Carla Kihlstedt
born on 23/11/1971 in Lancaster, PA, United States
Carla Kihlstedt
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Carla Kihlstedt is an American composer, violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and currently working from a home studio on Cape Cod.[1]
She is a founding member of Tin Hat Trio (1997, now renamed Tin Hat), Rabbit Rabbit, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, The Book of Knots and Causing a Tiger. Other musical projects include 2 Foot Yard, Charming Hostess and Minamo (Carla Kihlstedt & Satoko Fujii). She is a recognized classical composer who has performed with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE),[2] has worked occasionally on projects with Tom Waits and Fred Frith, and recorded numerous albums as a guest or session musician. Kihlstedt has studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Oberlin Conservatory of Music.[3]
In February 2012 she founded Rabbit Rabbit with her husband (and former Sleepytime Gorilla Museum drummer) Matthias Bossi. Rabbit Rabbit released their debut album, Rabbit Rabbit Radio Vol. 1 in 2013. The band revolves around a song-a-month subscription website called Rabbit Rabbit Radio.[4]
Discography
Collaborations and bands
- Phil Gelb, Carla Kihlstedt, John Shiurba, Matthew Sperry
- 199899 Smoking Balance: The Complete Recordings (Limited Sedition, 2011)
- Charming Hostess
- 1999 Eat (Vaccination)
- 2004 Punch (RR)
- 2004 Sarajevo Blues (Tzadik)
- Tin Hat
- 1999 Memory Is an Elephant (Angel)
- 2000 Helium (Angel)
- 2002 The Rodeo Eroded (Ropeadope/Rykodisc)
- 2004 Book of Silk (Ropeadope/Rykodisc)
- 2007 The Sad Machinery of Spring (Hannibal)
- 2007 La giusta distanza (OST, Radiofandango)
- 2010 Foreign Legion (BAG)
- 2012 The Rain Is a Handsome Animal (New Amsterdam)
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
- 2001 Grand Opening and Closing (Seeland/Belle Antique/Chaosophy)
- 2003 Live (Sickroom)
- 2004 Of Natural History (Web of Mimicry)
- 2005 The Face with Shinichi Momo Koga (DVD, not on label)
- 2007 In Glorious Times (The End)
- 2 Foot Yard
- 2003 2 Foot Yard (Tzadik)
- 2008 Borrowed Arms (Yard Work/CD Baby)
- Leslie Dalaba, Fred Frith, Eric Glick Rieman & Carla Kihlstedt
- 2003 Dalaba Frith Glick Rieman Kihlstedt (Accretions)
- The Book of Knots
- 2004 The Book of Knots (Arclight)
- 2007 Traineater (Anti-)
- 2011 Garden of Fainting Stars (Ipecac)
- Carla Kihlstedt & Shahzad Ismaily
- 2004 Flying Low (Holy Night in the Outhouse)
- Carla Kihlstedt, Fred Frith & Stevie Wishart
- 2005 The Compass, Log and Lead (Intakt)
- Carla Kihlstedt & Satoko Fujii
- 2007 Minamo (Henceforth)
- 2009 Kuroi Kawa ~ Black River (Tzadik)
- Cosa Brava
- 2010 Ragged Atlas (Intakt)
- 2012 The Letter (Intakt)
- Causing a Tiger
- 2010 Causing a Tiger (Les Disques Victo)
- 2011 How We Held Our Post (Twelve Cups)
- Carla Kihlstedt & Matthias Bossi
- 2008 Ravish (And Other Tales for the Stage) with Dan Rathbun (Twelve Cups)
- 2011 Still You Lay Dreaming: Tales for the Stage, II (self-released)
- 2012 Niagara Falling: Tales for the Stage, III (self-released)
- Rabbit Rabbit
- 2013 Rabbit Rabbit Radio Vol. 1 (self-released)
As a guest or session musician
- 1998 12 Minor Ben Goldberg
- 1999 Half-wit Anthems Deadweight
- 1999 California Mr. Bungle
- 1999 Blue Third Eye Blind
- 1999 Pokey in the Bobo Baby Snufkin
- 2000 American Pi Austin Willacy
- 2001 This Ungodly Hour Mumble & Peg
- 2002 Alice Tom Waits
- 2002 Trilectic Jewlia Eisenberg
- 2003 Rybi Tuk U Jsme Doma
- 2004 I'm Gonna Stop Killing Carla Bozulich
- 2004 Timelines Lesli Dalaba
- 2005 Tommyland: The Ride Tommy Lee
- 2005 Love Songs Peter Garland
- 2006 There Be Squabbles Ahead Stolen Babies
- 2006 The Door, the Hat, the Chair, the Fact Ben Goldberg
- 2006 Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards Tom Waits
- 2006 Dreaming Through the Noise Vienna Teng
- 2007 The Happy End Problem Fred Frith
- 2007 A Distant Youth Wu Fei
- 2007 A Handful of World; Kafka Songs Lisa Bielawa
- 2007 Two Rooms of Uranium Inside 83 Markers Moe! Staiano's Moe!kestra!
- 2008 Unsquare Maybe Monday
- 2008 Our Bright Future Tracy Chapman
- 2008 Diana and James Greg Copeland
- 2009 Bare Bones Madeleine Peyroux
- 2009 Fear Draws Misfortune Cheer-Accident
- 2009 Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air Fred Frith
- 2010 Eye to Ear III Fred Frith
See also
- Romantic Warriors II: A Progressive Music Saga About Rock in Opposition
- Romantic Warriors II: Special Features DVD
References
- WNYC Sound Check. Retrieved on 2014-02-01.
- New York Times. Retrieved on 2014-02-01.
- The official Carla Kihlstedt website. Retrieved on 2014-02-01.
- Rabbit Rabbit Radio. Rabbit Rabbit Radio. Retrieved on 2013-09-25.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Carla Kihlstedt
- The official Carla Kihlstedt web site
- Rabbit Rabbit Radio (A monthly offering of music, films, photos and more from Carla Kihlstedt & Matthias Bossi)
- The UN-official Carla Kihlstedt web site
- Carla Kihlstedt on Bandcamp
- Interview with Carla Kihlstedt from Hitchhiking Off the Map radio program (RealAudio file; click to listen)
- Guest host of Bowed Radio Episode 006 (50 minutes, mp3 format)
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum official site
- Tin Hat Trio official site
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