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.

EVENTS

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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

Landmark Nashville ‘A’ Team Musician and Producer Dies: RIP Jerry Kennedy

NASHVILLE – CIRCA 1975: Producer and former artist Jerry Kennedy poses for a portrait at the Mercury Records studio controll board circa 1975 in Nashville Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)
Jerry Kennedy

Jerry Kennedy has died at the age of 85.  The musician and producer was a member of the “Nashville ‘A’ Team,” a group of session musicians that were known for shaping the “Nashville Sound” from the late 1950s through the 1970s. The news was reported by Saving Country Music. Among his peers were guitarist Chet Atkins, […]

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“He Is Literally Just the Happiest Little Bumblebee”: Bunnie Xo Swoons Over Newly Slim and Sunny Jelly Roll

Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo (Etienne Laurent / Getty Images)

Bunnie Xo is thrilled with the changes in her husband, Jelly Roll. After shedding 300 pounds, he is a new man and she is loving it.

The post “He Is Literally Just the Happiest Little Bumblebee”: Bunnie Xo Swoons Over Newly Slim and Sunny Jelly Roll appeared first on Wide Open Country.

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