The Long LineThe Long Line Explore Nine Centuries of Music Carla Kihlstedt

Carla Kihlstedt

American violinist, singer and composer

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

She is a founding member of Tin Hat Trio (1997, renamed Tin Hat), Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, The Book of Knots, Causing a Tiger, and Rabbit Rabbit Radio. 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), has worked occasionally on projects with Tom Waits, John Zorn, 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.

In February 2012 she founded Rabbit Rabbit Radio with her husband (and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum drummer) Matthias Bossi. Rabbit Rabbit Radio released their debut album, Rabbit Rabbit Radio – Vol. 1 in 2013. The band revolves around a song-a-month subscription through their Bandcamp profile.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • 26 Little Deaths
  • 26 Little Deaths: A - Girl Descending a Staircase
  • 26 Little Deaths: B - Childhood Friends
  • 26 Little Deaths: C - Wasted
  • 26 Little Deaths: D - One-Horse Open Sleigh
  • 26 Little Deaths: E - Death by Peach
  • 26 Little Deaths: F - Sucker
  • 26 Little Deaths: G - Hide 'n Seek
  • 26 Little Deaths: H - Waiting
  • 26 Little Deaths: I - Ida and the Undines
  • 26 Little Deaths: J - Cabinet of Curiosity
  • 26 Little Deaths: K - New Moon
  • 26 Little Deaths: L - Pica
  • 26 Little Deaths: M - Frisson
  • 26 Little Deaths: N - Ennui
  • 26 Little Deaths: O - Awl and Nothing
  • 26 Little Deaths: P - Knock, Knock!
  • 26 Little Deaths: Q - Quagmire
  • 26 Little Deaths: R - In Flagrante
  • 26 Little Deaths: S - Stupid Fort
  • 26 Little Deaths: T - Wooden Boxes
  • 26 Little Deaths: U - I Don't Mean Gurgle
  • 26 Little Deaths: V - Train of Thought
  • 26 Little Deaths: W - Ice Cathedral
  • 26 Little Deaths: X - Gnaw
  • 26 Little Deaths: Y - The Problem of the Tower and the Clouds
  • 26 Little Deaths: Z - Love Song for Dolly
  • A Living Billboard
  • A Private Grace
  • Ablutions
  • Adam's Misfortune
  • Angle of Repose
  • Auction Block 1
  • Auction Block 2
  • Boomtown
  • Confession
  • Empty Cupboard
  • Esperanto
  • F13
  • Flash Flood
  • Flinch
  • Gone
  • Hands of Production
  • Hewitt-Smithson
  • Midnight
  • More Time
  • Old Grey Mare
  • Orbly Resting
  • Pedro to Cleveland
  • Peel
  • Pray
  • Ravish
  • Reclamation
  • Red Apple Boy
  • Rooting for the Shy Librarian
  • Salina
  • Scrap
  • Sea of Stars
  • Slip
  • Soliloquy
  • Somniloquy
  • Sticks and Paper
  • Suspended Belief
  • The Ballad of John Henry
  • The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful
  • Third Generation Pink Slip
  • Traineater
  • View From the Watertower
  • Where'd Mom Go?
  • World of Made