Press
By Valerie Marino
of The Cary News
Few artists have the ability to put out a live album that truly captures the essence of their performance. But with her latest release Meghan Cary has done just that. Recorded in a fan's living room, the aptly titled "Live at Your House," features material not present on Cary's previous two releases, "Onion Dream" and "New Shoes." It's not often that an artist chooses to release an album of new material that was recorded in front of a live audience, but in doing so Cary has given not just a piece of herself to take home with them, but a piece of her concert experience.
On "Live at Your House," the audience is almost as big a part of the album as Cary and her music is. During "Dog Song," Cary encouraged her audience to throw their head back and howl at the injustices of life at any point in the song. The lyrics of "Music in the Mountains," a tune about playing gigs in rural Western North Carolina with New York state plates on your car, often caused audience members to break out into laughter Ð and it's all there on "Live at Your House."
But all joking aside, the album is also filled with beautiful melodies and poignant lyrics, making it easy to see why Cary has been compared to established artists like Shawn Colvin and the Indigo Girls. One of the standout tracks is a sobering ballad titled "I Might Miss You." During the intro to the song, Cary told her audience she wrote part of the song while in a hotel in Nashville. "I wrote this about everybody that I missed," she said. She went on to sing, "I've crisscrossed this continent to many times, every hello begins with goodbye. Leaving is something I've learned how to do but I never thought I might miss you." Unless someone has been out on the road for long periods of time or has a loved one who has, it is hard to convey the feelings of loss and longing involved with the whole process, but Cary has captured it perfectly with her words.
She jokes at several points in the recording that many of her songs end up being sad ones, but it works remarkably well for her. Whether it be her well-chosen words or the incredibly sincere tone of her voice, when Cary opens her mouth to sing, you believe what she has to say.