The 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.

Check 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.

Due to re-routing of the A Taste of Lilith tour by the promoters, we regret to inform all Australian and New Zealand fans that Court Yard Hounds will not be able to perform as originally planned this October. All Australia and New Zealand appearances have been postponed until a later date yet to be However, Sarah McLachlan will take Kater Miller-Heidke and The Verses out for a revised run of Taste of Lilith tour dates beginning Monday 4 October in Sydney. Shows in Melbourne and Brisbane are now on new days while the Adelaide show has been cancelled. For complete tour changes and ticket information, please visit the Chugg Entertainment website at www.chuggentertainment.com. We sincerely apologize and hope Court Yard Hounds are able to visit down under soon!

Tune in to World Cafe today, to hear Court Yard Hounds perform. Listen online to the WXPN Philadelphia stream at 7pm next Tuesday or find your local NPR station to see what time the show will air in your area.

Court Yard Hounds are excited to announce another London show for Tuesday 2nd November! The band will play a 2nd night at Union Chapel (following their show on Monday 1st November) as a part of their UK debut. Tickets are on sale now so get them while you can!

Martie Maguire and Emily Robison from the Dixie Chicks share insight on their songwriting process behind the new project. Check out the video below:

Go 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.

Court Yard Hounds will head to Australia in October as a part of the "A Taste of Lilith" tour with Sarah McLachlan. Opening the tour are Australia’s own Kate Miller-Heidke and The Verses. Be on the lookout for a special CYH fan pre-sale beginning Monday 30 August, 2010. General public tickets to all shows (excluding Perth) go on sale at 9:00am on Thursday, 2 September, 2010. For each ticket sold, A Taste of Lilith will donate $1.00 to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.

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.



The band's drummer Fred takes a nap after a hard day of traveling... or wine sampling.



From Portland the band traveled to Jacksonville OR, here's a shot of Emily and Martie on stage.



Martie on stage in Jacksonville.



If you didn't see them live, here's some proof that the Court Yard Hounds rock out:



... all that rocking out exhausted Fred:



Court Yard Hounds then joined the Lilith Fair gang and played the first show in Kansas City:



Martie and Emily's favorite part of being part of Lilith is the fact they get to meet and collaborate with all the other talented ladies on the tour. Every day before the show there was a press conference where everyone on the bill came together to talk to media and answer questions.



With all those bands, and on the bill, it gets busy backstage:



It's not without it's perks though, Martie got to chat with Emmylou Harris and introduce her to her daughters



The boys in the band got to see Heart from backstage.



Of course, the excitement of seeing Heart exhausted Fred:



We'll have more for photo's for you soon, so keep coming back to check. Also if you were at the shows and took photo's we'd LOVE to see them - you can upload them here on CYH.

Team Court Yard Hounds