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How to Take on an Ailing Company—and Make It Hum

When three biz-school-trained entrepreneurs rescued Nashville’s Gibson Guitar Corp., they created jobs —and saved a musical tradition

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The Aria Never Ends in the Opera That’s Casa Verdi

Retired singers, musicians and conductors find a home in Milan, Italy, where a zest for music works like a fountain of youth

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Now Playing in Academe: the King of Rock’n’Roll

At the University of Mississippi, the first annual International Conference on Elvis Presley brought together fans and scholars

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Harmonicas Are…hooty, Wheezy, Twangy and Tooty

They’re from the Old Country, but there’s nothing better for American music, from blues to honky-tonk and the fans are blown away

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