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.

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

Remember When Eric Church Accidentally Started A Feud With Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton After His Comments On Reality Singing Competition Shows?

Remember When Eric Church Accidentally Started A Feud With Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton After His Comments On Reality Singing Competition Shows?

I mean, it seems like he was right? I remember when reality singing competitions first burst onto the scene back in the early 2000s. Believe it or not, back then American Idol was the biggest show on TV. The first few seasons of the competition, Idol was a certified cultural phenomenon and gave us some massive superstars like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood. It also inspired spinoffs like Nashville Star, which launched the careers of artists like Miranda Lambert, Chris Young and Kacey Musgraves, and of […]

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A Tourist Tried To Feed a Black Bear in Tennessee and Lived To Tell the Tale in an Act of Careless and “Mind-Blowing” Behavior

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA – 2025/09/04: An American black bear (Ursus americanus) is walking at low tide along the shoreline at Cameron Cove in Barnard Harbor, Princess Royal Island, Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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There are two simple rules when it comes to black bears: Pretty simple, right? However, some people are still unaware of this, including a group of visitors to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Someone from the city, located next to the Smoky Mountains National Park, where an estimated 1,500 black bears live, recorded a woman blatantly disregarding these […]

The post A Tourist Tried To Feed a Black Bear in Tennessee and Lived To Tell the Tale in an Act of Careless and “Mind-Blowing” Behavior appeared first on Wide Open Country.

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Influencer Raises $1.5 Million To Help 88-Year-Old Army Veteran Retire From His Grocery Store Job

Influencer Raises $1.5 Million To Help 88-Year-Old Army Veteran Retire From His Grocery Store Job

The power of social media and the internet on display In the many stories that I’ve written, I’ve often touched on the negative aspects of social media. The disconnection, the overwhelming negative discourse, and the consistent comparison that people put themselves through… sometimes you wonder if it’s all even worth it? But then you see a story like this, and not only does it give you the feeling that social media’s existence garners some positivity, it also lets you know […]

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