Rockers recreate the energy of a live concert, online
WHYY By Micky James has created a historical anomaly: a 2020 live rock album. During the pandemic shutdown when all live music venues were shuttered – and remain shuttered still – “Micky James Live at the Met: the Philadelphia Special” was recorded over the winter at the Metropolitan Opera House on North Broad Street, and released in February 2021. The release is an eight-song EP and video performed from the stage of the Met, with its 3,500 seats empty. The four-piece band formed a circle facing each other, with James wrapped in gold-glitter fringe and bell bottoms. He wails and moans...
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