Tuesday, November 16 2010

Dixie Chicks: The Essential Dixie Chicks

By Omar Kholeif

This is an evocative selection that captures a profound recent history not only in the Dixie Chicks’ career, but in the recent history of female country music.

Thursday, June 4 2009

Dixie Chicks - “Goodbye Earl” (music of 1999) (video)

By Sarah Zupko

Monday, October 20 2008

Countrypolitik: What’s Right and What’s Left About Country Music

By Bob Proehl

At a first glance, country music seems traditionally allied with the sort of down-home, small-town ethics and values touted by the Republicans. But the politics of country music has never been a simple red or blue.

Tuesday, February 20 2007

Dixie-chicked

By Cynthia Fuchs

Introducing the Chicks' Grammys performance, Joan Baez called them "three brave women who are still 'not ready to make nice.'" It may be the long way, but it's the right way too.

Monday, November 20 2006

Shut Up & Sing

By Cynthia Fuchs

Still, and to their credit, the Chicks will not shut up.

Monday, May 22 2006

Dixie Chicks: Taking The Long Way

By Jeff Vrabel

It's impossible to ignore that in 2006, fully 70 percent of the country is ashamed of the president, and the Chicks return to a landscape almost the mathematical opposite of the one they faced in 2003.

Saturday, December 14 2002

Dixie Chicks: Home

By Jason Thompson

Home is a definite top pick for 2002, and certainly kicked country music in its ass once again when it needed it the most.

Monday, November 1 1999

Dixie Chicks: Fly

By Mark Zeltner

Fly illustrates that the Dixie Chicks have successfully figured out how to push the boundaries of country music while continuing to embrace the traditional sound of its past.