Little Drummer Boy Challenge

Soundcheck | Dec 6, 2011

Rum-pum-pum…RUN! We find out why hoardes of people are avoiding the familiar chorus of The Little Drummer Boy this holiday season. Plus: A live performance of jazz saxophonist John Ellis’s latest work, which chronicles the epic odyssey… of a garbage barge. And: Pick Three, our holiday edition.

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