Carla Kihlstedt

Carla Kihlstedt

Carla Kihlstedt performing with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum in Austria in November 2007.
Background information
Born 1971 (age 4344)[1][2]
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Genres Alternative rock, avant-garde progressive rock, avant-garde music, experimental, free improvisation, art music, contemporary classical music
Occupation(s) Musician
songwriter
composer
Instruments Vocals, violin, electric violin, viola, Stroh violin (trumpet-violin), guitar, bass, autoharp, nyckelharpa (hurdy-gurdy), charango, zither (Marxophone), synthesizer, piano, celesta, organ, pump organ, accordion, bass harmonica, melodica, trumpet, percussion, kalimba, percussion guitar, vibraphone (bowed), wine glasses
Years active 1998–present
Labels Tzadik
Twelve Cups
Intakt
Associated acts Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Tin Hat
Causing a Tiger
Charming Hostess
2 Foot Yard
Stolen Babies
The Book of Knots
Cosa Brava
Rabbit Rabbit
Website www.carlakihlstedt.com

Carla Kihlstedt (born 1971)[1][2] is an American composer, violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and currently working from a home studio on Cape Cod.[3]

She is a founding member of Tin Hat Trio (1997, now renamed Tin Hat), Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, The Book of Knots, Causing a Tiger and Rabbit Rabbit. 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),[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

Discography

Collaborations and bands

Phil Gelb, Carla Kihlstedt, John Shiurba, Matthew Sperry
Charming Hostess
Tin Hat
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
2 Foot Yard
Leslie Dalaba, Fred Frith, Eric Glick Rieman & Carla Kihlstedt
The Book of Knots
Carla Kihlstedt & Shahzad Ismaily
Carla Kihlstedt, Fred Frith & Stevie Wishart
Carla Kihlstedt & Satoko Fujii
Cosa Brava
Causing a Tiger
Carla Kihlstedt & Matthias Bossi
Rabbit Rabbit

As a guest or session musician

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Carla Kihlstedt". Celebrity Networth. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Carla Kihlstedt". Other Minds. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
  3. "WNYC Sound Check". Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  4. "New York Times". Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  5. "The official Carla Kihlstedt website". Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  6. "Rabbit Rabbit Radio". Rabbit Rabbit Radio. Retrieved 2013-09-25.

External links

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