I have a Spotify Playlist where I save recently released songs that I've liked 👍🏼 🎵 😍 Not been promoting this because it was created just for me. But feel free to dip in and give it a try & let me know what you liked. Mainly independent artists and 💯 no AI. open.spotify.com/playlist/2XM...

"The writing is sharp. Songs that weren’t written to impress, but because they needed to be." - Oasis Entertainment blog "The Family Grave choose a different path: the quiet, devastating power of honest, intelligent songwriting... " - Echo Rebel Music Mag album.link/OldSongsForK...

This is a fantastic short story and not just because it mentions Loose Women, Peter Frame AND The Smiths... 'The Peter Andre Saliva Tree' by Peter James Field open.substack.com/pub/peterjam...

Just watched '...sings Dylan' on BBC4, 100 minutes of Bob Dylan covers from the archives. My favourite by far was KT Tunstall's outstanding version of Tangled Up In Blue. You also get Lulu with her tambourine-wielding dancers, which is just as extraordinary as it sounds 😳 youtu.be/lSU5fxG1H_o

I'm going to release a new song on my birthday. I'll send a free copy of one of my vinyl records to whoever can first guess the date 🤷🏼 share.google/aimode/TWeWc...

I've been adding some songs I've heard and liked recently to this Spotify playlist and if you want something fresh for your ears, you might like what's on here too 🎯💞🎵 #newsongs #newmusic #independentartists open.spotify.com/playlist/2XM...

Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Miles Davis 🎺 If you've never listened to this jazz legend, why not give him a play today: Sketches of Spain, Kind of Blue, and Jack Johnson ...would be good places to start!

But I was so much older then I'm younger than that now. Happy 85th birthday to the incomparable Bob Dylan 😍

Thank you Goran for playing Caroline by The Family Grave on your latest show www.buzzsprout.com/1934726/epis...

"The writing is sharp. Songs that weren’t written to impress, but because they needed to be." - Oasis Entertainment blog "The Family Grave choose a different path: the quiet, devastating power of honest, intelligent songwriting... " - Echo Rebel Music Mag album.link/OldSongsForK...

People of Brighton & Hove, The sticker competition is still open. First person to snap pictures of themselves next to 3 different Old Songs For Kids stickers and post them on socials will win vinyl copies of our last 3 LPs. Bonus prizes for the next 3 people too.

No AI, no industry nonsense, just independently produced, heartfelt intelligent alt-folk, indie songs. Read the review of our latest album 'Old Songs for Kids' at Oasis Entertainment blog below and then go listen oasisentertainmentblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/o...

Forget AI and whatever same-old-same-old artists the industry is trying to flog you. The independent music sector is thriving. We're on all the major platforms - at the link below album.link/OldSongsForK...

Careful what you read and believe on here. Russia is hijacking some of our BlueSky friends. To be clear, I am pro-Ukraine and Russia should stop bombing civilians and get out of the country. Anything that appears to come from me which suggests otherwise is fake. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b...

People of Brighton & Hove, The sticker competition is still open. First person to snap pictures of themselves next to 3 different Old Songs For Kids stickers and post them on socials will win vinyl copies of our last 3 LPs. Bonus prizes for the next 3 people too.

Great to discover the Loft are releasing music again. Bought Up The Hill And Down The Slope on 7" vinyl 40 years ago and can confirm new album Badges is every bit as good. #fightageisminmusic #olderartistsarecool Thanks to @outsideleft.bsky.social for the heads-up outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...

I've got a bunch of new songs that will be an album later this year. I like these songs. I'm thinking of releasing a little phone-recorded demo of one of them soon. Would anyone like to hear it?

It's so cool that almost 200 people have saved our latin-dance smash 'Daylight'. Give it a listen, see what you think - and if you like it, save it, replayt it and add it to your playlists. It brings a smile to my face and hopefully yours too 🎺🎸🎵 song.link/TheFamilyGra...

In heaven, the Angels play electric guitars. In Brighton, you can play The Family Grave vinyl competition - check out our post on IG www.instagram.com/p/DYMbWbyivg...

In heaven, the Angels play electric guitars. In Brighton, you can play The Family Grave vinyl competition - check out our post on IG www.instagram.com/p/DYMbWbyivg...

Are you in Brighton and Hove today? Do you like Vinyl Records? Well then, I have a great competition for you www.instagram.com/p/DYMbWbyivg...

We do music. We like it. You might like it too album.link/OldSongsForK...

