MEGHAN CARY with TEGHAN DEVON
Schedule
Fri May 10 2024 at 07:00 pm
Location
10420 Main Street , Fairfax, VA, United States, Virginia 22030 | Fairfax, VA
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MEGHAN CARY with TEGHAN DEVONMEGHAN CARY didn’t mean to be a musician. But when her fiancé unexpectedly died, she picked up his guitar, figured out how to play it, and wrote her debut record, earning her Billboard Magazine’s esteemed Critic’s Choice Award. “I wrote my grief into music and sang my way out of the abyss. I keep making music to help others connect with their own stories and find their joy.”
Her latest album, SING LOUDER, debuted in the top 10 on the US/International Folk DJ Chart, and John Platt of WFUV extols, "These times require songs of compassion and commitment. Meghan has several which inspire us to reach our higher selves, and she sings them with such infectious joy you can’t resist joining in."
With masterful storytelling and award-winning songs, Cary creates a live music experience that is healing, inspiring, and outrageously joyful. Her message of unity and the power of raising our voices together infuses every show, and her song, “Sing Louder”, has become an anthem for the music-loving community.
Cary is a frequent performer at Philadelphia Folk Festival as well as Falcon Ridge, Spring Gulch, Huntington and DelMarVa Folk Festivals. Her smoky voice, emotional singing, and vulnerable writing garner favorable comparisons to Melissa Etheridge, Brandi Carlisle, and even Bruce Springsteen.
A professional actor and playwright with a successful career in theatre, television and radio, Cary has written and preforms a one-woman show, On the Way to the Waterfall, and is currently collaborating on a Broadway-bound musical. Cary released her first book, Sing Louder: The Stories Behind the Songs, on International Women’s Day 2019, and is currently working on another.
Raised in Hershey, PA, Cary studied math and chemistry at Duke University, with plans of becoming a doctor. She made an about-face at school, ultimately earning her B.A. in drama before going on to obtain her M.F.A. in acting at FSU’s Asolo Conservatory for Acting. She is a founding member of the NYC-based, Actor's Shakespeare Company, and has performed in more than 100 plays throughout the United States and Europe. Cary has supported her creative habit as an on-camera commercial and voice over artist.
As a musician/actor/writer/speaker and the mother of two school age children, Meghan speaks to the subject of life balance with grace and a healthy dose of humor. “As soon as I think I have my story written, someone comes along and changes the setting...or the plot…or the characters. Usually, all three. My mantra: 'If you don't know the words...Sing Louder!'”
TEGHAN DEVON is an award-winning singer-songwriter based in Maryland, but who has also lived in California, Texas, Michigan, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Norway. Teghan is known for her memorable melodies and pensive lyrics. Her songwriting shows traces of some of her heroes, Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers, and Tracy Bonham. Her voice has been compared to that of Lizzy McAlpine, Norah Jones, and Edie Brickell. Teghan graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2021 and graduated as a songwriter from Lillehammer Institute of Music Production and Industries (LIMPI) in 2023.
Accolades:
● 2024 Bernard Ebb Songwriting Competition Finalist
● 2023, 2022 “Wander” heard on CBS’s “The Young and the Restless”
● 2022 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Grand Prize Winner
● 2022, 2021 Interlochen Arts Camp Songwriting Teacher
● 2021 TAXI A&R Road Rally Music Pro Cafe Showcase Performer
● 2021 “Maybe Then” heard on MTV’s Ghosted: Love Gone Missing
● 2020 July FAI Folk Chart Top Albums #70
● 2020 TAXI June Top Ten Artist
● 2019 Original Music Performed by Ensemble at Berklee Global Summit
● 2019 Songwriter Serenade Semi-Finalist
● 2019 Wildflower Arts and Music Festival Performer
● 2018, 2017 Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Finalist
“Much like the biggest and best, Devon takes the intimacy of songwriting to the next level... giving the nod to Taylor Swift in her early days.”
— Lucas Andrew - Music Crowns
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