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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

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

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

Americana Awards: Chris Stapleton Fronts The Heartbreakers in First Reunion Since Tom Petty’s Death

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff September 16, 2026

Together again for the first time in a long, long time. Tonight at the 25th Annual Americana Honors & Awards, Tom Petty’s band, The Heartbreakers, reunited for the first time in nearly a decade with the great Chris Stapleton filling in as frontman at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The band received the Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award tonight as well. Original Heartbreakers Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Stan Lynch and Ron Blair shared the stage for the first time all as […]

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Whitey Morgan Announces First New Album in 8 Years, “Hell on the Highway”

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff September 16, 2026

It’s been a long time coming. But really, it’s been that way for most every Whitey Morgan album. He might not be the most prolific artist. But those that have followed him know he’s the premier torchbearer for Outlaw country.

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Watch: Hikers Back Up & Let Monstrous Family Of Bears Take Over Alaskan Trail

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff September 16, 2026

Best to let the family of bears have the right of way. Coming face-to-face with one bear on a hiking trail is bad enough. Running into three bears while you are out in the great outdoors? That’s about as unlucky of a nightmare scenario as there is. This wildlife expedition guide – and Alaska bear guide – named Brooke Bartleson recently lived through that nightmare. Though I suppose if she’s an Alaskan bear guide… an encounter like this is part […]

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Rock Band Cancels Festival Appearances After Frontman Suffers Severe Eye Injury

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff September 16, 2026

Ambulance — Jimmy Eat World lead singer suffered a detached retina

Jimmy Eat World is cancelling their upcoming festival appearances after its frontman was nearly blinded. Jim Adkins, the band’s lead singer, announced Tuesday, Sept. 15, that he suffered a detached retina and underwent surgery. The 50-year-old rocker said that the health scare began shortly before Jimmy Eat World was scheduled to perform at Warped Tour […]

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