The Dixie Chicks News

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.