Alison Alderdice

The Saxophones: To Be A Cloud

by Gareth Thompson
June 4, 2023

The monk and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh had a saying, “I have arrived, I am home." Hanh's writing was an influence on this third album from husband-and-wife pairing The Saxophones, namely Alexi Erenkov and Alison Alderdice. Hanh's use of clouds as a metaphor for impermanence became a keystone for them, but his thoughts on going home surely chimed with Alderdice who returned to the bays of Inverness, California where her family have lived for generations. It was here with ...