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APPALACHIAN ARTISTS

Appalachian Echoes is a three-hour, weekly syndicated radio program that highlights the talented artists, songwriters and musicians with ties to Appalachia, as well as the vibrant and growing genre of Americana music which often features the echoes of Appalachian influence. The show focuses on predominantly independent artists and music often overlooked by commercial radio playlists, and fuels a sense of listener loyalty based on home place pride.

Listen Saturdays from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on great radio stations like our home station, WXCC, 96.5 FM. (The button below opens its live stream!)

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RADIO SHOW

Listen live on Saturdays from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on our home station, WXCC – 96.5 FM, in Williamson, W.Va. Click here to open its live stream.

Are you a radio station interested in carrying Appalachian Echoes? Contact us and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

EVENTS

We collect the most comprehensive list of Americana artists playing live within a reasonable drive of Eastern Kentucky, Southern West Virginia and Western Virginia. If your venue’s events are listed, email us!

AMERICANA MUSIC NEWS

NFL Employee Alleges That Dianna Russini & Mike Vrabel Got Handsy At Indianapolis Bar During NFL Combine

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff May 3, 2026

Another allegation connected to the Dianna Russini-Mike Vrable scandal has hit the internet. It’s the sports story that just keeps on giving… even though both parties would probably prefer for it to all go away. The former reporter for The Athletic and New England Patriots head coach were apparently living some double lives in the past five years or so, and it sure seems like they weren’t all that great at hiding it. The avalanche of drama started when photos, […]

The post NFL Employee Alleges That Dianna Russini & Mike Vrabel Got Handsy At Indianapolis Bar During NFL Combine first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

People Are Looking To Buy Out Spirit Airlines and Make It Public

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff May 3, 2026

(Photo by GIORGIO VIERA / AFP via Getty Images)

After Spirit unceremoniously shut down, a grassroots-led effort to make the company publicly owned has took social media by storm.

The post People Are Looking To Buy Out Spirit Airlines and Make It Public appeared first on Wide Open Country.

United Flight Declares Emergency After Passenger Attacks Flight Attendant, Attempts To Enter Cockpit

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff May 3, 2026

(Photo by Matteo Della Torre/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The Delta flight had just landed at Newark Liberty Airport when the passenger started acting out, the wild radio communications revealed.

The post United Flight Declares Emergency After Passenger Attacks Flight Attendant, Attempts To Enter Cockpit appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Now & Then: The Milk Carton Kids’ Lost Cause Lover Fool and the reach of Bookends

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff May 3, 2026

Some duos sing together. The Milk Carton Kids still seem to share one lung. On Lost Cause Lover Fool, Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan return to the close-mic folk architecture that made them feel less like revivalists than custodians of a fragile old machine. The “Then” is Simon & Garfunkel’s 1968 Bookends, a record that proved two voices and sharp writing could carry the weight of memory, aging, distance, and national unease without raising the temperature much above a murmur. Lost Cause Lover Fool was released April 24, 2026, with nine songs on Far Cry Records/Thirty Tigers.