Bob Vasile and Jane Peppler, as the Pratie Heads, play and sing Irish, Scottish, English, Spanish language, and Early American music for concerts, festivals, and workshops. We call our repertoire"More or Less Traditional Music of the British Isles and beyond." We specialize in British Isles, Celtic, and Colonial American songs and tunes, and recently music in Spanish, but also play original material, a few pieces from Sweden, Finland, Holland, Bulgaria, Mexico, France, Germany, Italy, and from Jewish traditions.Included on this album: Benjamin Franklin's first broadside on the death of Blackbeard, written when he was 13 years old, set to a new tune; Bob Vasile's setting of the gruesome ballad Justamont and some original fiddle tunes.Randy Reed (President of the Triangle Guitar Society, Lecturer at Duke University) wrote:"Thanks for a fantastic performance... you have a fantastic synergy of talents and a fine ensemble that's as expressive as it is flawless. With your your fantastic originals and your special unique arrangements there's no limit to your success."I have heard many compliments from our TGS folks how blown away they were to find that Jane sang perfectly in Spanish and with a seductive charm as well. Starting off with the eastern European sounding piece Daichovo Horo was a smash hit."Lord Franklin is so tender and sweet that on first hearing I already feel nostalgic. With the gypsy seduction of Jane's playing and singing and your special exciting style of guitar and bouzouki and fantastic tender singing your duo deserves to be heard far and wide and I congratulate you both on achieving such a fine accomplished ensemble."BRAVO!"Steve Winick wrote in Dirty Linen Magazine:"The Pratie Heads ... their state's premiere performers of British Isles traditional music ... have made some of the best Celtic, English, and early American folk music available in recorded form. They have picked beautiful, uncommon songs to play, have thoroughly researched tunes and texts to produce the best possible versions, and have lovingly and impeccably arranged them. And still it emerges as spontaneous, joyful music - it's a rare gift they have. ... Peppler's voice is a clear soprano wonder with a feeling of intense but controlled wildness that she may owe to her training in Slavic and Balkan singing ... as amazing on fiddle as she is singing, [with] great tone on the slower tunes and real speed on the quick ones."