Dixie Chicks Natalie Maines, left, Martie Maguire and Emily Robison are back in the spotlight, hitting up a few Canadian cities on their current tour. More than a decade ago, Natalie Maines stood onstage at Shepherd’s Bush in London, U.K. and said she was ashamed the then-president of the United States was from Texas. “I’ll see you at the TX Capitol tomorrow to support Wendy Davis and women’s rights,” she told the Twittersphere Sunday night (a place where the feisty Dixie Chicks frontwoman likes to bait the haters), officially wading into the new battle liberal Americans have been fighting as of late — the “war on women.” And there she was Monday, with her short punkish coif styled just so, attaching new meaning to the Chicks’ risen-from-the-ashes anthem, this time for the Fort Worth state senator who stood for 10 hours last week to block a bill that would effectively ban abortions in Texas. “I’m not ready to make nice, I’m not ready to back down, I’m still mad as hell and I don’t have time to go round and round and round.” The year 2013 marks a real fork in the road for the Dixie Chicks. After seven years out of the spotlight, the outspoken 38-year-old has stepped back in, launching a solo career of her own. This summer, her Dixie bandmates, sisters Emily Robison and Martie McGuire — who stood by their frontwoman when she opened her mouth — will drop their sophomore album as The Court Yard Hounds. Read more http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/music/Dixie Chicks find breaking hard/8622817/story.html
