Bluegrass Music

C. F. Martin & Co. is the world’s oldest guitar company and the largest acoustic guitar maker in the United States.

Once, a town’s fiddler was more important than its cable provider is today. When he put his bow to the strings, neighbors set aside differences and passed the cider jug, and young people fell in love dancing in time with his tapping boot.

When Drew Luttrell, 8, takes the stage at the Rosine Barn Jamboree to sing Blue Moon of Kentucky, he’s living proof that bluegrass music is alive and well in the hometown of the man who created the musical style in the 1930s.

When Bob Everhart plays Down in the Valley, he hears the voices of pioneers. And those voices have inspired a museum, two halls of fame, and a festival to honor America’s traditional country music.

Galax, Va. is rich in natural beauty and pioneering history, but you can’t linger long without noticing the mountain music.