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📌 #2 Added to playlist:
"You Were Mine" by The Chicks
#TheChicks #WideOpenSpaces #YouWereMine
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#TheChicks played in #Nashville last night. After playing news clips of what #American #media said after they criticized #GeorgeWBush during a concert in #Europe - during the #Iraq quagmire.
Then they said “After all these years we never thought we would say that now we’re embarrassed the president of the United States is from the United States!”
The place went WILD!
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The Chicks review – exquisite harmonies and hard-won vindication in anniversary show https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/13/the-chicks-new-york-concert-review #TheChicks #Country #Music #Culture #NewYork #PopAndRock #UsNews
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The Chicks review – exquisite harmonies and hard-won vindication in anniversary show
By Adrian HortonBeacon Theatre, New YorkTwo decades after country music blacklisted the band for their Iraq war protest, the trio celebrate their unapologetic album Taking the Long Way
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/13/the-chicks-new-york-concert-review
#TheChicks #Country #Music #Culture #NewYork #Popandrock #USnews #TheGuardian #AdrianHorton
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📌 #2 Added to playlist:
"Cowboy Take Me Away" by The Chicks
#TheChicks #Fly #CowboyTakeMeAway
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📌 #1 Added to playlist:
"Long Time Gone" by The Chicks
#TheChicks #Home #LongTimeGone
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'The Chicks’ biggest UK chart hit offers the perfect example of why their fourth album, Wide Open Spaces, catapulted the former bluegrass/western-swing combo to superstardom: beautifully turned songwriting, a fresh pop sheen that didn’t overwhelm their audible country bona fides, impressively tough and salty lyrics and – in their new vocalist Maines – the ideal voice to deliver them'
#country #nashville #music #TheChicks
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/sep/24/the-chicks-20-greatest-songs-ranked
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George Bush, murder and nautical infidelity: the Chicks’ 20 greatest songs – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/sep/24/the-chicks-20-greatest-songs-ranked #TheChicks #Music #PopAndRock #Culture #Country
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George Bush, murder and nautical infidelity: the Chicks’ 20 greatest songs – ranked!
By Alexis PetridisAs the country trio once known as Dixie Chicks celebrate 20 years of their album Taking the Long Way, we count down the best of their catchy, sometimes controversial catalogue
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/sep/24/the-chicks-20-greatest-songs-ranked
#TheChicks #Music #Popandrock #Culture #Country #TheGuardian #AlexisPetridis
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Fly
#TheChicks #dixiechicks #fly #90smusic #countryrock #americana #goodbyeearl #country #music #musicsky #musiciansky #nataliemaines #emilystrayer #martiemaguire Raise a toast of Tennessee Ham and Strawberry Jam -- The Chicks release Fly on August 31, 1999. Coming off the monsterWide Open Spaces album in '98, Fly debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold over 11M records. Natalie, Martie and Emily were not only dominant forces in modern country but now pop as…
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Weekend recap: watched the Vikings lose at U.S. Bank (yesterday), test-rode an ALSO e-bike (Rivian’s spinoff, and yes I want one), took a nap on the deck, and now I’m at Target Field for Lady A, the Chicks, and Tim McGraw. Two stadiums, one nap. Balanced.
Minneapolis is doing a lot this weekend and so am I. And just 48 hours ago I was in Georgia (the country 🇬🇪)
#Vikings #SKOL #eBike #TargetField #TimMcGraw #TheChicks #LadyA #MinneapolisMN
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Happy Pride!!!
We've got a BRAND NEW PODCAST for paid subscribers ($5 and up) called Songs That Made Me Gay! In our very first episode, Jessye DeSilva shares how the Chicks, Hole, and Stevie Knicks had a profound impact on her growth as a woman and a musician.
http://www.rainbowrodeomag.com
#QueerCountry #Americana #CountryMusic #RootsMusic #LGBTQMusic #QueerMusic #LGBTQMusician #TransMusic #TransMusician #lgbtq #trans #transgender #podcast #podcasts #FleetwoodMac #Hole #TheChicks
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Here’s to the Chicks as the Band of the Sesquicentennial, as Group Performs First U.S. Show in Three Years at SoCal’s Yaamava’ Theater: Concert Review
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Here’s to the Chicks as the Band of the Sesquicentennial, as Group Performs First U.S. Show in Three Years at SoCal’s Yaamava’ Theater: Concert Review
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Natalie Maines, da banda The Chicks, critica Donald Trump, chamando-o de “va*** feia” após a criação de um fundo secreto para aliados
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Posted this a while back. Still hits, still not ready ❤️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc84Qk7f-pg
#TheChicks #NotReadyToMakeNice #JimmyKimmel #Music #LiveMusic #MusicVideo
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The Chicks Are Ready to Make Tour Plans, With ‘Taking the Long Way’ 20th Anniversary Theater Outing Set for Fall
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NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==
The Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nicehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pojL_35QlSI#arts #art #music #protestmusic #left #liberal #gratefuldreadsets #kyndmix #dissent #GetUpStandUp #resist #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #TheChicks #SupportIndependentMedia
https://mastodon.social/@VerdantSquareRadio/116387187794785704
#news #arts #left #commentary #radio #publicradio #community #progressive #green #kyndmix #vsn #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft
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Driver Who Killed the Dixie Chicks’ Original Singer Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Causing Head-On Crash
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Driver Who Killed the Dixie Chicks’ Original Singer in Head-On Crash Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
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"Not Ready to Make Nice" is a song co-written and performed by American #countryMusic trio #TheChicks (then known as Dixie Chicks). It was released on March 20, 2006, as the first single from the band's seventh studio album, #TakingTheLongWay. The Chicks wrote the song in response to the #backlashTheyExperiencedIn2003 after criticizing President #GeorgeWBush. "Not Ready to Make Nice" remains The Chicks' biggest hit in #Canada.
