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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

THROUGH THE LENS: California’s Ohana Festival 2026 — “Music & Memories Stay With You Long After the Tide Goes Out”

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff October 6, 2026

This week the column travels to the Ohana Festival (September 25-27, 2026) at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California.

Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder founded the fest in 2016, which is still held at Doheny Beach where Vedder, a surfing enthusiast, rode his first wave. Proceeds from

REVIEW: Christopher Wyze & The Tellers “Naptown Blues”

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff October 6, 2026

Christopher Wyze & The Tellers – Naptown Blues Some albums arrive in clever packaging; this is one. It appears as an old 78 rpm record & packaged in the late ‘20s. Appropriate for the music on the ambitious Naptown Blues (Dropped Oct 2/Big Radio Records/40:06) recorded in Indianapolis & produced by Jim Reilley. Conjured up […]

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ALBUM REVIEW: The Talking Hearts’ ‘Memory Lane’ Puts a Breezy Spin on Bad Behavior

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff October 6, 2026

Toxic lovers. Phony friends. Unreliable narrators. The Talking Hearts’ vibrant Memory Lane is populated by a rogues’ gallery of shifty characters. On its second album, this engaging Boston sextet puts a breezy spin on human failings, telling tales of bad behavior with a flippant verve that makes poor

Miko Marks on Music’s Healing Power and Never Breaking a Guitar String

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff October 6, 2026

Flint, Michigan–born singer-songwriter Miko Marks takes us inside Redtone Records, the red-walled basement studio where she rehearses, in a house tied to the founding of East Palo Alto. She also recalls her first gig, a second-grade show with a $25 fee she never saw, and talks about the day job she still holds as social director at a tennis club.