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Congratulations To The June Austin Music City CD Voter's Poll Winner, The Fireants!

ImageThe 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.
 

 
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4th Annual HAAM Benefit Day

ImageHEALTH ALLIANCE FOR AUSTIN MUSICIANS INVITES BUSINESSES ACROSS AUSTIN AREA TO JOIN 4TH ANNUAL HAAM BENEFIT DAY.

 Austin, TX -- The 4th Annual HAAM Benefit Day is set for Tuesday, September 22, and Health Alliance for Austin Musicians wants to ensure that every business in the Austin area gets in on celebrating the cooperation among live music, the hard-working musicians who make it and the businesses community that backs it up -- all in the name of providing affordable healthcare services for those music-makers who've enrolled in the groundbreaking HAAM.

This year, more than 250 Austin-area businesses are expected to join in the sounds of HAAM Benefit Day, with a variety of enviable perks for the largest donor-participants, and the Topfer Family Foundation is offering a matching grant of up to $25,000. For the full story, check out the news/events section.

 

 
John Carter Cash And Jack Clift Produce Culturally Transcendent Pale Imperfect Diamond

ImageNashville, TN - Although globalization has become a popular buzzword and topic in the twenty-first century world of business, music remains delineated as influenced by Eastern or Western culture. With the release of Pale Imperfect Diamond, on June 2, 2009, listeners all over the world will get the unique opportunity to enjoy an attuned blend of Eastern and Western musical influences.

Pale Imperfect Diamond is an ambitious collection of roots music standards and original tracks recorded in cultural poles. Co-producer Jack Clift met with John Carter Cash and the idea to marry the musical styles with an album formed; the two producers were committed to unifying American folk ballads and traditional Uzbek instrumentation from the album's inception. For the full story, check out the New Releases section.