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

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

ALBUM REVIEW: With ‘Watterson Hall’, William Clark Green Embraces a Mainstream Sound

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff March 5, 2026

With his seventh album, Watterson Hall, William Clark Green blends old-country stances and new-country sounds, addressing such subjects as love, partying, and feeling down but keeping your chin up. Throughout the fifty-minute set, Green acknowledges the inevitability of hardships while insisting that life is a gift we should never take

From Busker to Believer: The Hard-Earned Songs of Slaid Cleaves

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff March 5, 2026

Slaid Cleaves lives in Wimberley now, tucked into the folds of the Texas Hill Country, playing closer to home, keeping the circle small. The road that once stretched from Maine to Cork to Austin has narrowed. The songs, though, are still wide open. There was a time when he measured success in dollars and survival. […]

Song Premiere: Odd Marshall “Take Me Anywhere”

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff March 5, 2026

Odd Marshall “Take Me Anywhere” Americana Highways is hosting this premiere of Odd Marshall’s song “Take Me Anywhere” from his forthcoming album Seconds, which is set for release on March 6. The album was produced and mixed by Christopher Thorn with additional mixing by RHC music; engineered by Devlin Thorn; and mastered by Philip Shaw […]

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Country Music Now Reigns at #1 in All of Music

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff March 5, 2026

It really is hard to put into words the kind of moment country music is having, and more specifically, the moment country women are having. It’s worth regarding it as unprecedented, because it’s never happened before.

The post Country Music Now Reigns at #1 in All of Music first appeared on Saving Country Music.