The History of Country Music in Ashland KY 

Ashland offers Numerous Attractions.
The Paramount Arts Center is offering special music and comedy entertainment.
Check out the Art Alley behind the Visitor's Center on Winchester Ave.
Shopping is plentiful in downtown Ashland and at the Ashland Town Center Mall.
Entertainment occurs frequently at Broadway Square.
Lodging is provided according to your preference, with the new Delta Hotel by Marriott downtown, the Governor's Inn Bed & Breakfast, along with the Quality Inn, Bluegrass Inn, Ashland Inn, and the Budget Inn.
Ashland to Louisa
The city of Ashland, located in the northeast corner of Kentucky on the border with West Virginia, is one of the state's historic coal mining and industrial centers. The Judds and Billy Ray Cyrus grew up in the Ashland area, and local music traditions play on at places like the Paramount Art Center. Originally an early 1930s movie house, the Art Deco-style theater is now a premier performance venue, hosting everything from national touring acts to local theater productions.
Home to spectacular mountain scenery and stars like Loretta Lynn and Chris Stapleton, this classic Kentucky road trip will sing through your memories long after your journey has ended.
Country Music Highway sign For country music fans, the hills and hollers surrounding U.S. 23 are hallowed ground. Music and storytelling traditions run deep in this part of Kentucky, which has produced more hit country artists than any other region per capita, including Loretta Lynn, Crystal Gayle, The Judds, Chris Stapleton, Billy Ray Cyrus, Tom T. Hall, Ricky Skaggs, Keith Whitley, Dwight Yoakam and Patty Loveless.
This scenic roadway rambles through seven counties in far Eastern Kentucky, hugging the border of West Virginia and passing by some of Kentucky's most beautiful state parks. Stop at museums that celebrate everything from music to coal mining, see a show at an iconic music venue or two, and take in the views from a site dubbed the "eighth wonder of the world." Who knows? You just might be inspired to write your own hit tune.