The harmonic voices and instrumentation of a brother-sister duo will blend together in a concert on Saturday at the Blue Heron.
Longtime Islander Daryl Redeker and his sister, Seattleite Renee Redeker, will perform the show to celebrate the release of their new CD, “Redwood.”
Many Islanders are familiar with Daryl’s music. He is perhaps Vashon’s best-known guitar teacher and has a slew of performance and recording credits dating back to the 1970s, when he opened for acts that included Jose Feliciano, Phoebe Snow, Kenny Rankin and John Denver.
In those heady early days of his musical career, he also toured extensively with Renee, and the duo released nine albums together.
More recently, Daryl has performed on the Island and beyond, both by himself and with violinist Sarah Perlman in the duo RedPerl.
Renee also frequently plays in the Seattle area, solo and with the Black Lab Trio.
But now, after a decades-long hiatus, the brother-sister act is back together again, and according to Daryl, their bond in performance is as strong as ever.
“The instinct is still there because of the sibling thing,” he said. “It’s been really fun — not just practicing but talking every day.”
The pair even hit the road again this summer, opening for blues legend Leon Russell at an outdoor festival in Spokane.
Both Redekers are accomplished songwriters and have both penned several new songs for “Redwood.”
At Saturday’s concert, their set list will include the disk’s title tune, by Renee, as well as Daryl’s calypso-flavored “Kinka Jou” and his other songs “Shepherd’s Hook” and “The Magic Osprey.”
The pair will also cover Robert Burns’ ballad “Geordie,” the Beach Boys’ “Little Deuce Coupe” and the Rodgers and Hart standard “Blue Moon.”
According to Daryl, the way that he and his sister play together now differs in important ways from their duo sound of years gone by.
“There’s more air in the music, it’s not quite as compressed,” he said. “I don’t think it’s overstated as much as it used to be. With maturity, you play differently. She holds the rhythm down, and I get to insert. It used to be the other way around.”
