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

Taco Bell Is Serving up Baja Blast Pie Just in Time for Thanksgiving

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Taco Bell

Taco Bell is offering customers an alternative to the usual pumpkin pie this holiday season.  Starting tomorrow, Nov. 6, the fast food chain will begin offering the Mountain Dew Baja Blast Pie. The neon-colored, citrusy confection is infused with the tropical lime flavor of the popular beverage, which has been a Taco Bell staple for […]

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‘The Voice’ Coach Reveals Pregnancy: “Plot Twist, Mother Is Mothering Again“

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'The Voice'

It’s news so good it’ll turn your chair. Paloma Faith, who served as a coach on The Voice UK in 2016 and later reprised the role on its youth-centered spin-off, The Voice Kids, in 2020, has announced that she is expecting. The singer and actress shared the news on Instagram, posting a photo of herself in a crop […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Country Hitmaker Jason Michael Carroll Is Back With Powerful New Single, “What Ever Happened To Heroes”

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EXCLUSIVE: Country Hitmaker Jason Michael Carroll Is Back With Powerful New Single, “What Ever Happened To Heroes”

Even all these years after he released maybe the saddest country song of all time, Jason Michael Carroll is still tugging at the heartstrings – and issuing a call to action. You probably recognize Carroll for his many of hits of the early 2000s, songs like “Livin’ Our Love Song,” “Where I’m From” (still a banger if you haven’t listened to it lately), and of course the heartbreaking “Alyssa Lies” from 2006. And even after all these years, his powerful […]

The post EXCLUSIVE: Country Hitmaker Jason Michael Carroll Is Back With Powerful New Single, “What Ever Happened To Heroes” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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