Editing Mount Airy, North Carolina (section)

===Bluegrass and old-time music===
The home of [[old-time music]] legend  [[Tommy Jarrell]],
bluegrass gospel legends The Easter Brothers, and [[country music|country singer]] [[Donna Fargo]], Mount Airy has a long history with regional music. Mount Airy's [[WPAQ]] is one of the few Bluegrass and Old-Time music stations still operating and has been airing the live radio show Merry-Go-Round from the Downtown Cinema Theatre since 1948. Weekly bluegrass [[jam session]]s at The Andy Griffith Playhouse and the annual [[Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention]] also serve to attract old-time musicians from across the region and the world. [[Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention|The Fiddlers Convention]] first began in 1972, and is held the first weekend in June at Veterans Memorial Park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blueridgemusicnc.com/find-music/event/mount-airy-bluegrass-and-old-time-fiddlers-convention|title=Mount Airy Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention {{!}} Blue Ridge Music Trails|last=www.paleosun.com|first=PaleoSun, Inc. Web Development|website=Blue Ridge Music Trails|language=en|access-date=2018-02-13}}</ref> The [[Blue Ridge Music Center]] with its amphitheater and music museum of old-time music is just a few miles away on the [[Blue Ridge Parkway]] at Milepost 213, near [[Galax, Virginia]]. This area is home to the Round Peak style of old-time music, which started in the Round Peak community, just west of Mount Airy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.verysurry.com/blog/round-peak-old-time-bluegrass |title=Round Peak: The Influence of Surry County to the World of Old-Time Music &#124; Very Surry – Blog |access-date=2014-01-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221193553/http://www.verysurry.com/blog/round-peak-old-time-bluegrass/ |archive-date=2014-02-21 }}</ref>