Carla Kihlstedt

Personal life

Discography

Collaborations and bands

• 1998–99 – Smoking Balance: The Complete Recordings

• 1999 – Eat
• 2004 – Punch
• 2004 – Sarajevo Blues

• 1999 – Memory Is an Elephant
• 2000 – Helium
• 2002 – The Rodeo Eroded
• 2004 – Book of Silk
• 2007 – The Sad Machinery of Spring
• 2007 – La giusta distanza
• 2010 – Foreign Legion
• 2012 – The Rain Is a Handsome Animal

• 2001 – Grand Opening and Closing
• 2003 – Live
• 2004 – Of Natural History
• 2005 – The Face with Shinichi "Momo" Koga
• 2007 – In Glorious Times
• 2024 – of the Last Human Being

• 2003 – 2 Foot Yard
• 2008 – Borrowed Arms

• 2003 – Dalaba Frith Glick Rieman Kihlstedt

• 2004 – The Book of Knots
• 2007 – Traineater
• 2011 – Garden of Fainting Stars

• 2004 – Flying Low

• 2006 – The Compass, Log and Lead

• 2007 – Minamo
• 2009 – Kuroi Kawa ~ Black River

• 2010 – Ragged Atlas
• 2012 – The Letter
• 2024 – Z Sides

• 2010 – Causing a Tiger
• 2011 – How We Held Our Post

• 2008 – Ravish with Dan Rathbun
• 2011 – Still You Lay Dreaming: Tales for the Stage, II
• 2012 – Niagara Falling: Tales for the Stage, III
• 2016 – Grace and Delia Are Gone: Tales for the Stage, IV

• 2013 – Rabbit Rabbit Radio – Vol. 1
• 2014 – Rabbit Rabbit Radio – Vol. 2: Swallow Me Whole
• 2015 – Rabbit Rabbit Radio – Vol. 3: Year of the Wooden Horse
• 2018 – Black Inscription
• 2019 – Music from "Life On Wheels"
• 2021 – Rabbit Rabbit Radio – Vol. 4: The Animal I Am
• 2022 – Rabbit Rabbit Radio – Vol. 5: Love is Code

• 2021 – Necessary Monsters

• 2025 – ''26 Little Deaths''

As a guest or session musician

• 1994 – Carnival Skin – Dreamchair Music
• 1998 – Twelve Minor – Ben Goldberg
• 1998 – III – The Grassy Knoll
• 1998 – What Is the Difference Between Stripping & Playing the Violin? – Masaoka Orchestra
• 1998 – Buddy Systems – Selected Duos and Trios – Gino Robair
• 1998 – Sonarchy 1998 – Sonarchy Trio: Kihlstedt, Gino Robair, Matthew Sperry
• 1999 – Beauty and the Bloodsucker – Eugene Chadbourne and the Insect and Western Party
• 1999 – Half-wit Anthems – Deadweight
• 1999 – Bryant Street – Dubtribe Sound System
• 1999 – California – Mr. Bungle
• 1999 – Blue – Third Eye Blind
• 1999 – Pokey in the Bobo – Baby Snufkin
• 2000 – Revolver – Ann Dyer
• 2000 – Shuffle Play: Elegies for the Recording Angel – John Schott
• 2000 – American Pi – Austin Willacy
• 2001 – This Ungodly Hour – Mumble & Peg
• 2002 – Alice – Tom Waits
• 2002 – Trilectic – Jewlia Eisenberg
• 2003 – Rybi Tuk – Už Jsme Doma
• 2003 – Ghost Taxi – Eesk
• 2004 – I'm Gonna Stop Killing – Carla Bozulich
• 2004 – Timelines – Lesli Dalaba
• 2004 – To Each According... – Redressers
• 2004 – An Alligator in Your Wallet – Rova::Orkestrova
• 2005 – Tommyland: The Ride – Tommy Lee
• 2005 – Love Songs – Peter Garland
• 2005 – Motel – PAK
• 2005 – Electric Ascension – Rova::Orkestrova
• 2005 – Thin Pillow – Thin Pillow
• 2006 – There Be Squabbles Ahead – Stolen Babies
• 2006 – The Door, the Hat, the Chair, the Fact – Ben Goldberg
• 2006 – Half the Perfect World – Madeleine Peyroux
• 2006 – Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards – Tom Waits
• 2006 – Dreaming Through the Noise – Vienna Teng
• 2006 – 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 – Sugar – Mary Bragg
• 2009 – Fear Draws Misfortune – Cheer-Accident
• 2009 – Nowhere, Sideshow, Thin Air – Fred Frith
• 2009 – Bare Bones – Madeleine Peyroux
• 2010 – Eye to Ear III – Fred Frith
• 2012 – Secrets of Secrets – Aaron Novik
• 2015 – Orphic Machine – Ben Goldberg
• 2020 – Super Meat Boy Forever - RIDICULON
• 2021 – The Binding of Isaac: Repentance - RIDICULON
• 2022 – Séances - Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant avec Folie à Quatre