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

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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Appalachian Echoes – Episode Playlist – February 28, 2026

Americana News, PlaylistsBy Jason Falls February 28, 2026

Here’s this week’s playlist, complete with Spotify links so you can find the song you heard on the show you want on your personal playlist! You can send us a request for next week’s show by filling out our contact form, or sending an email to requests@appalachianechoes.com.

“You Will Never Outweigh The Happiness & Unity”: Pat McAfee Sounds Off On Those Criticizing Team USA Men’s Hockey Team

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff February 28, 2026

Pat McAfee is tired of the political division. In the modern day, supporting the United States can be viewed as a political statement (crazy, right?). The former NFL punter and host of The Pat McAfee Show has learned that lesson on multiple occasions. Most recently, the sports personality has come under fire for picking up the tab at a Team USA hockey celebration. As you likely already know, the boys in red, white and blue brought home the gold at […]

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Leon Majcen On His Ambitious Goal To Release 3 Albums Per Year Over The Next 5 Years: “You Can’t Really Lose”

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff February 28, 2026

Leon Majcen is setting out to achieve quite the tall task in the next five years… but he’s already well on his way to reaching his goal for 2026. On the latest episode of the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast (which was actually a double episode), Leon Majcen talked to us about being raised by Bosnian refugee parents, almost quitting music altogether during 2020, his ambitious plans for future music releases, and one of his career goals being that he does […]

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