Songbird song1/29/2024 ![]() ![]() It was from the article I read, and the reporter was there in Gaza reporting real details, which is what this and most of my other songs about real events are based on, unless I’m writing about something I actually witnessed first-hand. Songbyrd Music House (aka Songbyrd) is a 200-capacity live music venue, bar and restaurant in Washington, DCs Union Market neighborhood and member of the. Incidentally, the detail about the stove is real, it’s not something I just randomly threw in there. Songbirds can be sold at the market, and owning them is popular, so catching songbirds is a thing. Many people cited 'Songbird' as their favorite McVie-penned Mac song, which was released on Rumours, the group's 1977 classic album, and soon become a popular live staple. Mahmud was only one of many children killed for the same reasons, in the same circumstances. ![]() I wrote this song after reading about the death of Mahmud Al-Qayyed, age 10, in Gaza, for the “crime” of catching songbirds too close to the militarized fence that separates Gaza from Israel. Jane Marczewski, a singer known by her stage name Nightbirde, who earned a legion of followers after being a contestant on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, has died after a battle with cancer, her. “Song the Songbird Sings” originally appeared on Songs for Mahmud (CD, 2004) and later on Falasteen, Habibti (CD and Bandcamp album, 2014).
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