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When a red-blooded, macho, flag-waving, Bush-voting American country-music fan looks at a gorgeous blonde who also happens to make his kind of music, one doesn’t normally expect him to pay particular ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The Center for Photography at Woodstock, 25 Dederick St., will host a free screening of the documentary film, “Shut Up and Sing,” on Thursday, July 17, at 7 p.m., according to an ...

With Democrats winning races across the country this week on a wave of anti-Bush sentiment, can the Dixie Chicks be expected to shut up and sing Saturday night at the Tacoma Dome? Maybe they'll have a ...

With watchmaker skill, director Barbara Kopple plays both loose and tight with time in her Dixie Chicks doc. The film jumps around before, during and after Natalie Maines’ infamous 2003 dis on Bush to ...

In the early 2000s, the Dixie Chicks (now The Chicks) reached new career heights, topping the country music charts, winning multiple Grammy Awards, and smashing commercial records left and right.