court yard hounds

When Natalie Maines made the announcement in 2008 that she needed to step away from music and take some time off, the Dixie Chicks were forced into unexpected hiatus. By the time 2009 rolled around, fellow Chicks, Emily Robison and Martie Maguire were anxious to get back into the studio with Natalie and begin working on the Dixie Chicks' eighth album...

Court Yard Hounds, the duo featuring Dixie Chicks co-founders Emily Robison and Martie Maguire, will have somewhat of a Lilith Fair déjà vu this summer, returning to the music festival yet again as a new band. "Lilith Fair was a great experience for us the first time we played it," Martie tells The Boot of the Chicks' 1999 Lilith performance. "We were ......

When Emily Robison was in sixth grade, she thought she had her career path all figured out: "I was convinced I was going to the Air Force Academy and fly jets. Then I realized I'd have to cut my hair," she says. Luckily for the rest of us, Emily's desire to keep her locks long was our gain, and instead, she grew up to become one-half of Court Yard Hounds and one-third of the Dixie Chicks

When devastating floods first hit Nashville last week, many country stars took to Twitter and other social-networking sites to tell their personal stories of loss and distress and to ask for prayers and donations for the people of Nashville...

Although as the Court Yard Hounds, they're a new act , sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire have been playing music together their entire lives. Yet with the two incarnations of the Dixie Chicks, the band they first formed in Texas with Laura Lynch and Robin Macy, and then shot to superstardom with when Natalie Maines took over as lead singer, they settled into their role as two of music's mos

Martina McBride and the Court Yard Hounds have been added to the list of performers for the 2010 Lilith Tour lineup. They join newly added acts including Kelly Clarkson, the Bangles, the Go-Go's, Suzanne Vega, Anjulie, Anya Marina, Jesca Hoop, Kate Miller-Heidke, Lucy Schwartz, Miranda Lee Richards, Nikki Jean and the Rescues...

They're a couple of Dixie Chicks ... and now they're a couple of Court Yard Hounds. But sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison insist that doesn't mean they're about to dismantle their beloved Chicks. "I think the elephant in the room for people is always, 'Well, what's going on with the Chicks...

Martie Maguire and Emily Robison -- now known as the Court Yard Hounds -- are debuting new music on their official website, exclusively for fans who pre-order the duo's debut album. With the pre-order option, buyers will be able to download four album tracks immediately and be among the first to participate in exclusive ticket offers for a series of intimate theater shows this spring...

When Dixie Chicks sisters -- fiddler Martie Maguire and guitarist/banjoist Emily Robison -- recorded their first album together without lead vocalist Natalie Maines, they re-named themselves Court Yard Hounds (a reference to the best-selling novel, 'City of Thieves')...