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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fourteen years is a long time between albums – but that’s exactly the time-span since ‘Taking the Long Way‘ and the new album ‘Gaslighter‘ which’ll appear on May 1st. Not that the Dixie Chicks (Martie Maguire, […]
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