Court Yard Hounds Self Titled

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Strictly speaking, it’s only a few feet from stage left or stage right to the center spotlight. But it took Martie Maguire and Emily Robison a couple of decades to move those couple of yards. As the mainstays of the Dixie Chicks since they formed the group in 1989, the sisters have been familiar faces to many millions of fans, yet just a little mysterious in that familiarity, content as they were to cede the lead vocalist position and remain music’s most recognizable “side-women.” Chicks fans couldn’t help but hear those ever-present harmonies and wonder if Emily and Martie might ever come out from hiding in plain sight. That’s just what they’ve done in their newly hatched incarnation as Court Yard Hounds, with a gorgeously assured debut album. The new music spans sounds of folk, country, rock and Americana and Texas asserts itself in 'The Coast' which is a good-times anthem that celebrates the south coast of America.

1. Skyline, 2. The Coast, 3. Delight (Something New Under the Sun), 4. See You In the Spring, 5. Ain't No Son, 6. Fairytale, 7. I Miss You, 8. Gracefully, 9. April's Love, 10. Then Again, 11. It Didn't Make a Sound, 12. Fear of Wasted Time.