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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

This Country Music Star Drank Champagne To Get Through Making Steamy Video With Riley Green

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Riley Green and Carly Pearce (Rick Kern / Getty Images)

Riley Green is an expert at making music videos that are hotter than hot. Take the one he did for “Worst Way.” That is an excellent example, Then he made another racy one for “If I Don’t Leave I’m Gonna Stay.” Green called upon fellow country music star Carly Pearce to help him with it […]

The post This Country Music Star Drank Champagne To Get Through Making Steamy Video With Riley Green appeared first on Wide Open Country.

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REVIEW: Allen Toussaint “Songbook”

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Allen ToussaintAllen Toussaint – Songbook – 2 CD Set This is a pristinely recorded 2-disc set that includes live performances from Joe’s Pub in NYC (2009) of some of Allen Toussaint’s compositions, which were hit songs for countless mainstream artists. Allen recounts that he’ll perform some songs he’s written, some he wishes he’d written, & some […]

The post REVIEW: Allen Toussaint “Songbook” appeared first on Americana Highways.

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BEST OF BLUES: May 2026

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May’s blues offerings feature a trio of powerful blues women. Belgium’s Ghalia Volt may look like a rockabilly queen, but her output is more Mississippi hill country blasted with chunks of bombastic rock. Irish powerhouse Grainne Duffy bemoans heartbreaking situations in a soulful rasp that cuts

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