A Grammy-winning blues star at 24-years-old, Mississippi’s Christone “Kingfish” Ingram documents his blues power in Live In London. Leading his trio—drummer Christopher Black, bassist Paul Rogers and keyboardist Deshawn “D-Vibes” Alexander—Ingram makes a mighty stand at The Garage, a long-running indie-rock venue in Highbury, north London.

Following two blues chart-topping studio albums, Live In London, a two-disc CD and vinyl release, presents Ingram in full in-person flower. A performing musician since his debut at 11-years-old at Red’s Lounge in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Ingram learned his blues school lessons well. Steeped in the region’s legacy though he is, his concert album shows him lacing songs with funk, gospel, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, jazz and pop.

Live In London opens with a song about that traditional topic in blues, a rocky relationship. “She calls me Kingfish, then she loves someone new,” he laments before launching a shredding solo that shifts down to low, subtle tone, in the manner of his mentor, old blues master Buddy Guy. Fiery crescendos and loud-soft dynamics prove effective in more Live In London tracks, especially the instrumental “Mississippi Night.”

Ingram turns topical in “Another Life Goes By,” a jazz-touched ballad that addresses a violent nation split into a bitter state of disunion. “Where does hate come from and how can we make it stop?” the lyrics ask. “We gotta make some changes, before somebody else gets shot.”

Ingram adds additional sonic variety to his show by switching to acoustic guitar for “Been Here Before” and “Something in the Dirt.” Both songs reveal he’s as fluid with acoustic guitar as he is electric guitar. In the autobiographical “Something in the Dirt,” Ingram sings about his musical hometown and his path to success. “Didn’t know it then, but I understand it now, there’s something in the dirt.”

The London concert reaches its emotional peak with the gospel-tinged “Rock & Roll,” a tribute to his mother, Princess Latrell Pride Ingram, who died in 2019 at 49-years-old. The song’s lyrics recall the single mom Christone “Kingfish” Ingram cites as his “biggest champion.” “She made a deal with the angels, so they’d never let go,” he sings.