Art
May 7, 2021
TM Recommends: See Modern Art (and Eat Delicious Food) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Plus: a nine-year-old Texan steals the show in ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ and a podcast revisits the 2003 backlash against the Chicks.
Dixie Chicks
Music
July 21, 2020
On ‘Gaslighter’ the Chicks Are a Little Less Country—and Unflinching as Ever
The band's first album in 14 years is vengeful and deeply reflective (and, yes, there's talk of boats).
Music
June 26, 2020
Alamo Drafthouse Pledges to Be “Safer Than a Supermarket”
Plus, Pharrell works up a Juneteenth musical, Beyoncé debuts a new song of the summer, and Matthew McConaughey gets biblical.
Music
June 25, 2020
Did the Dixie Chicks Just Change Their Name?
The band’s social media now calls them ”The Chicks.”
Music
May 1, 2020
The Dixie Chicks Urge a Drama-Free Existence on Their New Single, ‘Julianna Calm Down’
But the release of the track resulted in some drama anyway.
Music
March 14, 2020
13 Calming Texas Albums to Listen to During Uncertain Times
From soothing ambient tunes to effervescent pop bangers, here’s what we’re playing.
Music
March 6, 2020
Everything We Know About the Boat in ‘Gaslighter,’ the New Dixie Chicks Song
Yes, *that* boat.
Music
March 5, 2020
Breaking Down the Dixie Chicks’ First New Single in 14 Years, ‘Gaslighter’
The beloved band released a song and an accompanying video this week.
Music
September 6, 2019
Texas Monthly Recommends: Taylor Swift’s New Song With the Dixie Chicks
Plus, a Houston rapper’s freestyle, a San Antonio native’s bittersweet debut album, and an Austin photographer’s colorful Instagram.
Music
April 26, 2019
The New Taylor Swift Video Teases a Possible Dixie Chicks Collaboration
Could the pop star's next single feature Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, and Emily Robison?
Music
August 8, 2016
Music Monday: The Dixie Chicks Remind Us Why We Missed Them So Much
The trio’s trip through Texas this weekend is a testament to their vitality as a band.
Music
March 11, 2013
Chicks in the Wilderness
Ten years after their remarkable fall from grace, no one is quite sure why the onetime Nashville darlings tumbled so far—and never got back up.
Editor's Letter
March 11, 2013
Editor’s Letter
In March 2003 the best-selling female band in American history touched the third rail of country music. A decade later, the Dixie Chicks belong mostly to history, and the recent recording of two separate albums by the former bandmates underscores the fact that the Chicks, as Chicks, are more or less
Music
January 21, 2013
Rock the Vote
Who is the best female country artist from Texas?
Topic A
September 30, 2006
You Can Go Home Again
Come home, Dixie Chicks.
Politics & Policy
June 30, 2003
FLFW Will See You Now
In a rare interview, George H.W. Bush—a.k.a. the Former Leader of the Free World—disses Newt and the Dixie Chicks, muses on the restorative powers of Maine, and (who'd have imagined?) has nice things to say about the current occupant of the Oval Office.
Music
April 30, 2000
Y’all in the Family
How did Lloyd Maines get to be a revered guitarist and record producer? How did his daughter Natalie find fame as a Dixie Chick? Chalk it up to musicianship—and kinship.
Music
July 31, 1999
CD and Book Reviews
CDs by Doctors’ Mob and the American Analog Set, plus a tribute to Bob Wills; booksby James Lee Burke and Louise Redd.
Music
February 1, 1999
Take Note
Texas-friendly tips for watching the Grammys