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

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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.

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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

Rock Artist, Sawyer Hill, Delivers Incredible Cover Of Johnny Cash’s Classic Country Hit “Folsom Prison Blues”

Rock Artist, Sawyer Hill, Delivers Incredible Cover Of Johnny Cash’s Classic Country Hit “Folsom Prison Blues”

Incredible. This might be the best cover of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues,” I’ve ever heard, and it’s by rock artist Sawyer Hill. He released a rendition of the classic country song with a bit of a twist, and while normally I would say we don’t need any sort of cover of such a classic song, this one is incredibly unique and cool. Hill got his start at 15 in the bar scene and venues in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and in […]

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Riley Green’s Reaction To Having A Pair Of Granny Panties Thrown Onstage Is Priceless

Riley Green’s Reaction To Having A Pair Of Granny Panties Thrown Onstage Is Priceless

Well… that’s a new one. Over the last several years, plenty of videos have gone viral of things that ladies have thrown onstage at Riley Green, and it’s no secret that the ladies are very fond him, and he’s absolutely no stranger to having bras thrown at him and I don’t know how some of you afford that, but I digress… Apparently, it got to be such a high volume that his road crew now has a big bin full […]

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Country Singer Publicly Mourns the Loss of His Best Friend and Tour Manager

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – AUGUST 14: Darryl Worley performs onstage at Jeannie Seely’s 5,398th Opry Show: A Public Celebration of Life at Grand Ole Opry House on August 14, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

Darryl Worley has publicly mourned the loss of his best friend and long-time tour manager, Tim Morris, who passed away at age 61.

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