Taylor Swift photo by Joseph Anthony Baker, courtesy of Big Machine Records.

Taylor Swift’s Journey To Fearless DVD and Blue-ray hit stores today, October 11, and includes 13 performances from her 2010 Fearless Tour as well as exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and home videos from Taylor’s childhood. Taylor herself provides the narrative and some of the performances included are “You Belong With Me,” “Tim McGraw,” “Fifteen,” “Teardrops On My Guitar,” “Today Was A Fairytale,” and “Fearless.”

One of the stories Taylor shares on the DVD is of her first guitar. The guitar sat in a corner of her room until a computer repairman offered to teach her a few chords. Watch this clip from the DVD of explaining how a broken computer led her to pick up the guitar.

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Jake Owen photo by Mark Anthony Jeffries, courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Jake Owen is celebrating his first No. 1 song by holding the top spot on three charts this week. Jake’s latest single, “Barefoot Blue Jean Night,” is the top song on both the Billboard Country Songs and Country Aircheck charts and his new album by the same name, released last week, debuted atop Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart with more than 55,000 copies sold.

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“I’ve never had a No. 1 anything before,” says Jake. “This is an amazing feeling that is hard to describe. I’m just so grateful that I was able to record a song like ‘Barefoot Blue Jean Night’ that truly represents who I am and I’m even more grateful that people liked it. I can’t wait for everyone to hear the rest of the record.” Continue Reading

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Grammy-winning artist Glen Campbell.

Glen Campbell sat down with Terry Moran, co-anchor of Nightline, for his first television appearance since announcing he has Alzheimer’s disease earlier this year. The pair, joined by Glen’s wife, Kim, discussed Glen’s career as well as how he is dealing with his diagnosis as he embarks on his final tour to say thank you to his fans. The Glen Campbell Goodbye Tour is in conjunction with the release of his final studio album, Ghost on the Canvas, to be released August 30.

“I have been blessed, I really have,” Glen said during the interview. “I figured it out that I’m not that bright, but God gave me a break.”

Kim, married to Glen for nearly 30 years, shared how she and their family are coping. “He’ll tell a joke, laugh at it and a few minutes later tell the same joke, laugh, and then we laugh at him because he’s just enjoying it so much,” she said. “You just make the best of each day and try not to worry about tomorrow.” Continue Reading

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Chris Young photo by Randee St. Nicholas, courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Chris Young was never one of those kids who struggled to find their career path. He knew from an early age that music was going to be his meal ticket, although he may not have realized just how big of a star he was going to become. With three No. 1 singles to date and “Tomorrow,” the first single from his new album, Neon, a top 5 hit and climbing, Chris has seen a lot of his career goals come true. He still has one, however, that is in the works.

“My goal is for someone to when I’m done with my music career, which will be when I die, that somebody went, ‘That song was my favorite song,’ ” he told the Tennessean. Continue Reading

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Miranda Lambert photo by Randee St. Nicholas, courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Singer songwriter Miranda Lambert announced today on Good Morning America that her new album, Four The Record, will be released November 1 (11.1.11) on Columbia Nashville. Miranda’s fourth album will be the follow up to her platinum certified, CMA and ACM Album of the Year, Revolution, which yielded the No. 1 singles, “White Liar,” “The House That Built Me,” and “Heart Like Mine,” and the Top 10 “Only Prettier.”

“‘Four The Record’ has so many meanings,” says Miranda. ”I love the play on words and my records always have a little crime in them and this is the fourth record of my career. This album pushes the limits for me in many ways and I collaborate with friends and heroes. It builds on my previous albums with a whole new flair. ‘For The Records’ sake, don’t forget 11/1/11.”

Also this morning on GMA, Pistol Annies, the trio featuring Miranda and singer songwriters Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley performed their song “Hell On Heels” on the show’s Summer Concert Series. “Hell On Heels” is the title track to their 10-song album, which will be released Continue Reading

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Taylor Swift photo by Joseph Anthony Baker, courtesy of Big Machine Records.

Taylor Swift will do the tube on Turkey Day. John Rich is expected to compete on “The Celebrity Apprentice.” And Lady Antebellum and Easton Corbin have the best prospects for a new awards show.

A ton of artists — and one actor — have country-related TV news to pass along.

Here’s the rundown of the genre’s tube talk:

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. photo courtesy of Wortman Works.

The Country Music Association has announced the first group of presenters for The 43rd Annual CMA Awards,” hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, and airing live from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

The first celebrities announced as Awards presenters during “Country Music’s Biggest Night” are NASCAR superstar driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.; stars of ABC’s “The Middle,” Neil Flynn and Patricia Heaton; Julianne Hough; nominee Randy Houser (for both New Artist and Music Video of the Year for “Boots On”); nominee Jake Owen (New Artist of the Year); Kellie Pickler; CMA Award winner LeAnn Rimes; and ABC News’s Robin Roberts, co-anchor of “Good Morning America” and host of the upcoming “Robin Roberts: Bright Lights. Big Stars. All Access Nashville” ABC television special (airing Nov. 10). Continue Reading

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Garth Brooks photo by Mark Tucker, courtesy of Pearl Records.

Oct. 1, 2009 — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and GAC contributes to the cause with a re-airing Saturday of Ultimate Garth: The Ultimate Hits.

 The one-hour special features Garth’s observations about the music and videos that appeared on his Ultimate Hits compilation, which was issued in a special pink edition that raised money for Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Ultimate Garth will also offer information on the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Ultimate Garth airs at 4 p.m. ET Saturday. Other country acts taking part in events on behalf of breast cancer include: Continue Reading

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Carrie Underwood photo courtesy of the Grand Ole Opry; Robin Roberts photo courtesy of ABC.

The Grand Ole Opry is joining the fight against breast cancer this Friday, Oct. 2 with “Opry Goes Pink” — and it’s getting help from ABC’s “Good Morning America” co-anchor, Robin Roberts.

Robin, herself a breast cancer survivor, will be on hand as a special guest announcer for a portion of the night’s first show, introducing acts as well as the Greater Nashville Affiliate Susan G. Komen for the Cure® 2009 Honorary Survivor of the Year Tracie Shelby to the crowd. On each of the night’s shows, Opry superstar Carrie Underwood will take the stage to “flip the switch,” turning the Opry’s signature barn backdrop pink in support of the groups Women Rock for the Cure and Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. The shows will also include performances from Carrie, Terri Clark, Jo Dee Messina, Lorrie Morgan, Mindy Smith, and others as well as special activities recognizing breast cancer survivors and the continuing fight against the disease. Continue Reading

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