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Joe Gets Country
Joes getting country down south with some help from the likes of Mike Nichols and Moe Bandy. Can these southern entertainers turn our white Chicagoan rapper into a bona fide country singer? Youll have to find out in this hilarious "Joe Gets" pod. Joes getting country down south with some help from the likes of Mike Nichols and Moe Bandy. Can these southern entertainers turn our... more
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Dixie Chicks not ready to make nice
Ten days before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, lead vocalist Natalie Maines publicly criticized U.S. President George W. Bush. The ensuing controversy cost the group half of their concert audience attendance in the United States as chronicled in the 2006 documentary Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing.
At the 49th Grammy Awards Show in 2007, 'the Chicks' - as they are informally known - won all five categories for which they were nominated, including the coveted Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year, in a vote that Maines interpreted as being a show of public support for their advocacy of free speech. Ten days before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, lead vocalist Natalie Maines publicly criticized U.S. President George W. Bush. The ensuing... more -
Dixie Chicks, The Eagles team up to open L.A. concert hall
The Dixie Chicks will make their only concert appearances this year in a double bill with the Eagles, opening a new concert venue in downtown Los Angeles in October. The new Nokia Theatre will open with the double bill Oct. 18 and 20. The hall holds 7,100 people. The Chicks won give Grammys in February for "Taking the Long Way" despite not being played by country radio. The Eagles plan to release their first studio album since 1979's "The Long Run" in October, titled "Long Road Out of Eden." The Dixie Chicks will make their only concert appearances this year in a double bill with the Eagles, opening a new concert venue in d... more
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