Why do guitarists get all the fancy signature gear – amps, guitars and more – while synth lovers, drum machine hitters and software loaders have to put up with the plain and dull original versions? We ...

“Underdressed at the Symphony,” Faye Webster’s fifth studio album, begins quietly. A sleepy, soft drum beat and mellow guitar rise to a crescendo, and bright piano notes flood forth like a new day.

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