DixieChicks

Will Closed-Minded Country Music Let Lesbian Chely Wright In?

5/6/2010 1:41 PM ET

Times' music writer Jon Caramanica also details the 2003 battle between the vulgarly anti-war Dixie Chick Natalie Maines and "reliable jingoist" Toby Keith.

MTV Host Russell Brand, "Intelligent...Philosophical" Bush-Hater

9/9/2008 7:28 AM ET

Some of Brand's musings: Calling President Bush a "retarded cowboy" and telling Americans they must vote for Barack Obama "on behalf of the world."

Politicized Grammys: "Vindication" for the Dixie Chicks and "Freedom of Expression"

2/13/2007 1:52 PM ET

The awards...ended a desolate period in which their music was boycotted and banned by country music stations, their CDs were burned and smashed, and group member's lives were threatened."

Dixie Chicks Triumphant

2/12/2007 3:16 PM ET

How sweet: "After death threats, boycotts and a cold shoulder from the country music establishment, the Dixie Chicks gained sweet vindication Sunday night...."

Fury Against Dixie Chicks Causing Country Music Liberals to Clam Up?

8/21/2006 12:51 PM ET

"None of that was lost on Music Row. Democratic songwriters say that they have since hesitated to express political views, for fear of being 'Dixie Chicked.'" Like having a #1 album and fawning ...