The fans of the Austin super group, The Fireants truly did “come out of the mound”  during the month of June, putting them over the top by a wide margin and chalking up another victory on a long list of  previous wins while giving a vision of things to come.

Winning Best Teen Band at this year’s Austin Music Awards ceremony and taking top honors in the Young Talent Competition at the Old Settler’s Music Festival, the group has already proved to be formidable entertainers and musicians and the curious thing is, they are all still in High School. That’s right, the same group that is winning awards, turning heads and rattling cages in the music industry is also trying to maintain grade averages and stay within curfew. If anybody ever had any doubt about the future of the music business being in capable hands, cast those doubts aside.

It’s not only the fact that they are all incredible musicians on their various instruments, but the fact that they have taken several genres of music, jazz, bluegrass, roots rock, Americana and even rap to produce a brilliant, seamless, highly original sound that commands an audience. They are definitely in the “warp continuum” as original artists with limitless possibilities.

The Fireants consists of Ian Stewart – fiddle, mandolin and vocals, Zeke Jarmon – guitar, vocals, Steven Campbell – keyboards, Rebecca Pledger –bass, and Victor Ziolkowski – drums. Their self titled EP included four songs, “Hinterland”, “Emily D”, “Deuce is Loose”, and “Hold What You Got”. Great stuff. This is the kind of music that I truly like to hear and I would definitely recommend you check out their cd . More can be heard and seen at www.myspace.com/fireantsaustin. and mark my word, you’ll be hearing a lot about this group in the years to come.