T. GRAHAM BROWN AND HALFWAY TO HAZARD HOST ‘APPALACHIA RISES: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER’ TELETHON MONDAY, AUGUST 29TH FROM PRESTONSBURG, KY Monday, August 29th marks one month after disastrous rains tore apart multiple counties in the Appalachian mountains of Eastern Kentucky, killing at least 39 and displacing hundreds more, leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake. ‘Appalachia Rises: Come Hell or High Water’ will help address the ongoing... 

VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Songwriter:  BRIAN WHITE Musician:  RODNEY ATKINS Video:  “Watching You” Brian White is a passionate songwriter. As a writer his songs have earned him 14 Number 1 songs, two Dove Awards for Song of the Year (Michael English & The Martins), SESAC Country Song of the Year & Billboard’s Most Played Song of the Year (Rodney Atkins’ “Watching You”), as well as ACM and CMA nominations.... 

TRACE ADKINS Cowboy’s Back in Town [Show Dog/Universal] Trace Adkins’ new album begins with a punchline about the wah-wah guitar lines that once dominated porn soundtracks (“Brown Chicken Brown Cow”) and ends with a hillbilly brawl (“Whoop a Man’s Ass”). In between, the rest of this underwhelming set might make you forget the fact that Adkins, with his profound baritone, is one of modern country music’s most powerful voices. When...