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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.

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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

THROUGH THE LENS: Earl Scruggs and Bristol Rhythm & Roots 2026 Fests: “Eventually, It All Comes Back To The Roots.”

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff September 29, 2026

This week the the column visits the heart of Appalachia with two roots music festivals: Earl Scruggs Music Festival (September 4-6, 2026, Mill Spring, North Carolina); and Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion (September 11-13, 2026, Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee).

The settings, only 90 miles apart as the crow

Levi Foster on Luxury Road Food and Wanting to Be Johnny Cash

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff September 29, 2026

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Levi Foster, a Rustburg, Virginia native now based in Nashville, recalls writing his first song at 13 in the back of an I Spy book. He talks about framing houses with his dad and brother and living in his van when he first arrived, and shares the one thing he wishes he’d known when he started in music.

Waylon Payne Mines Nashville’s Contradictions, Yet Honors Outlaw Roots on New Album ‘Wayward’

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff September 29, 2026

On a recent Wednesday evening, Waylon Payne stood on the modest stage at East Nashville honky-tonk Skinny Dennis, backed by a four-piece band. Dressed in a rhinestone-dotted Western shirt and worn-in jeans, the Nashville-based singer-songwriter explained that the next song he was set to

Song Premiere: Kyle Kimbrell “Grocery Cart Ordeal”

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff September 29, 2026

Kyle Kimbrell “Grocery Cart Ordeal” Americana Highways brings you this premiere of Kyle Kimbrell’s song “Grocery Cart Ordeal” from his forthcoming album Lonesome In The Sky. The album will be available on Cornelius Chapel Records October 16th 2026. It was produced and mixed by Brad Lyons and mastered by Alex McCollough. “Grocery Cart Ordeal” is […]

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