Local News: Ashburn, VA 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

The Dixie Chicks

The Dixie Chicks News Editors

News Widget

Display the The Dixie Chicks news headlines on your website.

Get the Topix Headlines Widget

Share & bookmark

RSS icon mobile icon

The Dixie Chicks News

News about The Dixie Chicks continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

Yesterday | Switched

When Fans Become Constituents: The Injustice of Being a Non-Political ...

A little over a decade ago, the Dixie Chicks were at the pinnacle of country music.

Comment?

Related Topix: Country, George Bush, W., Texas, Prison, Pop/Rock, The Plastic People of the Universe

Tue Jun 11, 2013

Dallas Morning News

Dixie Chicks founders honored as distinguished alums at Dallas' Greenhill School

Along with 13 Grammy Awards and more than 30 million albums sold, sisters and Dixie Chicks co-founders Martie Maguire and Emily Robison have a new honor for the trophy case.

Comment?

Related Topix: Country, Dallas, TX, Martie Maguire

Fri Jun 07, 2013

WIGM-AM Medford

Court Yard Hounds to Release "Amelita" on July 16

After releasing their self-titled debut, Court Yard Hounds, featuring sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire aka the members of the Dixie Chicks that aren't the career killer known as Natalie Maines, will release their follow up album Amelita on July 16 on Columbia Records.

Comment?

Related Topix: Martie Maguire, Country, Entertainment

Thu Jun 06, 2013

Perez Hilton

Dixie Chicks Sisters Are Back! EXCLUSIVE Listen To Title Track Off New Album, Amelita

If you didn't get your fill last night at the CMT Music Awards , then this EXCLUSIVE nugget of new music will get your boots ready for kickin'! The post- Dixie Chicks group Court Yard Hounds , which features sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire , has a new album coming out this July.

Comment?

Related Topix: Country

Wed Jun 05, 2013

Dallas Morning News

Live from '92, the (original) Dixie Chicks play the Majestic Theatre in this newly restored footage

From the sound of Natalie Maines' recent comments , the Dixie Chicks are no more - at least for the time being, given their respective time constraints and, well, the lack of inspiration, let's say.

Comment?

Related Topix: Country, Dallas, TX

Stuff.co.nz

Album review: Mother - Natalie Maines

When the Dixie Chicks joined the Axis of Evil it killed their country music station playability but the anti-Bush backlash helped them to Grammy success.

Comment?

Related Topix: Country

Tue Jun 04, 2013

RollingStone

Court Yard Hounds Savor 'Sunshine' - Song Premiere

Emily Robison and Marie Maguire pushed through some tough emotional times on their first album as Court Yard Hounds Robison's 2008 divorce, in particular but now the Dixie Chicks offshoot is back with a new perspective on their new album Amelita , which is due out July 16th on Columbia Records.

Comment?

Related Topix: Country, Pop/Rock, Soundgarden, Music, Entertainment

Mon Jun 03, 2013

Morning Star

Natalie Maines - Mother

Dixie Chicks' lead singer Natalie Maines's first solo album is a not unexpected departure from her country roots following the hysterical backlash she received in the US after she attacked the then president George W Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003.

Comment?

Related Topix: Country, George Bush

Sat Jun 01, 2013

Star Tribune

Pop spotlight: Winstock Country Music Festival

Friday-Saturday: We were pretty gosh darn excited about the area debut of the Pistol Annies, that spunky country trio that could take the place of the Dixie Chicks in our hearts and iPods.

Comment?

Related Topix: Pistol Annies, Country, Entertainment

Fri May 31, 2013

RollingStone

Natalie Maines: A Dixie Chick Declares War on Nashville

At a graduation ceremony, one of her favorite teachers offered a mock prediction: She would be elected president of the United States, then get "kicked out of office for excessive talking." For Maines, who instead grew up to be the Dixie Chicks' lead singer, then the most vilified woman in Dixie, and now, at age 38, a fledgling solo artist, the ... (more)

Comment?

Related Topix: Natalie Maines, George Bush, Lubbock, TX, Country, Celebrities, Adrian Pasdar, Music, Entertainment

Billboard

Dixie Chicks Duo Does Double Duty As Court Yard Hounds

A new Court Yard Hounds album is on the way. The post-Dixie Chicks group featuring sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire announced today they will release "Amelita," their sophomore album, on July 16 via Columbia Records.

Comment?

Related Topix: Country, Martie Maguire

Thu May 30, 2013

The Tennessean

Peter Cooper goes to battle with Natalie Maines' 'War on Nashville'

I have tried. Lots of us have tried. I have written over and again about the wrongs done to you by the corporate radio establishment ten years ago, when you and your bandmates in the Dixie Chicks were removed from radio playlists after you made comments critical of then-president George W. Bush.

Comment?

Related Topix: Nashville, TN, Country

LiveDaily News

Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw on the roster for Craven Country Jamboree

Kenny Chesney , Tim McGraw and Dixie Chicks are among the acts slated for the Craven Country Jamboree, Canada's longest-running multi-day music festival.

Comment?

Related Topix: Kenny Chesney, Country

Tue May 28, 2013

Monsters and Critics

Chesney, McGraw, Dixie Chicks and more set for Craven Country Jamboree

Not bad for a seemingly average-guy from Knoxville, TN! ... more Country music icons Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw and The Dixie Chicks are set to join Randy Travis, Phil Vassar, Scotty McCreery, Brantley Gilbert and more at the Craven Country Jamboree - the world's greatest country music festival that runs July 11th - 14th.

Comment?

Related Topix: Country, Knoxville, TN, Music, Entertainment

The Mountaineer Publishing Company

Come support the Pisgah alumni chorus show

When I look back on my time at Pisgah High School, there are very few things that I truly miss, but I would go back to my teens in a second if I could relive the days of singing my heart out on stage with my fellow chorus buddies.

Comment?

Related Topix: Country

Fri May 24, 2013

The Wichita Eagle

Stiefel Theatre announces rest of 2013 concert lineup

Tickets for these new shows, which run through December, go on sale at 9 a.m. May 31 at www.stiefeltheatre.org , ticketmaster.com or by calling 785-827-1998. Mark Selby and Tia Sillers, 8 p.m. Aug.

Comment?

Related Topix: 9, Country, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Blues, Alan Jackson, Lee Ann Womack, Melissa Etheridge, Pop/Rock

Thu May 23, 2013

Paper Magazine

Conan O'Brien Made an Awesome Video Response to Taylor Swift's Video '22'

Conan made a video response to Taylor Swift's music video "22" in which he boards the Straight Talk Express and tells viewers what being 22 is really like.

Comment?

Related Topix: Celebrities, Pop/Rock, Taylor Swift, Country, Hot Chicks

Wed May 22, 2013

The Austin Chronicle

Natalie Maines

Voltaire said, "Originality is nothing but judicious imitation," and with nine out of 10 tracks on Mother being covers, Natalie Maines takes that assertion to heart.

Comment?

Related Topix: Natalie Maines, Country, Pop/Rock, The Pink Floyd, Music, Entertainment

Socialite Life

Tyler Marcum Recreates Interpretive Dixie Chicks...

"When I was 20 I filmed an interpretive dance to Dixie Chicks ' "Landslide" in my college bedroom - and in my underwear.

Comment?

Related Topix: Country

Towleroad

30-Year-Old Man Does Underwear Dance with His 20-Year-Old Self: VIDEO

Tyler Marcum filmed a video of himself doing an interpretive dance to the Dixie Chicks cover of "Landslide" ten years ago, when he was 20.

Comment?

Related Topix: Country