The Court Yard Hounds are 2/3 of the Dixie Chicks. On this, their debut 'side-project' album, founding Dixie Chicks members Martie Maguire and Emily Robison set out to make a record they always wanted to make.

Have you been interested in the new music coming from 2/3 of the Dixie Chicks?  Well then you're in luck as the Court Yard Hounds (sisters Emily Robison and Martie Maguire) have released "It Didn't Make A Sound" to Amazon as a free giveaway.

In Today's news round-up we learn who won the coveted Best New Solo, Duo and Group awards from the Academy of Country Music while we learn that the Court Yard Hounds album won't be the end of the Dixie Chicks.  Blake Shelton also got some good news yesterday.

Country music's biggest indie success of 2009 will now gain a personal highlight with his Grand Ole Opry Debut.  The Dixie Chicks's Martie and Emily have a name for their new duo while Ryan Bingham won a Golden Globe for "The Weary Kind."

Scott Cooper, the director of Crazy Heart discussed recently what "Real Country Music" is to him while Eddie Montgomery opens a Restaurant in Lexington, KY. The Dixie Chicks also have something brewing in this latest edition of News Briefs.

Here's a song from the songwriter of the Dixie Chicks "Wide Open Spaces." Susan Gibson is a fine singer/songwriter from Texas and "My Best Feature" is one of her most clever songs.