Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way Reviews

Bottom-Line: With Taking The Long Way the Dixie Chicks seem to be completing a journey into self-awareness and reflective citizenship. 

I cannot begin a review of the Dixie Chicks' new CD Taking The Long Way, without saying a few words about the controversy surrounding the group after lead vocalist Natalie Maines' remarks at a concert in the U.K. stating that she was ashamed that Bush was from her home state of Texas.  That one remark, that exercise of free speech caused the denizens of the Bible Belt--the traditional supporters of the Dixie Chicks--to rise up in near unanimity and condemn her...

I have not always been a fan of country music btu the Dixie Chicks are a pretty awesome bunch of ladies musically speaking .

I started listening to them with the CD " FLY" and enjoyed Natalie Maines' lovely voice  - she can sing a great ballad or really belt a song out when needed .  She also plays a pretty good guitar.

Emily Robison is an incredible musician too  - she can play 5 or six instruments with ease and finesse and her sister ,Martie Maguire , is one of the best fiddlers ever to grace a stage .

These ladies are certainly controversial and have lost a lot of fans with Natalie's( now...