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.

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

Donald Trump’s Relative Disputes His Assertions About What He Did Regarding 9/11

Americana News
Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Friday will mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on this nation. That day stands as one of the very darkest in our long history. Thousands of people lost their lives at the World Trade Center in New York, at the Pentagon, and in a plane that crashed in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania. […]

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Hall of Fame Boxer Dies at 83

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Two-time world champion boxer Ismael Laguna has died
WBC

Ismael Laguna, one of five Panamanian boxers inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, died Tuesday, TMZ reported. He was 83. “Panamanian boxing is in mourning,” the sports organization stated in a social media post. The cause of death was not immediately reported, although Laguna had been hospitalized in recent days. Affectionately known as […]

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Man Found Guilty of Attempting To Kill Wife After Being Stopped by Waiter

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A heroic waiter stopped a lawyer from shooting his wife at a restaurant opening
Waiter

Football season is around the corner, and a heroic waiter delivered a life-saving tackle worthy of an NFL tryout. A tense moment when an infuriated Ohio lawyer stormed into a restaurant and tried to shoot his ex-wife at point-blank range was captured on surveillance. When Matthew Exton, 43, pulled the trigger, the gun jammed because […]

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