ContactMusic — Dixie Chicks star Natalie Maines took to Twitter. com over the weekend (19-21Aug11) to celebrate the release of the West Memphis Three from an Arkansas prison on Friday (19Aug11). The singer joined family members, friends and supporters of Damien Ech... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Rocker Eddie Vedder and Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines celebrated in court on Friday as the three incarcerated men they've been seeking justice for over the killings of three boy scouts in 1993 were freed from prison. more info

ContactMusic — Rocker Eddie Vedder and Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines celebrated in court on Friday (19Aug11) as the three incarcerated men they've been seeking justice for over the killings of three boy scouts in 1993 were freed from prison. Damien Echols, Jes... more info

The Telegraph — Grammy-winning comedian shows off his banjo skills with help from the Dixie Chicks. more info

Guardian Music — (Sugar Hill Records) This album is subtitled Bluegrass Songs by Robert Hunter and Jim Lauderdale, and it's the input from Hunter that makes it special. He was, after all, the lyricist for the Grateful Dead, and responsible for co-writing their folk a... more info

Perez Hilton — Taylor Swift has been doing a lot of rad covers in concert lately. Earlier this month, she did the Dixie Chicks and Friday night in Grand Rapids, Michigan, she covered Eminem's Lose Yourself and Uncle Kracker's Smile. Loved it when the crowd joined ... more info

Perez Hilton — Taylor Swift + Dixie Chicks = Perfection! T-Swizzle covered the Chicks' Cowboy Take Me Away at her New Jersey show over the weekend. What a lucky audience! She's such a cutie and so personable when she talks to her fans in the crowd. Lovely, lovely... more info

Perez Hilton — That'd be Darren Criss Naya Rivera! (Don't worry. His time will come soon enough.) Columbia Records is going to have one busy summer. Along with finishing Beyonce's soon-to-be smash album 4,and the Dixie Chicks' reunion album (!!!!), Theresa Labarber... more info

Guardian Music — Combining country, goth and grunge, Erika M Anderson's music evokes the midwest in all its gory desolate gloryHometown: San Francisco.The lineup: Erika M Anderson (vocals, guitar).The background: It didn't even occur to us how inextricably linked got... more info

Guardian Music — Last week, Guardian critics talked about the tracks of their tears. Then you lot joined in by listing the songs you play when you've been, you know, chopping onions ... Add to our collaborative playlistLast week, in the spirit of Nick Clegg's leaky-e... more info