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    Dixie Chicks Changes Name Following Backlash as Moniker Is Associated With Slavery

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    Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer, and Martie Maguire have followed in the footsteps of fellow country music group Lady Antebellum to change their moniker due to slavery connotations.
    Jun 26, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The Dixie Chicks have dropped the ‘Dixie’ from their name after a top U.S. journalist urged the trio to follow Lady Antebellum’s example and make a change.
    In a Variety piece last week, writer Jeremy Helligar argued the band should rethink its name, explaining “it conjures a time and a place of bondage.”
    “Dixie, for the record, is the epitome of white America, a celebration of a Southern tradition that is indivisible from Black slaves and those grand plantations where they were forced to toil for free,” Helligar wrote.
    And Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer, and Martie Maguire have responded by agreeing to ditch the ‘Dixie.’
    The Chicks changed their website URL and their Instagram handle to reflect the new moniker on Thursday, June 25, 2020.
    “We want to meet this moment,” a statement on the trio’s website reads, while in a press statement, the “Goodbye Earl” hitmakers thanked New Zealand band The Chicks “for their gracious gesture in allowing us to share their name.”
    “We are honored to co-exist together in the world with these exceptionally talented sisters. Chicks Rock!” the press release continues.
    The move follows another country trio Lady Antebellum’s decision to become Lady A amid ongoing protests and conversations regarding the history of racism in the U.S.
    The “Need You Now” hitmakers initially clashed with a Seattle, Washington-based blues singer named Lady A, but the matter has been resolved.
    Lady Antebellum made the name change earlier this month, June 2020, explaining the ‘Antebellum’ moniker had too many links to the American Civil War and slavery, insisting, “We are regretful and embarrassed to say that we did not take into account the associations that weigh down this word referring to the period of history before the Civil War, which includes slavery.”
    Meanwhile, the artists formerly known as the Dixie Chicks will be releasing “Gaslighter”, their first album in 14 years, on July 17, 2020.

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      Dixie Chicks Faces Criticisms as Moniker Is Associated With Slavery

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      The all-female country music trio is urged to follow in Lady Antebellum’s footsteps and change their moniker due to connotations with the oppression of black people.
      Jun 19, 2020
      AceShowbiz – A top U.S. journalist has urged the Dixie Chicks to follow Lady Antebellum’s example and change their name, insisting it’s “the epitome of white America.”
      The trio famously raised eyebrows for criticising former U.S. leader George W. Bush’s war policies, and now the “Goodbye Earl” hitmakers are under fire again – from writer Jeremy Helligar.
      In a new Variety column, he argues the band should rethink its name, explaining, “Regardless of its origin, for many Black people, it conjures a time and a place of bondage.”
      “Dixie, for the record, is the epitome of white America, a celebration of a Southern tradition that is indivisible from Black slaves and those grand plantations where they were forced to toil for free.
      “The origin of the word, though, is unclear. One theory links it to Jeremiah Dixon, who along with Charles Mason, drew the Mason-Dixon line as the border between four states that later became the unofficial separation between free states and slave states. Other less likely theories trace it back to a slave owner from Manhattan as well as ‘dix’, a word written on Louisiana’s 10-dollar bills pre-Civil War that’s French for ‘ten.’ ”
      Helligar, a former editor for People, Teen People, Us Weekly, and Entertainment Weekly, adds times have “changed dramatically,” adding, “It’s hard to imagine many Black Southerners today tying their appreciation of their homeland to ‘Dixie’, even if, according to legend, it’s the title of one of Abraham Lincoln’s favourite songs (one, incidentally, in which the author longs to be in ‘the land of cotton’ because ‘old times there are not forgotten’).”
      The writer’s piece comes after another country trio, Lady Antebellum, announced they had changed their name to Lady A in an effort to distance themselves from ‘Antebellum’, a term with ties to slavery.

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      Dixie Chicks to Make a Comeback With 'Gaslighter' – Watch the Teaser

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      Natalie Maines takes to her Instagram account to share a short clip of a male dancer moving along to the country group’s first single in more than a decade.
      Feb 18, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Dixie Chicks has hyped up their comeback with a teaser. Months after revealing that their first studio album in fourteen years will be called “Gaslighter”, the “Not Ready to Make Nice” hitmakers gave fans a taste of their new music as frontwoman Natalie Maines put out a clip of what seems to be the music video for its title track.
      Making use of her own Instagram account on Sunday, February 16, Maines put out a behind-the-scene video that captured a topless male contortionist dancing along to what sounds like the album’s title track. In the caption of the post, the 45-year-old singer wrote, “I’m gonna get in trouble for this, but that’s why you love me.”
      “Gaslighter, you liar/ You had to start a fire, had to start a fire/ Couldn’t take yourself on a road a little higher/ Had to burn it up, had to tear it down/ Tried to say I’m crazy/ Babe, you know I’m not crazy/ But you gaslighted/ You’re a la-la-la-liar …,” Maines’ singing could be heard in the background of the video.
      Maines’ original post was removed by Monday morning, but she uploaded a screenshot of the video hours later. Along with it, she wrote in the accompanying caption, “Ha! Like it never happened,” in addition to “gaslighter” and “soon” hashtags. Minutes later, she re-uploaded the video with a teasing caption that read, “Just kidding!”

      Dixie Chicks’ official Instagram account, in the meantime, put out two photos with captions “#gaslighter” and “#dcx2020”. Both photos saw Maines along with bandmates Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison sipping wine using striped straws. One captured them in white clothing, while the other one presented them in fiercer dark outfits.

      The talks about Dixie Chicks’ comeback have been buzzing since June 2019. In September the same year, Maines got into the details of their upcoming records during an appearance on the “Spiritualgasm” podcast.
      Among the topic Maines openly discussed was the inspiration for the album. “Songwriting is really hard for me, and I think for many years, I didn’t want to analyze my life or my relationship. I was just in it and dedicated and devoted, and if I had started writing songs about it,” she spilled. “I don’t want to say I was in a ‘survival mode,’ but I was just not ready to open up like that.”

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