The classical string quartet repertoire contains incredible work by some of the best composers in history and the statistics are intimidating: Haydn wrote sixty-eight quartets, Mozart contributed twenty-three quartets, Beethoven left us sixteen quartets, Shostakovich completed fifteen, Bartok wrote a heavyweight six, the list goes on… Milhaud completed an impressive…

Space, love and light The last track on the record is dedicated to Denton in North Texas, USA. It is a small town with a vibrant music scene and a buzzing DIY community ethic, with independent shops and cafes lining the old town square. It is home to the…

Nostalgia, rowing against the tide, reaching land Postcards From by Fiona Brice Album · 2016 · 10 Songs. Available with an Apple Music subscription. Try it free.music.apple.com This postcard is the anomaly: I have been to Tokyo several times but this was actually inspired by an article in a magazine which I read after my last visit; a piece in a 1965 edition of National Geographic about some British men…

Sunrise, tranquility and balance, ebb and flow Postcards From by Fiona Brice Album · 2016 · 10 Songs. Available with an Apple Music subscription. Try it free.music.apple.com It is late January and the temperature has just dropped dramatically in the UK. I am writing this sitting in a cafe in Hove because my shabby old rented flat has no central heating and is just too cold to work at my…

Gilt frames, the river flows, guilt frames Postcards From by Fiona Brice Album · 2016 · 10 Songs. Available with an Apple Music subscription. Try it free.music.apple.com St Petersburg does not disappoint. Its boulevards are as grand and busy as its rivers are secretive and dark. It is extreme, impressive and beautiful. It will freeze in winter yet be humid in summer. Its history is terrifying. Military power, regal wealth…

Sunlight, possibility, hope and change Postcards From by Fiona Brice Album · 2016 · 10 Songs. Available with an Apple Music subscription. Try it free.music.apple.com Like Berlin, this track came to me in a hotel room whilst I was on tour with Placebo. Not all that surprising when you consider the number of hotels musicians spend nights in around the globe, but it doesn’t happen every time, so there has…

A bleak train, cold confidence and rain Postcards From by Fiona Brice Album · 2016 · 10 Songs. Available with an Apple Music subscription. Try it free.music.apple.com I spend a lot of time travelling alone. Long hours in taxis to airports. Lonely, anxious flights to meet my partner, or a new band, and even lonelier ones when I have to leave again. Stop-start drives around the M25 to visit my…

Unanswered questions, slow motion whispers, silent voices Dallas is a city I have visited many times but never felt comfortable in. I could never find its heart. I drove around it, over it, and through it, navigating its sprawling freeways, but I never felt that I had arrived. You…

The turning of stones Ancient ritual, modern resonance Vibration Postcards From by Fiona Brice Album · 2016 · 10 Songs. Available with an Apple Music subscription. Try it free.music.apple.com This melody is a nomad. I was married for a while and lived in Denton, Texas with my musician husband. I had to wait seven months for my green card and was unable to work or leave the USA during that…