Songbyrd Music House Redefines Being a Small Music Venue

It is an indisputable fact that energy pours out of the doors of Songbyrd Music House; the rhythm of the music being played within is easily audible from the street, and the painted exterior displaying the venue’s signature bird makes for an attention grabbing sight. 

I felt this energy the first time I walked past Songbyrd on my way to pick up chairs from a venue next door, and I felt it again as I was walking to my first concert there with Songbyrd co-owner Alisha Edmonson. Edmonson was walking me to Songbyrd from our interview at Byrdland Records, Songbyrd’s adjacent record store, and we talked about all the life things we could.

I was fortunate enough to spend a week in June with Edmonson and co-owner and co-founder Joe Lapan, flipping through records in Byrdland before our interview, watching their crew set up a DJ booth and mini stage in a park and, of course, listening to some incredible live music. I got to attend a concert in the Sunset Sounds series, photograph upcoming R&B singer and rapper Jean Deaux one night and promote Songbyrd’s Summer So(u)lstice Party all over the course of just six days. Seeing Mambo Sauce, The Crystal Casino Band and several others perform, I got to take part in the Songbyrd experience.