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For the Sake of the Song: Patty Griffin “Truth No. 2”

February 3, 2025 Helen Jones 2

The first time I heard ‘Truth No. 2’ by the eminent Patty Griffin it was, in fact, being sung by The Chicks (who still had the Dixie in front of their name at the time). This […]

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Classic Americana Albums: Dixie Chicks “Taking The Long Way”

June 22, 2023 Peter Churchill 2

Eight years separate the 1998 Dixie Chicks release ‘Wide Open Spaces’, the group’s first album to feature Natalie Maines on lead vocals, and ‘Taking The Long Way’, the first album to follow the infamous 2003 Shepherd’s […]

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Interview: Cam on why a song will take as long as it takes to write

April 14, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Why music is better than psychology at exploring what is really happening with people. West Coast native Cam has taken her time releasing her two major label albums with each one having a gestation period of […]

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Classic Americana Albums: The Chicks “Home”

March 16, 2022 Helen Jones 2

I’m not ashamed to admit that the first time I heard a Patty Griffin song was when it was covered by the Chicks (née Dixie). The band are kind of a gateway drug after all, with […]

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Dixie no more – The Chicks are born

June 26, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

The Dixie Chicks are no more – the band continues, but they are now The Chicks.  It’s a move prompted by the same criticism that caused Lady Antebellum to become Lady A  a fortnight ago. To […]

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Behind the Songs: Chris Stamey “Anything Is Possible”

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North Carolina singer-songwriter and producer Chris Stamey is an indie rock icon with a long and illustrious history, starting in the mid-70s with Mitch Easter in the band Sneakers, then co-founding the avant-pop band The dBs […]

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Interview: Michelle Billingsley on honky-tonkin’ and two-steppin’

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It was a windy, wintry January day in Chicago when June, Michelle Billingsley’s 50-pound Australian Shepherd, jumped up beside her on the couch. “Yeah, she saw me putting on my makeup, which usually means I’m going […]

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Interview: Swarme of Beese finds more poetry in darkness than in light

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The term mutant folk seems to fit. In the band’s early days, before The Victor Mourning emerged from the pupa into an adult Swarme of Beese, their songs elicited unusual receptions. Co-songwriter Lynne Adele recalls performing […]

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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