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

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

ALBUM REVIEW: Joshua Ray Walker Calls His Pain By Name On ‘Ain’t Dead Yet’

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff May 28, 2026

Joshua Ray Walker has slowed down enough to feel what he’s feeling.

The mid-tempo, pensive “Chasing Sunsets” is spacious and melancholy like a War on Drugs tune. It opens with this Texan disillusioned in Hollywood, setting a rattled, twilit vibe for the rest of the tune.

Moonlight Mile – Northern Lights

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff May 28, 2026

Socrates said, “to know thyself is the beginning of wisdom”, and Ben Franklin said, “there are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.” Between them they underscore the fact that self-awareness is a difficult journey, and not one that everybody chooses to take. Kentucky-based singer/songwriter Jonathan Pennington, who goes by […]

On Sam Barber’s AMA Win for Breakthrough Country Artist

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff May 28, 2026

Sam Barber is a contemporary folk artist who has so much more similar in style, sound and approach to the music of Zach Bryan, Noah Kahan, Joshua Slone, and other massive artists that have been dominating charts.

The post On Sam Barber’s AMA Win for Breakthrough Country Artist first appeared on Saving Country Music.

Cody Johnson Teases New Song “Take Me Back (Leave Me There)” & CoJo Nation Can’t Wait

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff May 27, 2026

Cody Johnson has CoJo Nation fired up with this new teaser. It’s been one heck of a 2026 for the “Dirt Cheap Singer” thus far. He won the Entertainer of the Year award at the ACMs earlier in May, and just a month prior, he let fans that have been patiently waiting for two years know that he’s got a new album on the way. Johnson officially announced his 10th studio album, Banks of the Trinity, will drop on Friday, […]

The post Cody Johnson Teases New Song “Take Me Back (Leave Me There)” & CoJo Nation Can’t Wait first appeared on Whiskey Riff.