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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

Alan Jackson’s Final Show Breaks Record For Highest-Grossing Concert In History

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff September 3, 2026

A fitting send off for one of country music’s greatest. On Saturday, June 27th, the country music world came together at Nissan Stadium in Nashville to honor Alan Jackson with his star-studded Last Call: One More For the Road – The Finale concert. The concert immediately became one of the hottest tickets of the year — the stadium was packed, the streets were packed and a big video board was placed on Broadway for a public showing. Just about everybody in […]

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“I Wanted An All-Country Act” — NFL Sideline Reporter, Erin Andrews, Says It’s Time For A Country Music Super Bowl Halftime Show

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff September 3, 2026

Sounds good to me. With the news that Nashville will be hosting Super Bowl LXIV in 2030, it’s been widely-anticipated that Music City would be awarded a Super Bowl soon after the completion of the new Nissan Stadium, which is set to open in 2027. Leading up to the announcement, NFL executive vice president of events Peter O’Reilly and Commissioner Roger Goodell, have both openly talked about how excited they are that the Tennessee Titans are getting an upgraded stadium, […]

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“He’ll Pull Up His YouTube”: Lainey Wilson Jokes She Never Saw Her Husband Play In The NFL Ahead Of Her Appearance On ‘College Gameday’

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff September 3, 2026

Lainey Wilson is going to really on her gut and her husband when she makes her College GameDay picks this weekend. College football is officially back. Soon we’ll all be rotting away on our couches on Saturdays and Sundays, consuming an inordinate amount of calories and deleting a concerning amount of beers. It’s a tradition unlike any other, and the tradition that usually kicks off that tradition is turning on ESPN and taking in the lovely program known as College […]

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Basic Folk – Episode 351 – Rachel McCartney

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff September 3, 2026

For 17 years, Rachel McCartney had set aside a music career and all the anxiety and uncertainty that came along with it. If you were at Rachel’s recent album release, you were treated to some Rachel & Brian classics that lit up the WERS Coffeehouse in the early 2000’s. I am so thrilled that Rachel’s released new music and am very excited that she agreed to be on the podcast today.

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