Hello June with Megan Jean/Byrne Duo at Loft 129

Name: Hello June with Megan Jean/Byrne Duo at Loft 129
Start: 2025-04-12T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Loft 129

Schedule

Sat, 12 Apr, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Loft 129 | Cumberland, MD

Hello June is an indie/alt rock band known for their intimate and dynamic performances. Their shows range from quiet, song-focused intimate experiences to emotionally driven rock. Led by songwriter Sarah Rudy, Hello June has been steadily making waves with their last 3 album releases, receiving noteworthy praise from NPR, No Depression, Paste Magazine, and more.
Duo Bio
Singer/Songwriter Megan Jean and multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Byrne Klay are a married musical collaboration that began in New York City in 2004 while Jean was studying theatre at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and Klay jazz at New School University. Beginning with a residency at CBGB's Acoustic Gallery, the pair would perform near 2,000 times as Megan Jean & the KFB, sharing the stage with Charles Bradley, Shovels and Rope, Amythyst Kiah, Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band, Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett of Little Feat, and 10,000 Maniacs. As a duo, they have been featured on PBS’s Music Voyager, Heartland Network's More Than the Music, won Floydfest’s On The Rise Competition, and played the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. As a soloist Megan Jean has perfomed with Dre Anders, Jake Blount, and Gangstagrass, where her voice being featured in the 2020 Presidential Inauguration Parade. Byrne has a wide array of musical experience. In the early 2000's he did multiple tours of Japan, Taiwan, Europe, and Australia as the bassist for Dynamite Club, an outrageous punk outfit. In 2022 he began performing on upright bass with bluegrass band Folk 'Em All Trio, who were hired to back up the legendary Joe Craven at Delfest three years in a row as Joe Craven and the Y'allterations.
In 2020 they relocated to Frostburg MD and formed the country and Americana tinged rock band Megan Jean's Secret Family, with performances on NPR's Mountain Stage and Delfest in 2024. The dup is an intimate songwriting and story telling focused act that showcases the wide nuances of the pair's musicality, with Jean on bass as the backbone to her masterful vocals, and Byrne showcasing his eclectic musicality on electric banjo.