Gallant: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

January 30, 2017, Suraya Mohamed When Christopher Gallant was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 list, the testimonial came from none other than Elton John, who said, When I hear his voice, I just lose The two even performed Gallant s song Weight In Gold together back in September. Gallant performed a strippeddown version of that hit when he came to the Tiny Desk earlier this month, and preceded it with another of his bestknown songs, Skipping Written with Jhené Aiko, that tune radiates sultry intensity and passion; here, the talented Dani Ivory (who s performed as a touring member of Imagine Dragons) sits in for Aiko. Ology, Gallant s 2016 debut, is up for a Grammy next month for Best Urban Contemporary Album and another of its falsettodriven highlights opens this threesong set. On the record, Bourbon is produced with a funky, oldschool, Princelike drum track, but here, a steady drum beat grounds the hypnotic song just as well, if not better. Best of all, Bourbon gets a welc