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

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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

1864 Shipwreck Discovery Could Allow Beer Lovers To Taste Century-Old Guinness Recipe

1864 Shipwreck Discovery Could Allow Beer Lovers To Taste Century-Old Guinness Recipe

Beer drinkers rejoice… thanks to a shipwreck discovery, the world could soon get a taste of 1800s era Guinness. Stefan Panis, an expedition diver and underwater photographer, and Paweł Truszynski, a research diver and historical researcher, are working on one of the most important scientific projects in the history of the world (in my opinion). They recently dove down to the shipwreck of The Mindora – a ship that had set sail on November 27th, 1864 and collided with another vessel […]

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Now & Then: GA-20 with Charlie Musselwhite’s BLUES NOW and the reach of Hoodoo Man Blues

GA-20 and Charlie Musselwhite’s BLUES NOW is built around a simple idea: keep the band lean, leave room in the arrangements, and let the interaction between guitar, harmonica, and voice carry the record. That makes Junior Wells’ 1965 Hoodoo Man Blues a useful predecessor. The two albums come from very different moments, but both treat electric blues as band music first, with little interest in unnecessary studio polish.
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