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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Come join our Facebook Page to engage around topics of interest in the Americana Music and Appalachian Music spaces. Want to hear an emerging artist we may not know about? Contact us and tell us more about them.

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

Johnny Cash Estate Takes Legal Action Against Coca-Cola Company, Tests New ELVIS Act

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Johnny Cash (Beth Gwinn / Getty Images)

Johnny Cash, the intensely-admired country icon known as the Man in Black, died in 2003 at 71. Now, long after he passed away, his estate is reportedly suing the Coca-Cola Company, per Newsweek. According to the outlet, the lawsuit “alleg[es] that the beverage maker used an unauthorized imitation of the late singer’s voice in a […]

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It’s Black (Bear) Friday When a Four-Legged Visitor Takes Leisurely Jaunt Around Shopping Village, Comes Close to Children

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Black bear (Wolfgang Kaehler / Getty Images)

What would you expect to see in a shopping village at Christmas? Holiday decorations perhaps, maybe a Christmas tree with lights or a Santa Claus with excited little kids on his lap. Those are all realistic possibilities, but a black bear walking around, poking and sniffing at anything he sees, is not. That is what […]

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