New England folksinger Bob Franke (rhymes with Yankee) is a singer and songwriter "unsurpassed for his lyrical grace," says the Boston Globe. Bob has a gift for writing about the most deep and spiritual of human concerns in songs of beauty and insight coming out of his own religious experience and questioning. A brilliant guitarist, he also has the ability to play a sizzling version of a Robert Johnson blues and then move to a lighter note with originals on subjects ranging from alien invasions to bicycles and computers. On his recent eighth album, The Desert Questions (Daring), as in his concerts, Bob's incisive lyrics and memorable melodies grab and involve listeners in a diverse collection of songs about loss, love, courage, compassion­and the Acid Polka.