AMERICANA MUSIC

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

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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.

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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

Koe Wetzel Celebrates 15 Career Gold & Platinum Certifications: “Y’all Some Crazy MF’ers”

Koe Wetzel Celebrates 15 Career Gold & Platinum Certifications: “Y’all Some Crazy MF’ers”

Celebrating some major hardware. The past year has been nothing short of a whirlwind for Koe Wetzel. Beyond releasing his most commercially successful album to date in 2024 with 9 Lives and scoring his first-career #1 hit on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with “High Road” featuring Jessie Murph, the “Good Die Young” singer would also welcome his first child, Woods Madison Wetzel, with longtime girlfriend, Bailey Fisher, back on May 23. Couple becoming a father with experiencing more success than ever […]

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Photographer Captures Picture Of Rare, “1-In-100,000” Piebald Elk In Wyoming

Photographer Captures Picture Of Rare, “1-In-100,000” Piebald Elk In Wyoming

This right here is a 1-in-100,000 elk. It’s not everyday that you get to see an animal out in the wild with a genetic mutation. This photographer out in Cody, Wyoming just so happened to be in the right place at the right time and spotted an incredibly rare piebald elk. The odds of seeing a piebald animal are very low, and there’s a lot that plays into that. Piebald is a genetic condition that causes some portions of the […]

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Ole 60 & Kashus Culpepper Team Up For Phenomenal Cover Of Coldplay’s “Yellow” In Lexington

Ole 60 & Kashus Culpepper Team Up For Phenomenal Cover Of Coldplay’s “Yellow” In Lexington

Doesn’t get better than this. It’s safe to say that it’s been a pretty busy month for Ole 60. Since bursting onto the scene with the viral, now certified gold track, “Smoke & a Light,” in 2023, the Kentucky band has been making waves in the alt. country scene for the better part of two years. And after what felt like years of anticipation, they finally released their debut album, Smokestack Town, just a few weeks ago on October 3rd. […]

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