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

New Study Reveals Frightening Reality Of AI Music: 97% Of People Can’t Tell The Difference

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New Study Reveals Frightening Reality Of AI Music: 97% Of People Can’t Tell The Difference

We’re rocketing towards some truly terrifying times in music. In recent years, AI-generated music has become more and more commonplace, and creating it has become more and more accessible. Music created with artificial intelligence is already running rampant on social media platforms like TikTok, and as AI continues to advance, music made solely by machines is becoming harder to distinguish from songs made by real people. This might seem like a mundane issues, but there’s a lot of risk involved. […]

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Nashville Church Offers Free Parking To All (Even Tourists), & Nashvillians Are Hoping That Other Churches Do The Same

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Nashville Church Offers Free Parking To All (Even Tourists), & Nashvillians Are Hoping That Other Churches Do The Same

Now here’s a movement I could get behind. If you’ve visited Nashville recently, or you are one of the 700,000 people that live here, you know that basically all parking comes at a price. Like most other metropolitan areas, the days of free parking – or even cheap parking – are gone. The good ol’ day where musicians and artists could park near Broadway and walk down to make a buck are over, and though there are still free (and […]

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