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Gilad Segev

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli singer-songwriter and musician”. Today it says “israeli singer-songwriter”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli singer-songwriter, musician, author and travel documentarian”. It now reads “Israeli singer-songwriter, musician, author and travel documentarian Musical artist”.
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Without proper rendering support , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hebrew letters. Musical artist Gilad Segev (in Hebrew גלעד שגב; born 16 November 1974) also known as Passerby is an international-israeli singer-songwriter, musician and author.1 Gilad Segev (born 16, November 1974), got his nickname after forming the Passerby project , a Multi content, multi media global platform, Which he refers to as an ecosystem to amplify the less heard voices in our world. He is also known as Passerby as the writer of his best seller debut book: “Passerby – quotes for the traveler through life” based on his “I to I” Philosophy. Going international at 2013, Segev began to be known as Passerby for being a traveling musician that collaborates in every single track with a performer that represent its unique origin. As Passerby, He locates the ones he refers to as 'Passerby Heroes" which he encounters in his remote travels, creating content together with them based on the language of music. Passerby Creation is the result of these meaningful interactions with others and are shaped by the lifestyle, authenticity, and dominant traits of the many places he journeys to. These encounters result with songs, videos, but also with online content and soon to be released Passerby TV series. His musical work so far included top musicians such as Grammy winner Sterling Crew, Jack knight (Song writer) , Roahn Hylton (Producer), and worldwide performers such as: Havana D'Primera from cuba, Ravid Kahalani from "Yemen Blues" featuring in his first single: "Gold Rush". Touring all global continents, Passerby multi media, multi guest concert has headlined several festivals all over the world, performing in The US . Europe and Africa, with Over 20 tours in China itself, resulting with almost one million followers on Weibo Chinese social media. "Passerby" network TV series is due to be broadcast in spring 2021.2

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli singer-songwriter and musician”. Today it says “israeli singer-songwriter”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli singer-songwriter, musician, author and travel documentarian”. It now reads “Israeli singer-songwriter, musician, author and travel documentarian Musical artist”. Read the current article and compare.
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israeli singer-songwriter and musician

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israeli singer-songwriter

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