Along with the millions of people who’ve seen it, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram liked what he saw and heard in Sinners , this year’s left-field blues-and-vampires flick. It helped that he was also in it: That’s Ingram (who snagged the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2022) jamming with Buddy Guy in the film’s closing scene. “As far as putting the blues in the mainstream media, I’m behind it,” he says. “As Mr. Guy says, whatever can keep the blues flowing.”

But is that movie, for all its acclaim and the way it immersed audiences in Thirties Mississippi Delta blues, enough to keep it alive? Ingram’s not so sure of that, so he’s done what few if any twentysomething blues musicians have ever done. After three records for the renowned blues indie label Alligator, Ingram and hi

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