The Atlantic Cities: Music puts Kalamazoo on the map
As part of the mapping of the geography of music in America, Richard Florida says: “Other smaller metros that do better than expected are Kalamazoo, Michigan (the former home of the Gibson guitar factory, founded in 1902, and the site of some major classical music festivals) at 8th overall.”
That’s music to our ears.
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