Finola Merivale is an Irish pianist, composer, improviser, and sound artist based in France and Ireland. Her music demands deep listening and focuses on socio-political issues, the climate crisis, nature and a sense of place – both real and imagined. Catherine Sikora is an Irish-born, New Mexico-based tenor and soprano sax player, improviser, and educator, who is fascinated by the sound of air vibrating in a metal tube and devotes herself to researching the magic of that sound with her saxophones.
Abhaile – an Irish term that means “home” or “homewards” – is the first collaborative project of Merivale and Sikora. It features three of Merivale’s intriguing compositions for field recordings and electronics, with Sikora playing the tenor sax. Merivale composed sax lines and
