A great Christmas song and a beautiful voice can change our entire mood. When we hear Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” we can’t help but feel festive. When I think of “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” it embodies how it feels to be a child excited about the holiday season. Those same feelings of happiness and festivity can bring chills when hearing a live performance from a talented singer.
That is what 12-year-old opera singer Malakai M. Bayoh did with his live rendition of “O’Holy Night.” In the days leading up to Christmas, the United Kingdom’s Classic FM invited Bayoh to perform a duet of the classic Christmas song with Aled Jones, a Classic FM presenter. While both singers were impressive, the young Black boy stole the show. Read more.
