apart is how he’s expanded the form, blending in funk, soul, hip-hop, pop, and jazz to create a modern blues fusion that resonates across generations and genres. 2019’s debut album, Kingfish, topped Billboard’s “Blues Albums” for an incredible 91 weeks and earned him his first GRAMMY® Award nomination, plus three Blues Music Awards, including “Album of the Year.” Kingfish followed up with 2021’s 662, titled after his Mississippi area code, which won both the GRAMMY® Award and Blues Music Award for “Best Contemporary Blues Album.” In 2023, the incendiary Live In London earned yet another GRAMMY® Award nomination, along with his second Blues Music Award for “Album of the Year” and his third consecutive win for “Best Contemporary Blues Album.”
Widely regarded as one of contemporary blues’ most dynamic live acts, Kingfish will herald the arrival of Hard Road Extended with more tour dates. For complete details and ticket information, please visit www.christonekingfishingram.com/tour.
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CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM
THE HARD ROAD TOUR 2026-2027
OCTOBER
13 – Buffalo, NY – Electric City
14 – McKees Rocks, PA – Roxian Theatre Presented by Citizens
16 – Grand Rapids, MI – Elevation
18 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom
NOVEMBER
5 – Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
6 – Immokalee, FL – Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee
7 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
11 – Greenville, SC – Radio Room
12 – Chattanooga, TN – The Signal
14 – Lexington, KY – Manchester Music Hall
15 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
21 - São Paulo, Brazil - Best of Blues & Rock
JANUARY 2027
28 – Gainesville, FL – Curtis M. Phillips Center for Performing Arts
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CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM
HARD ROAD EXTENDED
(Red Zero Records)
Release Date: Friday, October 16, 2026
TRACKLIST:
Truth
Bad Like Me
S.S.S
Nothin’ But Your Love
Crosses
Voodoo Charm
Back to LA
Clearly
Standing On Business
Hard to Love
Memphis
The Chase *
Train *
(Still) Nothin’ But Your Love *
Two. Four. Eight (Ft. Yussef Dayes) *
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED NEW SONG
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