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Court Yard Hounds debut at SXSW

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Mar 25, 2010 Updated Apr 6, 2010

The duo played their first ever live show to an appreciative crowd at the South By South West music festival in Austin, Texas, over the weekend.

The newly-formed band is a side project for sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire of The Dixie Chicks, who have been keeping a low musical profile since sweeping the 2007 Grammys with Taking the Long Way, the Dixie Chicks' seventh studio album.

The self-titled debut release for the Court Yard Hounds won't reach record stores until May 4, but in the meantime you can catch a video of them showcasing a new tune called 'April's Love' as part of a live broadcast for local Texas radio station, KGSR Radio Austin.

Click here to watch the YouTube video.

Court Yard Hounds are planning a tour to Australia later in 2010.

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Court Yard Hounds is an American country music and folk duo founded by sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison. They, along with Natalie Maines, make up the Dixie Chicks, which went on hiatus in 2008. Maguire and Robison became eager to record again in 2009, but Maines said she didn't feel "inspired" to record yet. The sisters decided to record a side project under a different name. Court Yard...

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