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Now on Verdant Square Radio:
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#Arts #Art #Music #Protestmusic #Left #TheChicks #Brandicarlile #Gratefuldreadsets #Kyndmix #Dissent #Getupstandup #Resist #Vsn #Radio #Diversespectrumoftheleft #SupportIndependentMedia
#VerdantSquareRadio #vsn #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia
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Wide Open Spaces
January 27, 1998 ~ The Chicks release their fourth album -- their first with Natalie Maines out front. Wide Open Spaces becomes their break-through album garnering multiple Grammy Awards including Best Country Album. It went on to win the Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year and was added to the United States National Recording Registry in 2024 for preservation. Listen to Wide Open Spaces by The Chicks on Amazon Music ... #thechicks…
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"Not Ready to Make Nice" is a song co-written and performed by American #countryMusic trio #TheChicks (then known as Dixie Chicks). It was released on March 20, 2006, as the first single from the band's seventh studio album, #TakingTheLongWay. The Chicks wrote the song in response to the #backlashTheyExperiencedIn2003 after criticizing President #GeorgeWBush. "Not Ready to Make Nice" remains The Chicks' biggest hit in #Canada.
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How Brandi Carlile’s Girls Just Wanna Weekend Has Become the World’s Warmest Music Festival: It’s Not Just the Tropical Temperatures
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How Brandi Carlile’s Girls Just Wanna Weekend Has Become the World’s Warmest Music Festival: It’s Not Just the Tropical Temperatures
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The Chicks Sing “Silent House”
Listen to this track by pioneering country-pop mavens and status quo shit-disturbers The Chicks. It’s “Silent House”, a deep cut from their 2006 record Taking the Long Way, their seventh. The record’s release came after a four-year recording gap, and represented a more nuanced and darker set of textures compared to 2002’s Home album. This cut is a prime example, undercutting and contrasting the sweetness of the vocals with a dramatic story touched by tragedy but equally infused with familial love. Perhaps the more inward and reflective tone of this song and others comes out some of the troubled times for the group.
The first single on the new record was the provocatively titled “Not Ready to Make Nice”. This was a musical response to the controversy stirred up by a response to their 2003 on-stage denouncement of George W. Bush and his administration. The incident occurred while the group played a concert in the UK and while conflicts in Iraq and in Afghanistan raged on. By this time, many innocent people had been killed in airstrikes and in other military efforts overseen by the U.S commander-in-chief. These activities in Iraq were a part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the naming of which seeming to come out of an Orwellian playbook clearly still in use today.
The Chicks’ politically-charged statements about feeling ashamed that George W. Bush is a fellow Texan pushed back against a silently agreed-upon patriotic orthodoxy held by the country music establishment. In some quarters, the group’s statement opposing what the president of their country stood for was thought to be equal to treason. At very least, speaking about it so candidly in front of a foreign audience was considered to be ill-mannered and in bad taste by some critics. Being a group of women did not exactly help their cause in the know your place stakes, either.
Amid all of the incendiary headlines and salacious press coverage, it was easy to forget that The Chicks were still country music exemplars and pioneers. They created exceptional and influential work in pushing the boundaries of the genre for themselves and for a generation of women coming up behind them looking to write their own songs and play instruments on their own albums. While these were also points of contention in the country music establishment of the time, a teenage Taylor Swift was a big fan of theirs and remained so after she achieved her own fame. Change was inevitable, but it was a long time coming even by 2003.
With all of the conservatism in reaction to them on multiple levels even before the incident, it was seemingly also easy to forget about why the kind of country music they make resonates so well with listeners. In addition to being tuneful and extremely well sung and played, their music upholds the core values that so much of country music has stood for during its long history; home, family, and the unflinching pride in one’s roots and sense of place.
