The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Mancil “Manny” Root was very young when he enlisted in the Union Army in 1864. His exact ...

New Kids on the Block, ‘Funky Funky Xmas’ If you make it past ... true meaning of the holiday through the story-song of a little boy who wants to buy his dying mother a pair of shoes for ...

Meanwhile, James Brown is rolling in his grave at the ridiculousness of this tripe being referred to as “funky” anything ... the story-song of a little boy who wants to buy his dying mother ...

Set your pride aside and consider marching to the beat of the Little Drummer Boy’s drum this holiday season. A tune sure to be played throughout many households and stores in the coming weeks ...

This is the story of “The Little Drummer Boy.” First, Lisa Graham, the director of the choral program and a senior lecturer in music at Wellesley College, narrates how Wellesley alumna ...

Once again, the performing arts in Palmer Lake will get Funky this August. Quickly becoming a staple of the arts community in Palmer Lake, the Funky Little Theater ... in this boy-meets-girl ...

Katherine K. Davis, who had graduated from Wellesley College in 1914, wrote what is now known as “The Little Drummer Boy” with inspiration during her nap by a French song, ‘Patapan ...

Hear our Big Drummer Man transform into the Little Drummer Boy live in the studio, just in time for Christmas.

Villagers' main man Conor O'Brien has been joined by Lisa Hannigan for a new cover of 'The Little Drummer Boy' - a song famously covered by many over the years, but most notably David Bowie and ...

Villagers have teamed up with vocalist Lisa Hannigan for a cover of the Christmas classic ‘The Little Drummer Boy’ – check it out below. The serene cover of the festive track comes after the ...

George “Funky” Brown, founding drummer of the great funk and R&B band Kool & The Gang, has died. The Guardian reports that Brown died of lung cancer yesterday in Los Angeles. Brown was 74.

George Brown, founding member and drummer of Kool & The Gang, died Thursday night in Los Angeles, after a battle with cancer. He was 74. Brown, along with founding members Robert "Kool" Bell ...