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\n\tAlong with the millions of people who\u2019ve seen it, Christone \u201cKingfish\u201d Ingram<\/a> liked what he saw and heard in Sinners<\/a><\/em>, this year\u2019s left-field blues-and-vampires flick. It helped that he was also in<\/em> it: That\u2019s Ingram (who snagged the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2022) jamming with Buddy Guy in the film\u2019s closing scene. \u201cAs far as putting the blues in the mainstream media, I\u2019m behind it,\u201d he says. \u201cAs Mr. Guy says, whatever can keep the blues flowing.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBut is that movie, for all its acclaim and the way it immersed audiences in Thirties Mississippi Delta blues, enough to keep it alive? Ingram\u2019s not so sure of that, so he\u2019s done what few if any twentysomething blues musicians have ever done. After three records for the renowned blues indie label Alligator, Ingram and his manager, Ric Whitney, announced the launch of their own company last year. Named after two of the earliest places Ingram played during his teen days in Clarksdale, Mississippi (Red\u2019s Lounge and the Ground Zero Blues Club), Red Zero will get up and running next week with Ingram\u2019s third studio record, Hard Road<\/em>.<\/p>\n