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Joanna Carter The Boot rounds up today's country music news from around the web.

Dawn Sears, a member of the Grammy-nominated band the Time Jumpers, has been diagnosed with Stage 3B lung cancer. Sears, who is also a longtime member of Vince Gill's touring band, and an in-demand background vocalist is currently undergoing treatment in Nashville...

Mississippi-born Texas transplant Jason Eady laments the state of country radio (of the slick, FM variety, that is), in the title track of his recently-released album, AM Country Heaven. The next 11 tracks delivers just what he figures is missing -- old-school country tunes with pedal steel guitar (courtesy of the legendary Lloyd Maines on a few tracks), and other instrumentation of the hardcore c

Patty Loveless dedicated her performance at the Library of Congress Wednesday night (Nov. 16) to her sister, Dottie, who was only 48 when she died of emphysema. Wednesday was National COPD Day (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder), and emphysema is a form of COPD...

Billy Ray Cyrus and Patty Loveless are coming together for a good cause. The singers, together with a panel of music industry experts, will judge a songwriting competition to raise awareness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) touches the life of nearly every American in one way or another. Patty Loveless and Billy Ray Cyrus can both testify to that fact, as each had a family member who suffered from the debilitating disease...

Newcomer Joanna Smith is realizing her childhood dream of being a "professional country singer," by hitting the airwaves with her debut single, 'Gettin' Married,' a song she co-wrote with hit tunesmiths Jeffrey Steele and Tom Hambridge. It's the story of a woman who is the lone holdout while all of her friends are taking a trip down the aisle...

All the proof that Patty Loveless' last name is a misnomer was evident at her September 23 concert at the renowned Birchmere in Alexandria, Va. Almost two hours, four standing ovations and a host of songs after the September 23 show started, an all-ages crowd of fans -- many clutching giant posters and 8 x10 glossies of the 65th member of the Grand Ole Opry -- stood in the drippingly humid night a

Miranda Lambert and Patty Loveless fans who attended their concert on September 11 -- which also included Craig Mogran -- had a special treat when the pair performed two duets. Miranda invited Patty to join her on 'The House That Built Me,' and then joined Patty when she sang her song 'Halfway Down...

The fountain of youth just may be located in Nashville, judging by some of its most famous faces. Country music's hottest women over 40 look as good now -- if not better -- than they did in their 20s! We spotlight the country songbirds who keep the clock away naturally, through both healthy habits and attitude...