Hopes and Fears About The Forthcoming Dixie Chicks Album
A new album by the Dixie Chicks is on the way, and it's no longer a matter of "if," but "when." Recent social media posts confirm the trio is working in the studio with super producer Jack Antonoff,...
View ArticleConfederate Railroad Gets Dixie Chick’d from Fair Because of Name
Outlaw country and Southern rock group Confederate Railroad has been removed from playing at the Illinois State Fair in Du Quoin this August due to the band's name. Originally scheduled to perform with...
View ArticleTaylor Swift Goes (Kind Of) Country (Again) w/ “Soon You’ll Get Better”
"What is this?!? Taylor Swift ain't country, and the Dixie Chicks are commies!" Yeah yeah. Roll off it. We can be adults here and discuss a Taylor Swift song if it's deemed interesting or necessary....
View ArticleNatalie Maines Confirms New Dixie Chicks Album “Gaslighter”
We've known for a while that a new Jack Antonoff-produced album from the Dixie Chicks was on the way. Now we have a title, and more details behind what motivated the upcoming record. In a recent...
View ArticleReview –“Country Music” by Ken Burns, Final Recap
If you're a country music fan and are disappointed that your favorite artist didn't get enough screen time in the Ken Burns film on country music, well guess what, your favorite genre did, and by the...
View ArticleOn The Removal of Riley Green’s “Bury Me in Dixie”
Last week, Riley Green's song "Bury Me in Dixie" disappeared from streaming services and other music outlets unannounced. Very similar to the situation involving Confederate Railroad, the backlash from...
View ArticleNo, Don’t Put Dolly Parton in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (Yet)
But Dolly Parton doesn't deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, at least not at the moment when there are so many other women and men waiting in the wings that are much more deserving, and...
View ArticleDestroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
The comments at the concert beginning a Dixie Chicks world tour sparked off possibly the biggest black balling in the history of American music. Spoken 10 days before the beginning of the Iraq War, the...
View Article9 Women Who Could Immediately Make Country Better
We've talked about 7 Men Who Could Immediately Make Country Music Better, now let's take a look at 9 women who could do the same. It's been well documented that here in 2013, the women of country are...
View ArticleThe Greatest Feuds in Country Music History
The last few weeks might go down in history as one of country music's most feud-laden moments. Though country music feuding may be on a sharp rise here recently, it is not an uncommon or recent...
View ArticleCharlie Robison Sets The Perfect Vibe on “High Life”
Don't be spooked too much by the Haight-Ashbury circa 1967 album cover on this record. There's no acid trips or space jams inside, though in its own way the cover conveys the laid back mood that the...
View ArticleTim McGraw Stirs Gun Debate Over Sandy Hook Charity Appearance
The announcement of the Tim McGraw benefit concert blended in with all the regular country music news on Monday---a day usually reserved for the distribution of such press releases, until the...
View ArticleThe Dixie Chicks Are Officially Back – Announce Major North American Tour
So here's some North American dates the Dixie Chicks just announced to go along with some European dates announced previously. I guess that means the Dixie Chicks are officially back. So be joyous, or...
View ArticleTicket Sales for Dixie Chicks’ U.S. Tour Already Declared “HUGE!”
On November 16th when the Dixie Chicks announced their first United States tour dates in nearly a decade, and after the 2003 fiasco that ensued after Natalie Maines' comments about George Bush, the big...
View ArticleAn Ode to Robby Turner: Country Music’s Man of Steel
Just like Dave Cobb, and just like Chris Stapleton before him, Robby Turner has been working for years behind-the-scenes, at the side of the stage, or in the studio, while others soaked up the...
View ArticleDixie Chicks Unnecessarily Enter The Political Fray Again with Donald Trump...
The Dixie Chicks have personally and purposefully decided to dip their toes once again into the political fray, as opposed to sticking to what people come to their concerts for and what they do best:...
View ArticleAlbum Review –“Sinner” by Aaron Lewis
If you want your musical experience in life to be the most fulfilling and enjoyable, then you have to be without prejudice when approaching music. There are many reasons on paper that one might decide...
View ArticleThe World Series and Beyonce Upstage the 50th CMA Awards Before They Even Begin
All of a sudden what felt like a massive event a few weeks ago now feels deflating, while there is a very real concern that low ratings will be translated by the CMA's as a sign that nobody wants to...
View ArticleThis Country Music Is Racist / Beyonce Bullshit (A Rant)
I told you booking Beyoncé was a bad idea CMA's. Now you're a racist reprobate in the eyes of the politically-charged Millennial entertainment media and sycophantical pop diva worshipers who will nail...
View ArticleSong Review –“Gaslighter” by The Dixie Chicks
"Hey, so what does everyone think about American politics?" That's basically the anthill you're kicking over whenever you invoke the name of the Dixie Chicks, even though their music was never really...
View ArticleSong Review – Margo Price’s “Twinkle Twinkle”
Margo Price will release her latest record called That's How Rumors Get Started on May 8th after moving on from Jack White's Third Man Records to Loma Vista, an imprint of Concord Records. Margo...
View ArticleNo, The New Dixie Chicks & Willie Nelson Albums Aren’t Being Released
Friday, April 24th was supposed to be a big day in country music, with the long-anticipated release of the first Dixie Chicks record in 14 years called 'Gaslighter,' and a much-anticipated new record...
View ArticleSam Hunt – The Favorite “Country” Toy of Pop Writers
Beyond making a really bad amalgam of derivative and formulaic rap pop by ripping off the styles of Drake and trap beat artists to only then turn around and sell it as country to the gullible masses,...
View ArticleOn Lady Antebellum Changing Their Name to “Lady A”
Adult contemporary country trio Lady Antebellum will no longer be known by the name they've toured and recorded music under for some 14 years. Announced on Thursday (6-11), they have decided to shorten...
View ArticleThe Chicks Drop “Dixie”& Drop Out of Country on “March March”
Similar to the recent move by Lady Antebellum to change their name to Lady A, the concern with The Chicks is not the name change specifically, but the slippery slope it presents toward what language...
View ArticleAlbum Review – The (Dixie) Chicks –“Gaslighter”
here is so much to distill when simply broaching the subject of the trio formerly known as the Dixie Chicks, it really dissuades one from wanting to start the conversation at all, like speaking...
View ArticleDolly Parton Did Not Support the Black Lives Matter Movement
Despite video evidence to the contrary, and no evidence whatsoever in the affirmative, multiple media outlets continue to report that Dolly Parton pledged her support to the Black Lives Matter...
View ArticleSongwriter Stefanie Joyce Wants To Save the Murder Ballad
Murder ballads are indelible part of country music history, from the earliest recording from The Carter Family, all the way to today with Ashley McBryde's latest radio single "Martha Divine." The roots...
View ArticleReconsidering Alan Jackson’s “Where Were You (When The World…)”
Alan Jackson didn't want to capitalize off the tragedy, and admitted being reluctant to record and perform it at all. Jackson said that after September 11th, he immediately wanted to write a song about...
View ArticleEnd of an Era: On Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis Announcing Split
Texas music couple Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis announced the end of their marriage late last week, and with everything else going on, it may have been easy to miss the news, or to maybe gloss over...
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