Court Yard Hounds debut at SXSW
Martie Maguire and Emily Robison, who will have their debut disc out in May on Columbia, played a couple of songs on KGSR Thursday morning live, according to John T. Davis.
The sisters later played at the Sony Music party in the afternoon. Davis said the Hounds played "bluegrass-inspired" original songs.
Davis referred to the Maguire and Robison as "charismatic and agile performers and blessed with the sort of organic harmonies that nothing but shared DNA can inspire."
Robison assumed more of the lead vocals, while trading guitar, Dobro and banjo duties. They were backed by a trio, playing Then Again, The Coast, Fear of Wasted Time and the first single It Didn't Make a Sound. The Coast and Fear of Wasted Time are available for listening on the Hounds' MySpace page.
The Dixie Chicks announced earlier this week that they would go on tour with The Eagles and Keith Urban. This will be the Chicks' first live shows in four years. Lead singer Natalie Maines is not involved with Court Yard Hounds.
More news for Court Yard Hounds
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- 04/26/10: Court Yard Hounds disc available for listening
- 03/05/10: McBride, Court Yard Hounds join Lilith Fair
CD reviews for Court Yard Hounds
With The Dixie Chicks seemingly on recording hiatus, this has been a productive year for the trio in other configurations. For sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire, that translates into the second volume of the California sunshine pop sounds under the moniker The Court Yard Hounds three years after its debut. And once again, Maguire and Robison know a thing or two about sisterly harmonies, bright sounding songs and a few twists and turns.
This isn't a straight-ahead country disc ...
With their main gig - the Dixie Chicks - on an extended recording hiatus, sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire decided to get together to form this duo and put out some quality music. Think of Sheryl Crow, and you have a pretty good idea of what the Court Yard Hounds sound like. There is a brightness from the generally simple, laid-back production of the sisters and Jim Scott.
The Hounds' sound is not something you'd find on a Chicks' disc. The material comes as being more of ...
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