Holding court

"Plenty of bands, it seems, reference the nervy, stripped-down feel of post-war blues, but few play it with such unbridled passion and steely resolve as the Cash Box Kings. Holding Court isn't music that builds off that tradition; it's music that advances this sound, reconstituted, into a new age".

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"The Chicago-based revivalists return with another tribute to the postwar tradition consisting of both chestnuts and retro-styled originals, mostly by harpist/vocalist Joe Nosek. The recreations (...) are predictably well executed, with every note in place and deep dedication evident throughout. Especially when Oscar Wilson takes the vocals, they sound almost like outtakes from some forgotten mid-'50s, small label session. The originals (...) are a little problematic ... Nosek's lyrics are clever, but his attempts at voodoo imagery and hipster jive sound strained ... The instrumentalists, meanwhile, are all first-rate, including some of Chicago's most accomplished blues traditionalists".