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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

“We Thought We’d Invite The Guys Too”: SNL Uses Cameos From Team USA Hockey Teams To Take Jab At President Trump

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff March 1, 2026

Saturday Night Live got players from both the men’s and women’s Team USA hockey teams to make a cameo… then cracked a joke about the political tension. By now, I certainly hope that you are aware that Team USA brought home the gold in men’s and women’s hockey. For the first time ever, both programs won gold at the Winter Olympics in the same year. That should be the headline, and that alone should be a uniter. But instead, the […]

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Loretta Lynn’s Granddaughter Expecting Baby No. 2

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff March 1, 2026

Surprise! Emmy Russell, an ‘American Idol’ alum and the granddaughter of Loretta Lynn, is pregnant with her second child. Continue reading…

Now & Then: The Band of Heathens’ Country Sides and the reach of Golden Smog’s Down by the Old Mainstream

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff March 1, 2026

Some bands age like cast iron: the scratches add flavor, and somehow the thing gets more useful the longer you keep it around. The Band of Heathens have always played like they were born in a room where somebody left the Wurlitzer on, the amps warm, and the door cracked for whoever has a harmony part.

Watch Eric Church & Stephen Wilson Jr. Deliver Incredible Stripped-Back Duet Of “Pancho And Lefty” In Austin, Texas

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff March 1, 2026

On Friday night, a capacity crowd packed into Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas to see Eric Church on his Free the Machine tour. As Church has consistently reminded crowds on this tour, he wants it to be all about the music. And on Friday night, that’s what it was: Just 14,000 Friday night soldiers guarded against the world outside – totally focused on the music, with no idea that outside the walls of the arena, the United States and Israel […]

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