The Chicks in concert at Madison Square Garden, June 2003; (from left) Emily Strayer, Natalie Maines, and Martie McGuire. At this point, they still went by the name “The Dixie Chicks” which referenced Little Feat’s “Dixie Chicken”. They changed the name of the group in response to the racial implications of the word “Dixie” and its association with the Confederacy and white supremacy. image: Wasted Time R.“Silent House” is a powerful example as a song about loving family bonds, shared experiences, and of time slipping away as our loved ones slip away along with it. It’s a story about the strength of will to overcome sorrow and loss and about celebrating life by preserving treasured family memories. It’s about finding the strength to carry a loved one’s burden as they begin to fade due to illness.
And I will try to connect
All the pieces you left
I will carry it on
And let you forget
And I’ll remember the years
When your mind was clear
How the laughter and life
Filled up this silent house~ “Silent House” by The Chicks
Written with songwriter and Crowded House head honcho Neil Finn, “Silent House” is the story of Chicks singer Natalie Maines’ grandmother who suffered through a decade of Alzheimer’s disease. The lyrics are as much of a personal resolution and reflection of core values as they are a compelling story about how family members come together to support one another, especially during times of trial.
As sad a story as it is, “Silent House” displays a full emotional spectrum. There is sadness heard in Maines’ delivery as her vocals wind through a shadowy instrumental backdrop. But listeners can hear her resolve all the better because of those dynamics. Her defiance against the forces of despair become potent and unflinching. The instrumentation supports her the whole way. McGuire’s tempestuous fiddle solo in particular perfectly captures the song’s defiant spirit. It soars above it all as a wordless statement of pure strength, dedication, and love.
After listening to “Silent House” as a story of how important and precious connections to family are, it might seem like less of a shock that the group who wrote it might be opposed to bombing cities and killing whole families by the thousands. It might indicate that their values as Americans and as Texans were offended by the idea of violence against innocent people just living their lives and trying to get by.
Perhaps those very values became more important than any prescribed obligations of empty patriotism that would have them be silent about it. Maybe that’s why they used their platform to express their opinions as American citizens on a foreign stage as their international audiences began to see events unfold in the news.
In this, a dedication to family certainly has a political component that goes beyond the performative bad faith context commonly presented by conservative critics. When you are willing to fight for your values in real and measurable ways, a commitment to family goes beyond jingoism. At a certain point, it goes beyond one’s own family. It gets you thinking about other families, even ones that don’t look like yours who live in lands far away. That realization might make you shout about it on stage during a time of violence perpetuated by your own country as the idea of all families being worth protecting becomes that much clearer to you.
Instead of their story being a cautionary tale, time has showed The Chicks to be bolder than most, with that boldness reflected in their music.
The Chicks are an active musical entity today. You can catch up to them at thechicks.com.
For more on the controversy that surrounded the group in the years before they released this song and album, check out this article from The Guardian .
Co-writer Neil Finn’s band Crowded House also recorded and released a version of this song in 2007. You can listen to that take right here.
Finally, the meaningfully-titled documentary Shut Up and Sing captures the group during the time of the backlash. You can watch the trailer to that film.
Enjoy!
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Estos últimos días, he notado que al hablar inglés me sale más acento tejano.
Le echo la culpa a #GeorgeAndMandy y a #TheChicks, que han ocupado mi tiempo las últimas semanas -
"Not Ready to Make Nice" is a song co-written and performed by American #countryMusic trio #TheChicks (then known as Dixie Chicks). It was released on March 20, 2006, as the first single from the band's seventh studio album, #TakingTheLongWay. The Chicks wrote the song in response to the #backlashTheyExperiencedIn2003 after criticizing President #GeorgeWBush. "Not Ready to Make Nice" remains The Chicks' biggest hit in #Canada.
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Brandi Carlile Enlists the Chicks, Sam Smith as Co-Headliners for All-Female/Non-Binary Girls Just Wanna Weekend Festival
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Another Chicks classic: Goodbye Earl.
https://song.link/i/1098807535
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While going through my music, this one came up again. Gets me every time. Fuck war! Love The Chicks!
The (Dixie) Chicks - Travelin' Soldier
https://song.link/i/1098807638
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Wide Open Spaces
January 27, 1998 ~ The Chicks release their fourth album -- their first with Natalie Maines out front. Wide Open Spaces becomes their break-through album garnering multiple Grammy Awards including Best Country Album. It went on to win the Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year. #thechicks #wideopenspaces #country #countryrock #nataliemaines Listen to Wide Open Spaces by The Chicks on Amazon Music ...
https://robinbannks.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/wide-open-spaces/
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Pamela Anderson ‘Almost Got Killed on a Plane’ After Being Mistaken for a Member of The Chicks: A Man Got Put in Handcuffs for ‘Trying to Attack Me’
#Variety #News #PamelaAnderson #TheChickshttps://variety.com/2025/film/news/pamela-anderson-airplane-attack-mistaken-dixie-chicks-1236267735/
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The Chicks, Not ready to make nice
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The Chicks Will Return to Democratic National Convention to Sing National Anthem on Closing Night
#Variety #News #DemocraticNationalConvention #DixieChicks #Elections2024 #TheChicks
