| 2009 | Formed Court Yard Hounds with sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison as a side project launched during a hiatus from The Chicks, while bandmate Natalie Maines pursued solo work, giving Robison her first turn as a lead vocalist outside the trio. |
| 2010 | Announced the new project and a signing to Columbia Records in a January press release, confirming Robison as Court Yard Hounds' lead vocalist and setting Jim Scott, producer of The Chicks' biggest albums, behind the board for the debut record. |
| 2010 | Debuted live as Court Yard Hounds on March 18 at the Americana Music Association showcase during SXSW in Austin, previewing songs including 'Skyline' from the upcoming debut months before national press picked up on the new sisters-only lineup. |
| 2010 | Released the self-titled debut album on May 4 through Columbia Records, opening with the 'Skyline' track and lead single 'The Coast,' which reached No. 26 on the AAA chart as the LP debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200. |
| 2011 | Toured U.S. clubs and theaters nationwide through the year in support of the self-titled debut, playing acoustic-leaning sets built around 'Skyline' and 'The Coast' and eventually helping push the album's U.S. sales past 500,000 copies. |
| 2013 | Issued 'Sunshine' on June 10 as the lead single from the upcoming second album, Amelita, marking Court Yard Hounds' first new music in roughly three years and previewing a rootsier, harder rocking direction for the sisters. |
| 2013 | Released Amelita, the duo's second and to date final studio album, on July 16 with producer Jim Scott again behind the board, a record that debuted at only No. 70 on the Billboard 200 versus the debut's No. 7 peak. |
| 2013 | Entered an indefinite hiatus after the Amelita tour cycle wrapped, as Maguire and Robison shifted their focus back to The Chicks, marking the last confirmed Court Yard Hounds activity to date, with no new singles or shows announced under the name since. |
| 2023 | Toured internationally as two-thirds of The Chicks on the Gaslighter-era World Tour, which launched June 20 in Oslo with Maren Morris opening the European and UK dates, while Court Yard Hounds itself remained inactive under its own name. |
| 2025 | Marked the Court Yard Hounds debut album's 15th anniversary in an April 25 Dallas Observer retrospective by Preston Jones, which praised the record's staying power while confirming no new Court Yard Hounds material has followed 2013's Amelita. |
