Meghan Carry
Singer/Songwriter Activist
Meghan 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.” Cary continues to share the healing power of music with the community that has rallied around her message of hope and being heard, and the title track of her latest album SING LOUDER debuted on the US/International Folk DJ Radio at #2, with the entire album coming in at #6.
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With masterful storytelling and award-winning songs, Cary engages audiences on a powerfully personal level, inviting them in and leading them through an experience that has been called healing, inspiring and outrageously joyful. A frequent performer at such venerable festivals as Philadelphia Folk Festival, Spring Gulch, Huntington, DelMarVa Folk Festival, and music venues around the country, Cary's 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. Her smoky voice, emotional singing, and vulnerable writing garner favorable comparisons to Melissa Etheridge, Brandi Carlisle, and even Bruce Springsteen.
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Cary released her first book, Sing Louder: The Stories Behind the Songs, on International Women’s Day 2019, and is currently partnering with Vision 2020 to create a music video and documentary inspired by her song, “River Rock” to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment giving women the right to raise their voices and be heard.
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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. 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 brings her extensive on-stage experience to her performance masterclass, “Own the Stage” to help other artists discover the same freedom, confidence and joy she finds on the stage.
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As a musician/actor/writer/coach 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 charactors…or the plot. Usually all three. My mantra: 'If you don't know the words...Sing Louder!'”
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Vision 2020 Women’s SHE Leads Road Rally Returns To Philly From Trip To Birthplace Of Women’s Rights Movement
(VIDEO) — In honor of 100 years since the suffrage movement, the SHE Leads organization hosted an overnight road rally to New York, where the first Woman’s Rights Convention took place in 1848. Singer Meghan Cary welcomed the women race car drivers back with music.
Meghan Cary To Provide The Soundtrack To Vision 2020’s SHE Leads Road Rally Celebrating Women’s Voting Rights
Women start your engines! Critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter and advocate Meghan Cary has announced that she and her River Rock Project team are, once again, teaming up with Vision 2020’s Women 100 to celebrate the centennial of women’s voting rights and inspire voter turnout for the 2020 election with their latest endeavor – the SHE Leads Road Rally.
Billboard Critic’s Choice Artist & Advocate Meghan Cary To Provide The Soundtrack, Celebrating Women’s Voting Rights
October 15, 2020: Led by women race car drivers, the SHE Leads Road Rally will depart from Drexel University’s Queen Lane campus on Friday, October 16 at 8 AM for a historic overnight trip to Seneca Falls, NY, the birthplace of the women’s rights movement.
Meghan Cary Hits The Road To Get Out The Vote
Cary is partnering with Folk Music Notebook to broadcast LIVE from the SHE Leads Road Rally, and will perform at the finish line celebration. The station will coordinate a playlist of the best women artists, anchored by the Rally’s chosen anthem, Cary’s “River Rock,” with Cary, along with River Rock correspondent Jenny Rajotte, reporting from the road.
Meghan Cary Encore with a Twist on Woodstock Wednesday, Oct 14
This week, October 14, we are returning to Meghan Cary for an Encore as a way to support her exciting new event this week. If you don’t already know Meghan, you can read all about this exciting performer — and see her Woodstock Wednesdays video that premiered on this site July 22!
Suffrage Road Rally Stopping in Scranton
Scranton, PA (October 14, 2020) – A caravan honoring the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote will stop in Scranton this week. As it makes its way from Philadelphia to Seneca Falls, New York — from the birthplace of America to the birthplace of women’s rights — the SHE Leads Road Rally, part of Vision 2020, a women’s equality initiative, will hold a short program outside Scranton High School, 63 Mike Munchak Way, on Friday, Oct. 16.
River Rock Partners with
Cycle To Vote for Voter
Registration Rally Rides
We've joined forces with Cycle To Vote! On October 10, teams of riders wearing scan-able tees will fan out into low turn-out Philadelphia neighborhoods to bring awareness to voter registration deadlines and get out the vote. Along the way, RRP is working with local singers to provide "Song Stops" for Rally Riders at iconic locations, including LOVE Park and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
We Joined Forces...
We've joined forces with Vision 2020 and Women 100 for the national premiere of the River Rock Music Video at the 2020 Toast to Tenacity. We'll be part of this historic celebration streaming live from the Justice Bell at Independence Mall with the Philadelphia Eagles and more August 26th. Find out how to tune into this historic celebration.
Meghan Cary Partners W/ National Equality Coalition Vision 2020 To Amplify Message Of Equality
Philadelphia, PA (June 30, 2020) – Billboard Critic’s Choice Artist Meghan Cary (An Erdenheim resident) has announced that her female-powered initiative the “River Rock Project” is teaming up with Vision 2020 in honor of this year’s Women’s Suffrage Centennial.
Renowned Musical Artist, Author & Advocate Meghan Cary's “River Rock Project” Teams Up With Vision 2020 To Celebrate Centennial Of Women's Suffrage
Billboard Critic’s Choice Artist Meghan Cary has announced that her female-powered initiative the “River Rock Project” is teaming up with Vision 2020 in honor of this year’s Women’s Suffrage Centennial.
Renowned Musical Artist, Author & Advocate Meghan Cary's “River Rock Project” Teams Up With Vision 2020 To Celebrate Centennial Of Women's Suffrage
Billboard Critic’s Choice Artist Meghan Cary has announced that her female-powered initiative the “River Rock Project” is teaming up with Vision 2020 in honor of this year’s Women’s Suffrage Centennial.
Meghan Cary's River Rock Project On The Better Each Day Podcast With Bruce Hillard
“The River Rock Project is a celebration of women and all that we’ve achieved in the 100 years since we fought for – and won – the right to vote. And all we still have to achieve. It is about galvanizing women to get out the vote; to raise our voices and be heard.
Award-Winning Musical Artist, Author & Advocate Meghan Cary to Honor the Women’s Suffrage Centennial with Inspiring Female-Focused Initiative
Press Release: Billboard Critic’s Choice Artist Meghan Cary, who has been revered for her innate ability to unite others through her powerful words and music, has revealed details for one of her most ambitious initiatives to date.
