WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY

Twang, humour and soul from the weird, cool South.

Run & Tell ★★★ (Self-released, 2013)

The spare solo-guitar bedroom-folk debut, channelling and cautiously exploring where she fit (or didn’t) into her supportive family’s country music leanings. Complete with Springsteen cover (Dancing In The Dark), it telegraphs the 16-year-old’s self-awareness and precocious wit. Even before high school was over she knew she was funny, haha. Faye Webster ★★★ (Awful, 2018)

Soulful, intimate and confident, this tuned fans into a quirky, perceptive lyrical mind – creatively awakened by finding her tribe at the hometown hip-hop collective that inspired her development as a writer. Laden with horns and steel, it marries your internal narrator with the backing ensemble it likely always craved. Atlanta Millionaires Club ★★★★ (Secretly Canadian, 2019)

A dreamy, introspective meditation cosily tucked into the crossroads of folk-pop and Southern R&B, exploring the difference between lonesome and just lonely in the wake of heartbreak. The title comes from the ironic name of her father’s baseballwatching club in her Georgia hometown. Room Temperature has the glide of Neil Young’s Harvest Moon. I Know I’m Funny haha ★★★★ (Secretly Canadian, 2021)

Languid soul meets country-pop in that slow Southern style. Romantic ballads nestle alongside goofy, transparent interior muttering – Webster’s voice and beloved pedal steel effecting a pas de deux as she tells you what’s been going on in her world, which is mostly in her head, or at least in her house.