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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Come join our Facebook Page to engage around topics of interest in the Americana Music and Appalachian Music spaces. Want to hear an emerging artist we may not know about? Contact us and tell us more about them.

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

Nashville Tourism Is Slightly Increasing… But One Country Isn’t Flocking To Music City Like They Used To

Nashville Tourism Is Slightly Increasing… But One Country Isn’t Flocking To Music City Like They Used To

Nashville getting no love from our northern neighbors. Music City continues to be one of the premiere tourist destinations in the United States. 16.9 million people visited Nashville in 2024, and that annual visitor number crept up to 17 million tourists in 2025. That’s not a substantial increase, but it’s an increase nonetheless. People evidently can’t get enough of the pedal taverns, artist-owned bars, hot chicken, and $15 beers. Though millions flock to “Music City” to immerse themselves in the […]

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“It’s Not So Pretty”: ‘Marshals’ Star Logan Marshall-Green Says The End Of The Season Could Spell Chaos For Kayce Dutton

“It’s Not So Pretty”: ‘Marshals’ Star Logan Marshall-Green Says The End Of The Season Could Spell Chaos For Kayce Dutton

If you liked the first episode of Marshals, one of the cast members of the Yellowstone spinoff recently hinted that it’s only going to get better. Last weekend, the Kayce Dutton-focused spinoff that fans have been waiting for finally aired on CBS. The series, which sees Luke Grimes reprise his Yellowstone, navigates the complex life of Kayce Dutton as he faces tragedy in his personal life (the loss of his wife, Monica) and finds himself working as a U.S. Marshal. […]

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“Those Days Were Really Simple”: Leon Majcen Used To Plan His Early Gigs Around Where He Wanted To Fish

“Those Days Were Really Simple”: Leon Majcen Used To Plan His Early Gigs Around Where He Wanted To Fish

Sounds like one heck of a way to lay out your tour schedule. On the latest episode of the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast (which was actually a double episode), Leon Majcen talked to us about being raised by Bosnian refugee parents, almost quitting music altogether during 2020, his ambitious plans for future music releases, and one of his career goals being that he does well enough to give back to his parents. Majcen was born in the Czech Republic to Bosnian […]

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