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

REVIEW: The Claudettes “Garage Glamour”

The ClaudettesThe Claudettes Garage Glamour Well, if this doesn’t have the thrust of elaborate music out of the ‘70s with rock dipped generously in a cauldron of the Mael Brothers of Sparks (“This Town Ain’t Big Enough For the Both of Us”). The Claudettes “(You Are My) Whole World” is stitched with easy-listening populist appeal yet […]

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Music Reviews: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Live from Asbury Park,’ plus the Knack, Iris DeMent, Rachelle Garniez, and R.W. Hampton

Springsteen Asbury Park coverAfter issuing his first album in 1973, Bruce Springsteen spent more than a decade building a deserved reputation as the best live act in rock and roll. During that time, however, his discography consisted solely of studio albums. If you weren’t lucky enough to have seen him in concert, all you knew of his stage […]

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American Aquarium Announces New Shooter Jennings-Produced Album ‘New Ways To Lose’

American Aquarium Announces New Shooter Jennings-Produced Album ‘New Ways To Lose’

American Aquarium is poised for another stellar album in 2026. The North Carolina based outfit has proven over the course of two decades that it doesn’t take a viral TikTok moment to be a mainstay in the music industry. Work your ass off, have songs that can rattle your soul, and melt faces when you get on stage… that’s the recipe that has worked for BJ Barham and the boys. Titled New Ways To Lose, the album’s name was inspired by NC […]

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