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Last week, Emily and Martie packed their thermal gloves and headed back to Britain to perform at two sold-out shows in London's Union Chapel. Armed with their cameras and flip videos, the Court Yard Hounds battled the cold, a tube strike, and some interesting European characters for a week packed with promotion and performances. They came back with the pictures and stories to share with you here, exclusively on courtyardhounds.com.
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CYH Live ChatTune in to www.courtyardhounds.com/livestream on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 8:30pm ET/7:30pm CT to chat live with Emily and Martie! They will be broadcasting live from Austin answering your questions and even playing a song or two. You'll be able to send questions in live using Facebook or Twitter for them to answer during the chat.read more »
National Geographic ChannelTune in to the National Geographic Channel's seven-part global TV event, "Great Migrations", to hear CYH's song "Delight (Something New Under The Sun)". The series premieres November 7 at 8pm/7pm ET on Nat Geo.read more »
A few weeks ago Emily and Martie were in Nashville to present an award at The Americana Awards which honors artists whose work blurs the traditional boundaries between country, rock, folk, blues, bluegrass and other quintessential American styles of music. This year was the ninth annual event and was held at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.


Emily and Martie presented the award for the prestigious award of Artist Of The Year:
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Court Yard HoundsCourt Yard Hounds have released their second single, "See You In The Spring", to radio! The song is a duet with Jakob Dylan and should be playing on your local airwaves soon. You can help by requesting the song on your local Triple-A station now.read more »
iPhone App Available NowThe official Court Yard Hounds app for iPhone and iPod Touch is now available in the iTunes App Store. And the best part of all, it's FREE! Download it now and share the news with your iPhone or iPod Touch wielding friends.
SpidermanCheck out the photo Emily snapped in Santa Cruz this summer during the Court Yard Hounds tour when she encountered Spiderman. He was busking on the street singing Eagles songs no less! Check out all of the latest CYH photos on the Photos page.
World CafeCourt Yard Hounds recently performed on NPR's World Cafe! You can now head over to www.npr.org to listen to the archived broadcast online!
Take a quick look at the story behind Court Yard Hounds. Martie Maguire and Emily Robison from the Dixie Chicks share insight on their songwriting process behind the new project. Check out the video below:
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Behind the Scenes at TellurideGo behind the scenes with Court Yard Hounds at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival to get Martie and Emily's perspectives on what it meant to be a part of the festival. Check out the video below or head over to CMT.com to see the piece.

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Check out a photo of Martie and Emily backstage in Cleveland, OH on the recent Lilith stop. Head to the Media page for more photos and videos!

The Court Yard Hounds have been all over North America this month and have been from coast to coast playing a series of dates with Lilith and a few headlining dates of their own too.

The band started in Portland and moved up to Wine Country at the start of the month, here's a great snap of Martie and Emily in Saratoga.



The Hounds' fearless manager didn't miss the opportunity for a show at a winery, here he is with Martie.
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