The wonderful Emmaus vintage superstore in Portslade was really excelling itself today

"We may be old... but at least we got to see some good bands." What was your favourite gig from the deep deep past?

The Family Grave have joined Subvert.fm - the new website for atists and music fans www.subvert.fm/the-family-g...

Our song AC DC got Shazzammed in Berlin and Kazakhstan this week. Have you seen our competition to win vinyl records yet? You'll have to be in Brighton and Hove for this one - details at the link below www.instagram.com/p/DYMbWbyivg...

COMPETITION TIME! Your chance to win some The Family Grave on vinyl. People in Brighton & Hove or those who might be in town this week for The Great Escape festival or just visiting. Details are on Instagram at the link below!

My photo of the Prince Albert monument in London taken last week

Hard to believe that Tired Of Being Alone might never have existed if producer Willie Mitchell had got his way #AlGreen www.instagram.com/reel/DXkZxHm...

The state of it

The Family Grave ARE richer sounds 🎵🕊👄✋️ album.link/OldSongsForK...

My home-recorded cover of Patti Smith's Pissing in a River has been getting a little traction on #Soundcloud lately, which is nice. Turns out it's been added to a few playlists and I have no idea which ones are the more popular - but you can listen here soundcloud.com/thefamilygra...

9lounges.com asked me some questions about my song Get Together taken from the album Old Songs for Kids. You can read my answers here 9lounges.com/the-family-g...

Our song 'Sunshine on a Winter's Day' now has a ghostly dance video, with the contribution of the Ava Choreo troupe also used on Daylight. The song itself is an oldie, recorded on cassette and released on our Everybody is Flawed album. Primitive, lo-fi stuff! www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Pu...

Go find true independent curators and explore music by studying its history and making random choices. Your musical taste is being manipulated via social media, much like advertising and politics, and much like it always has been. See the article in first comment below. Break the algorithm.

"I am a little tin soldier that wants to jump into your fire..." Is Tin Soldier by The Small Faces the greatest song ever written? I sometimes think it just might be 😍 youtu.be/6vWTtx_PxPo

We still appreciate your plays and interest after Bandcamp Friday 😚 #indiemusic #independentmusic #nowitisSaturday thefamilygrave.bandcamp.com

GlimmerTwin heads in Brighton #streetsrt #mural #graffiti

I walked around town yesterday wearing this Woodpecker Wooliams T-shirt and nobody came up to me to say "I really like your cock". That was disappointing. But it's #BandcampFriday so you know what to do to make me happy x thefamilygrave.bandcamp.com

I walked around town yesterday wearing this Woodpecker Wooliams T-shirt and nobody came up to me to say "I really like your cock". That was disappointing. But it's #BandcampFriday so you know what to do to make me happy x thefamilygrave.bandcamp.com

I think I'm going to run a little competition soon. It might be of interest to anyone in Brighton who plays vinyl records and likes The Family Grave. If that might be you, make sure you follow this account here or on other places

Read Beverley Martin's autobiography Sweet Honesty last year. Amazing woman, amazing life. Made some amazing music along the way RIP youtu.be/8Kd9O4NwNjU

As a songwriter with aphantasia, this article is a brilliant explanation of how it works and explains some of my own direct & literal approach to writing lyrics - not a picture but an experience, a change in awareness or meaning #songwriting #songwriter #aphantasia aphantasia.com/article/imag...

Went to the pub. Met Coconut the Parrot.

Thanks to 9lounges blog for their wonderful review of our song 'Get Together' from our album Old Songs for Kids 🎵 "Not just about love nor purely political—it exists in the space in-between, a compelling reminder that connection is always worth fighting for." 9lounges.com/the-family-g...

We paid homage to the birthplace of David Bowie yesterday in Brixton. No blue plaque or anything to show.

Found this early 1980s gig flyer in a stack of old letters but never went to the gig. Pity! Off to Brixton again today to see the wonderful @bigthiefmusic.bsky.social ! Anyone else?

All 10 of the tracks on my latest album 'Old Songs for Kids' have broken the sacred (to small-time indies) 1000 streams and so can now start earning pennies! Thank you to everyone who's been listening! If you want to know what the fuss is all about, there's a link in the first comment below 😍

Thanks to 9lounges website for highlighting the lyrics from The Family Grave song 'Get Together', which they describe as being "a powerful song about unity, humanity and overcoming fear through connection and hope". 9lounges.com/lyrics Get Together is from our latest album 'Old Songs for Kids'

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