ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Blues For Dexter Linwood,’ Todd Albright Performs Straightforward Standards

Even more than they re played, the blues are felt. The music is born from within and manifests outward in the pull of melancholic strings, bone-chilling harmonics, and belly-aching words. Since the genre’s inception in the late 19th century, a handful of greats have mastered and molded this soul-deep sound. Lead Belly, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie McTell – they often put to song tales of tumultuous relationships, socioeconomic hardships, and widespread racial injustice.&#xA0