The Dixie Chicks, a popular female country trio in the United States, decided to change their name and simply call themselves ‘The Chicks’. It thus removes the reference to the ‘Dixie’, a nickname given to the Confederate Slavery South during the American Civil War.
The change appeared to the public on Thursday when the Chicks presented their latest song ‘March March’ under their new name on streaming platforms. This song evokes the recent demonstrations against racism and police violence and more broadly progressive themes, such as the fight against firearms or the rights of sexual minorities.
‘We want to be there with our times,’ wrote the three musicians on their website.
The ‘Dixie’ or ‘Dixie Land’ is a nickname given to the South American, in particular to the slave states which left the Union during the American Civil War (1861-1865).
While country is a genre popular with conservatives in the United States, the Chicks, well known since the late 1990s, had stood out by expressing their opposition to George W. Bush, a native of Texas like them, and the war in Iraq in 2003. This position had led them to become personae non gratae in the country world.
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