Dixie Chicks, Home

By Jackie Panera

At first glance, the Dixie Chicks may just look like another country trio dressed in popstar glam, but poppy this album ain’t. On Home, the Chicks go back to their bluegrass roots and twang it up with the banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and acoustic guitar. It’s rare and refreshing to hear a modern country group that really plays their own instruments. Emily Robinson (the Slash of The Dixie Chicks) breaks it down with the runaway banjo on “White Trash Wedding,” a song where the Chicks poke fun at the Hillbilly lifestyle. The Chicks do a more than respectable job of covering Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide,” and like most country albums, Home is great for those who like to sit and dwell over a lost relationship (no lost dog or truck though). However, I suspect no great wedding classics will come out of this album.

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