Spectre Folk, Willie Lane, Mark Robinson - 2026-01-17 Amherst MA

Spectre Folk, Willie Lane, Mark Robinson - 2026-01-17 Amherst MA

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Willie Lane - 2026-01-17, The Drake, Amherst MA, Daud/M, 33:13
6 tracks

Mark Robinson - 2026-01-17, The Drake, Amherst MA, Daud/M, 39:08
3? tracks

Spectre Folk - 2026-01-17, The Drake, Amherst MA, Daud/M, 55:34
8 tracks

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Spectre Folk:
The music they make takes a leisurely pace, like opening the cabin for the first time in the season, introducing all the ambient nature world funk that seeped through into the nose and lungs. They deal in righteous, stank Lazy Horse/CCCR type jammers and a general sense of “folk vacation,” the beer’s gone, what a time we had so let’s roll another number for the road. Fearless as a lemming, Nolan creates a private universe, a Society of the Spectre-cal, if you will, and his gift is his freedom. Let’s have a drift.

Pete Nolan was Spectre Folk before drumming and strumming in Magik Markers was his main gig, and will be Spectre Folk long after he shuffles off this mortal coil. The main benefit of ghost-folk is: you can play it way after you’re dead, and while you’re alive the Spectre can haunt any decent willing body with a gift for the unreal. This time around, fellow Abbey Road alum and cinematographer Eben Bull creates scapes of sound on keys to accompany Pete, who jams his kief-encrusted thumbprint directly in the center of the proceedings.Also, in the crew are Tuscadero frontperson Mellie Farris on bass, fellow Magik Marker, John Shaw, on drums and Pete's daughter little Violet Ray on guitar.

Mark Robinson is an indie-rock musician from  Washington, D.C. who founded Teen-Beat in 1984. Best known for founding  Unrest (with Phil Krauth and Tim Moran), he has also been a member of  Air Miami, Flin Flon, Grenadine, and currently plays with Evelyn Hurley  (Blast Off Country Style) in Cotton Candy and also with D. Trevor  Kampmann as Fang Wizard. He has released a number of solo records. His recordings are typically sparse, often based around a carefully controlled guitar.