Maple Street
Family story
The first family home, and the people who filled it.
Reflective · 1960s
Family Story Songs
Before the stories go quiet.
Every family has a version of itself that only exists in conversation — the emigration, the shop, the grandmother nobody dared argue with. A song keeps it.
Start Your Song
A family history song commission gathers several generations of your family's story — through interviews, photographs and letters — into one original recorded song.
What to tell us
You do not need to arrive with a finished story. These are the sorts of details that make a song feel like it could only be about one person.
- Where the family came from, and when
- The names that recur through the generations
- The story everyone tells at Christmas
- Photographs, letters or recordings you already have
- Who the song is really for
Songs like this
60s pop
West Jesmond Metro
Friendship
The Metro, the clubs at the end of the line, and the years in between.
Uplifting · 1980s
Wind and Rain
Celebration of a life
A marriage, remembered through the weather.
Emotional · Timeless
Questions
- Can we include several generations?
- Yes. The Legacy Song is built for exactly this, with a multi-period story and an alternative arrangement.