New York (AFP)
The Dixie Chicks, a female country trio very popular in the United States, decided to change their name and simply call themselves "The Chicks", thus removing the reference to "Dixie", a nickname given to the Confederate Slavery South during the Civil War.
The change appeared to the public Thursday when the Chicks presented under their new name on streaming platforms their latest song "March March", which evokes the recent demonstrations against racism and police violence and more broadly progressive themes, such as 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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