Cincinnati-bred singer/songwriter Eric Diedrichs currently resides in Lexington, but his Cari Clara project (featuring band members from the Cincinnati area) hasn’t missed a beat since his move from the Queen City. Need proof? The label Deep Elm Records (which distributes CC’s releases) recently unveiled a new compilation album with songs from its roster of artists dubbed The World Won’t Spin Forever and the lead-off cut is the new Cari Clara track “Safe,” the first peak at Diedrichs and Co’s new full-length. The song (and whole compilation) is available as a free download from the Deep Elm site—- here.
The comp also has a track from The Lions Rampant, “70-30,” off of the group’s 2008 EP Plays Rock and Roll. Cincinnati’s 500 Miles to Memphis — playing its last local show of 2010 this Saturday at the Southgate House, following a year that found them playing around 250 shows across the country — also records for Deep Elm (though the band isn’t featured on the compilation).
The new CC album is due from Deep Elm in Spring of 2011.
This article appears in Dec 8-14, 2010.