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THREE MUSICIANS AMONG 2014 USA FELLOWS
United States Artists (USA) has announced 34 new USA Fellows for 2014 including three musicians: Nashville-based bluegrass/newgrass banjoist Alison Brown; Durham-based trombonist, ethnomusicologist, and jazz educator Daoud A....

WORKING OUT OF A BIG BAG
“I’m working out of a big bag – maybe too big,” says Daoud Haroon in his Magnum Street apartment. Daoud Haroon is interviewed by Cliff Bellamy for the Herald Sun newspaper, read the full interview HERE

DUKE ELLINGTON: MAN, MYTH, MUSIC & THE ETERNAL SACRED
Despite cold and rainy weather the program went well - the hall was filled to capacity and many left with bright smiles on their faces.

FROM SHOE SHINER TO ETHNOMUSICOLOGIST
Daoud Haroon is interviewed on WUNC 91.5, listen to the interview about his life HERE.

IF YOU LOVE A THING – IT WILL REVEAL IT’S SECRETS TO YOU
The great Horticulturist and Philanthropist Dr. Luther Burbank once drove cross-county in his Rolls Royce to visit Dr. George Washington Carver at his humble greenhouse at Tuskegee. He implored Dr. Washington to explain how he had made so many inroads and discoveries...

A SON OF ROXBURY RECOGNIZED
Stone Blues and Beyond: A Son of Roxbury Recognized. An online article about Daoud Haroon's musical life: http://troystreet.com/tspots/2014/12/23/stone-blues-and-beyond-a-son-of-roxbury-recognized/

DURHAM KWANZA NEW YEARS DAY 2015
The GIFT OF KWANZA: Lesson this year - as it has been for many years, is That we cannot discard, reject or jettison any single person or spiritual group in our community. We are learning to tolerate and accept each other for who and what we are. We are learning ever...