Dixie Chicks

Dixie Chicks Singer Sued For Defamation

AP | CHUCK BARTELS | Posted 12.04.2008 | Entertainment


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines is the target of a defamation lawsuit by the stepfather of one of three 8-year-old boys s...

A Post-Thanksgiving Cornucopia: World AIDS Day, The Birth of (RED)WIRE, Milk and Prop 8

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.01.2008 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

The new online digital magazine (RED)WIRE will sponsor a series of unique performances by artists such as U2 and Sheryl Crow, in its bid to help fight AIDS.

Home: Finding Out Just Where That Is

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living


Cathleen Falsani

In hindsight, I'm certain I was in shock. Shaken. Utterly broken. I turned on the radio dial to Chicago's WXRT as I drove and heard a familiar voice singing.

BOO!! Two Spine-Tingling Tales Of Terror

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

[Today's Hallowe'en column is in two ghastly parts -- one frightful, fingernail-chewing tale for each side of the corpse-ridden and zombified politica...

Culture Zohn: Lessons from Lenny

Patricia Zohn | Posted 09.25.2008 | Entertainment


Patricia Zohn

2008-09-25-BernsteinconductingbyWalterStrateStudioCourtesyoftheNewYorkPhilharmonicArchivespull.jpg Let's hope in the current economic meltdown, we find a way to keep our artists and composers close to home.

Steal This Booking

John Marshall | Posted 09.19.2008 | Entertainment


John Marshall

Everybody doesn't "get" freedom of speech. The first time that hit home was when Bill Maher got fired. The second time was when the Dixie Chicks got kicked out of country music.

Lionsgate Too Cheap For New Dixie Chicks Song

New York Post | Posted 09.11.2008 | Entertainment


THE Dixie Chicks wrote and recorded the red-hot title track for the new indie flick "The Lucky Ones" - but you won't hear a single note of it when th...

Dixie Chick Emily Robison Divorces After "Conflict Of Personalities"

AP | Posted 08.07.2008 | Entertainment


SAN ANTONIO — Dixie Chick Emily Robison and her husband, singer Charlie Robison, have divorced. The San Antonio Express-News reported that Char...

Not Ready To Make Nice, Redux

R.T. Eby | Posted 05.26.2008 | Home


R.T. Eby

Natalie Maines and The Dixie Chicks were vilified for criticizing a U.S. political figure and his policies on foreign soil. Oh the outrage! But didn't Bush just do the same thing from the well of the Israeli Knesset?

Country Music Star Collin Raye Sings for Evolution-denier Mike Huckabee

Jackson Williams | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics


Jackson Williams

Unlike the torrent of negativity unleashed on the Dixie Chicks in 2003, there will probably be little or no fallout from Raye's decision to publicly support Mike Huckabee.

Dixie Chick Starts Defense Fund For Convicted Killers

Fox News | Roger Friedman | Posted 12.03.2007 | Entertainment


The Dixie Chicks have a new controversy on their hands. In particular, lead singer Natalie Maines has started a defense fund for three Arkansas men th...

Banning Desmond Tutu is NOT Minnesota Nice. It's Downright Icky.

Coleen Rowley | Posted 10.08.2007 | Politics


Coleen Rowley

How in the heck could we have gotten so quickly to this dark place of blacklisting and suppression of academic freedom?