Articles tagged "dixie chicks"

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

by Sarah Zupko

[4.Jun.09] :. PopMatters is 10 years old this year and we’re celebrating all year by remembering the culture of the year we were born. Look for a special music of 1999 special section in just a few weeks. In...

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Column: Pickin' Down the Line

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

by Bob Proehl

[20.Oct.08] :. 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.

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Dixie-chicked

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Feb.07] :. 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.

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Shut Up & Sing (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Nov.06] :. Still, and to their credit, the Chicks will not shut up.

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Dixie Chicks: Taking The Long Way

by Jeff Vrabel

[22.May.06] :. 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.

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Dixie Chicks: Home

by Jason Thompson

[14.Dec.02] :. Home is a definite top pick for 2002, and certainly kicked country music in its ass once again when it needed it the most.

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Dixie Chicks: Fly

by Mark Zeltner

[1.Nov.99] :. 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.