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

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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Remembering The Victims Of Route 91 Harvest Festival With Eric Church’s Gut-Wrenching Performance Of “Why Not Me”

Remembering The Victims Of Route 91 Harvest Festival With Eric Church’s Gut-Wrenching Performance Of “Why Not Me”

It has been 8 years since the devastating attack on Route 91 Harvest Festival took the lives of 60 country music fans, and left hundreds more wounded on October 1, 2017. A 64-year-old man named Stephen Paddock, who we never really ever learned ANYTHING about, rained down over 1,000 rounds on the Las Vegas country music crowd from his 32nd-floor suites in the Mandalay Bay hotel. Headliner Jason Aldean was on stage at the time, and his bass player later […]

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30 New Country Songs That Need To Be On Your Radar – October 2025

30 New Country Songs That Need To Be On Your Radar –  October 2025

There’s a lot of bad out there in this world, but at least we have country music. And there was tons of good country music released in September. That should come as no surprise, though, because the country music scene has been on quite the hot streak for some time now. In just the past few weeks there have been so many amazing album and single releases, and it’s impossible for us at Whiskey Riff to cover every single song […]

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