an article on floyd, bluegrass and roots tourism

Pulled up by the banjo strings

By Patrik Jonsson Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor - FLOYD, VA. – On a Friday night, the old-time music spills out of the Floyd Country Store and "pickin' parties" spring up along the narrow sidewalks.

Ed Coar, a county worker from Pennsylvania here on vacation, says he's drawn by "that old lonesome sound" of bona fide bluegrass. More...