Lisa and Roberta Morales haven't played a concert in their hometown since they headlined the Tucson Folk Festival in 2007.
But the wait is over for fans of the Sisters Morales, as they are known on the Southwestern folk circuit and in their adopted hometown of San Antonio.
The siblings and their band will headline Saturday night's Border Rock edition of the Courtyard Concert Series at Plaza Palomino, the corner of North Swan and East Fort Lowell roads.
Expect to hear selections from "Talking to the River," which was produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos fame, and from "Para Gloria," a paean to the boleros and rancheros that dominated music south of the border in the 1940s and '50s. The all-Spanish CD was dedicated to their mother, Gloria Morales, who died after a long battle with cancer in March 2009.
The sisters were born in Tucson and graduated from high school here before moving on to pursue their musical ambitions.
Every three of four years, they make their way home to perform for an audience of family members, friends and fans.
Tucson author Tom Miller will kick off the evening at 8 with a short, sure-to-be-witty-and-irreverent reading from his latest, "Revenge of the Saguaro."
Tickets are $22 in advance at Antigone Books, Bookmans and Antigone Books; $25 at the door. Details: www.rhythmand roots.org.
