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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

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.

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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

Country Music Star’s Generosity Uplifts Young Patients at Nashville Pediatric Hospital

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff December 18, 2025

Keith Urban (Jason Kempin / Getty Images)

Keith Urban made some young patients very happy recently. The country music star visited Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, per People. It must have raised the spirits of all who saw him there. He reportedly had a busy and fun time at the renowned medical facility. Urban, 58, presented guitars to […]

The post Country Music Star’s Generosity Uplifts Young Patients at Nashville Pediatric Hospital appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Eric Church, Zach Bryan & More — The Biggest Country Music Tours Of 2026

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff December 18, 2025

Won’t want to miss these. As country music continues to grow seemingly exponentially both here in the United States and worldwide, highlighted by the massive increase of international shows from the likes of superstars, Morgan Wallen, Zach Bryan and Luke Combs, to independent and alt. country staples such as 49 Winchester, Dylan Gossett and Wyatt Flores, it’s becoming harder and harder to keep track of just who’s going where. With the year coming to a close in less than two […]

The post Eric Church, Zach Bryan & More — The Biggest Country Music Tours Of 2026 first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Tyler Hubbard Shares Why Florida Georgia Line Really Broke Up

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff December 18, 2025

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 19: EDITORIAL USE ONLY Tyler Hubbard attends the 59th Annual CMA Awards at Music City Center on November 19, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/FilmMagic)

If you want to know why hip-hop and country music blend so well together, look toward Florida Georgia Line. The duo of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley crossed over into pop music with the 2012 song “Cruise,” which was later remixed with rapper Nelly. The two then dominated radio with sun-splashed party favorites that expanded […]

The post Tyler Hubbard Shares Why Florida Georgia Line Really Broke Up appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Grants Country Music Star Jelly Roll Full Pardon For Past Crimes

Americana NewsBy Echoes Staff December 18, 2025

No longer a convicted felon. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced today that he’s granting a full pardon to Jason DeFord, better known as country music star Jelly Roll, after a recommendation for a pardon was supported by the Tennessee Board of Parole. Jelly has been open about his troubled past: He grew up in Antioch, Tennessee, just outside of Nashville, and through his own estimation has been arrested around 40 times in his life, though the large majority of those […]

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