There was a moment in time when the Dixie Chicks were the biggest name in music….when it all came crashing down the trio, Natalie Maines and sisters Emily and Martie Robbins all baked away from the spotlight and the music industry.

Now, Natalie Maines is preparing a new solo album and her first ever solo tour. Natale’s new album, Mother, will be out May 7th and she’s firming up some tour details. Ben Harper will now join Natalie on her tour. “I get to be a sideman!” Ben tells Billboard, explaining that the two have been friends for a long time and live in the same neighborhood. Read the rest of this entry »

Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin — better known as the “West Memphis Three” — have been released from prison. They were convicted in 1994 for the deaths of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, a small community just outside Memphis, Tennessee.

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