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Guitar Greats!
Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Marty Stuart, Dan Tyminski and Buddy Miller are nominated for best male country guitarist in the 2002 Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards, to be presented Feb. 26 in Hollywood, Calif. Dixie Chick Emily Robison, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch and Lucinda Williams are nominated in the female country guitarist category.
Pickin' & Grinnin'
The Dixie Chicks brought Earl Scruggs, Jerry Douglas and Sheryl Crow onstage at their Concert for Artists' Rights on Tuesday. Earl and Jerry jammed on "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," while Sheryl and the Chicks performed Bob Dylan's "Mississippi." Natalie Maines said the Chicks, still in a legal battle with Sony, are looking for a "nice label" to release their new bluegrass-acoustic album. Story From countrynow.com
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Wide Open Spaces
Dixie Chick Natalie Maines will be featured on the April 20 episode of the Learning Channel's decorating show, Trading Spaces, reports the Chicks' rep. Natalie will decorate her mom's loft with the help of a cousin, while Natalie's mom and sister will redo the singer's guest room.
Hello New Label
The Dixie Chicks appeared twice on the West Coast this week, last night at the Grammys, and they rocked a packed Universal Amphitheater Tuesday night, using special guests, new acoustic music and stellar opening acts. The Chicks said that they had finished an acoustic, bluegrass album. And after alluding to their dispute with their current label, Natalie Maines said, "We did make a new record, now we have to find a new label to put it out."
CountryStars.com - 02/28/02
Wide Open Spaces
Dixie Chick Natalie Maines will be featured on the April 20 episode of the Learning Channel's decorating show, Trading Spaces, reports the Chicks' rep. Natalie will decorate her mom's loft with the help of a cousin, while Natalie's mom and sister will redo the singer's guest room.
Feeling Blue
Dixie Chick Emily Robison is happy that bluegrass music has gained so much success recently because she loves making bluegrass. And Emily says she loves banjo players like Dan Tyminski and Bela Fleck. According to AP, she considers herself a student of bluegrass because you can play all your life and still not feel like you've gotten where you want to get. Robison describes banjo playing as a lifelong journey
"Home" Again
While waiting for the dust to settle from the legal battle with their label,
Sony, the Dixie Chicks have completed a new album, tentatively titled
"Home," which they expect to release this fall. On the new album, the Texas
trio blend originals with covers of a Radney Foster song, a pair of Patty
Griffin tunes and a version of "Travelin' Soldier," written by Bruce
Robison, banjo player Emily Robison's brother-in-law.
"We went into the studio originally just wanting to do some demos, but we
should have known, the three of us musically never do anything unless it's
full on and we wound upa lot clearer, and Martie [Seidel] and Emily's
instruments never sounded better.
"I don't think it's that much of a departure," continues Maines. "It's a
little more credible with the song selection. There's not really a ditty on
it. When we made it, it wasn't, 'How long is this?' or 'Will radio play it?'
Actually I think all the songs are too long for radio. That wasn't in our
minds when we were recording. We didn't have that pressure. I love it. It's
my favorite album to date. I think it's an important step musically and we
want it out there. We're kind of waiting right now."
Sony filed suit against the Chicks last summer, claiming breach of contract
and insisting that the group owed the label as many as four more albums. The
Chicks responded with a lawsuit of their own, also alleging breach of
contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and claiming that Sony has
withheld millions in royalties.
The trio is hoping to find a new label to release the completed album.
"There's daily communication with other labels and probably Sony as well,"
says Maines. "It's not part of our lives. We have left [Sony] and we can put
out the album on another label, if another label feels confident enough that
Sony won't sue them for releasing it."
with an album," says singer Natalie Maines. The
Dixies co-produced the album with Maines' father Lloyd (Richard Buckner,
Jerry Jeff Walker). "There's definitely some bluegrass songs on there, some
acoustic things, an instrumental," she says. "It's a mellow record. I think
you can hear our vocals.
"Friends"
The Dixie Chicks, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and Sheryl Crow have signed on to play at the star-studded Willie Nelson & Friends TV taping in Nashville on Sunday. Previously announced performers include Vince Gill, Lee Ann Womack, Emmylou Harris, Dave Matthews, Jon Bon Jovi and Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty.
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