也许很多乐迷对Court Yard Hounds这个名字还不是很熟悉，下面就告诉你Court Yard Hounds是谁。2009年，当南方小鸡组合（The Dixie Chicks）的两位成员Martie Maguire和Emily Robison决定录制一张专辑的时候，The Dixie Chicks的另外一位成员Natalie Maines表示她还没有准备好，因此，Martie Maguire和Emily Robison便决定用一个全新的名字合作推出这张专辑，Court Yard Hounds就这样宣告成立了。“

就觉得小鸡这么久没有新专辑有一点奇怪……
专辑曲目：
1 Skyline
2 The Coast
3 Delight (Something New Under The Sun)
4 See You In The Spring (Duet with Jakob Dylan)
5 Aint No Son
6 Fairytale
7 I Miss You
8 Gracefully
9 Aprils Love
10 Then Again
11    It Didn't Make A Sound
12 Fear Of Wasted Time 

相关专辑的一些英文介绍：
Emily Robison and Martie Maguire of The Dixie Chicks are releasing new music under the moniker Court Yard Hounds.
The Court Yard Hounds profoundly evocative songs tell stories woven into melodies that are both individual and universal. Robison is the lead vocalist and primary writer on most of the tracks, although Maguire takes over the lead on her own solo composition, 'Gracefully'. The new music spans sounds of folk, country, rock and Americana and includes a collaboration with Jakob Dylan on 'See You in the Spring', the wry tale of a couple from the northernmost and southernmost parts of the country who find their biggest obstacle is climatic.
Texas also asserts itself more contentedly in 'The Coast', which celebrates neither the east nor west but south coast, and Skyline, which was inspired by the view of San Antonio from Robison's loft. Faster paced songs range from the self-doubting levity of 'Then Again' to the fiery outrage of 'Ain't No Son', a song about an angry, disapproving father. Fairytale speaks to romantic enchantment, while there's no happily-ever-after in sight in the breakup songs 'April's Love' and 'It Didn't Make a Sound'.


试听和两首歌的video：
http://www.amazon.com/Court-Yard-Hounds/dp/B0037W6O1W/ref=pd_sim_m_13

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