Thumbs up for new Court Yard Hounds CD

Most people are probably wondering who the hell is Court Yard Hounds, which is part of the interesting approach to this band. First off, the band is essentially two women: Emily Robinson and Martie Maguire, who you might know as the two back-up singers for the Dixie Chicks. Natalie Maines has been taking time off, so the two of them decided to release their own music while waiting for Maines to jump back on the music wagon again.

It’s a really interesting CD, too. The first release of “The Coast” has been climbing the charts lately, and it’s a pretty cool song. The other hit they have going for them on the album is “See You in the Spring”, which is a duet between Robinson and Jakob Dylan. But so far the really power ballad on the CD, in my opinion, is Ain’t No Son, which is this song that starts off very nice and sweet in typical country style and then kind of just erupts. The fascinating thing about these musicians is that, like their last album, Taking the Long Way, their music is really hard to pin to one genre; sometimes it has no tie at all to anything you’re used to. Ain’t No Son is one of those kinds of songs. It starts out with a sweet, little fiddle/banjo jingle and then just builds into something hard to describe.

The only thing missing is Maines’s distinct voice. Robinson, who does the main vocals on all of the songs but Gracefully (which is sung by Maguire) sounds a lot like Sheryl Crow without that distinctive Crow guitar. But the variation is definitely worth the journey until the Dixie Chicks reunite again.

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