Artist: Dixie Chicks
Genera: Country
Latest Album: Top of the World Tour Live

This female trio's beguiling mixture of bluegrass, straight country and pop shook up the contemporary country scene in the late 90s. Raised in Texas, USA, sisters Martie Maguire (b. 12 October 1969; mandolin/fiddle) and Emily Robison (b. 16 August 1972; banjo/dobro) were playing their instruments from an early age. When they were still only teenagers they toured throughout the USA with the bluegrass group Blue Night Express. Taking their name from the Little Feat song "Dixie Chicken", the Dixie Chicks were founded in 1989 when the sisters, with two other original members Laura Lynch and Robin Lynn Macy (ex-Danger In The Air), began basking on street corners in Dallas. more...