The State | 02/02/2007 | ‘Shut Up’ traces Dixie Chicks’ fall from country grace

"It all seems quaint now — the “boycott,” the death threats, the CD-trashing parties, enraged protesters at fluffy pop concerts.
The idea that performers had the temerity to question America’s rush to invade Iraq in 2003, to mock America’s now increasingly mocked chief executive pushing for it — and the price they paid — feels like ancient history.
But here they are, bluegrass-pop stars the Dixie Chicks, re-living their firestorm of controversy in “Shut Up & Sing.”"