SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM Member Announces 2 FOOT YARD, THE BOOK OF KNOTS Shows In NYC
June 21, 2007, 17 years ago
Violinist/vocalist Carla Kihlstedt, member of Oakland, California's 'rock against rock' band SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM, has announced a series of shows in New York City this July with her other musical projects: 2 FOOT YARD and THE BOOK OF KNOTS.
Kihlstedt, a founding member of both TIN HAT TRIO and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, has studied at the Peabody, the San Francisco and the Oberlin Conservatories of Music.
The following projects show dates are as follow:
2 Foot Yard (Carla Kihlstedt, Marika Hughes, Shahzad Ismaily)
July 8th, 2007 @ 7pm, $12 at Mo Pitkins (at 34 Avenue A) 212.777.5660
http://www.mopitkins.com, http://www.myspace.com/2footyard
The Book Of Knots
The one and only show! CD release party for TrainEater (ANTI- records) (Matthias Bossi, Joel Hamilton, Carla Kihlstedt, TonyMaimone)
With special guests Carla Bozulich, Jon Langford and more!
July 13th, $2007 @ 8pm, $20 Blender Theater at Gramercy (at 127 East 23rd Street)
Tickets available via Ticketmaster
http://www.myspace.com/thebookofknots, http://www.anti.com/artist.php?id=41
Carla Kihlstedt & Sataoko Fujii
Improvised duos for violin and piano
July 14th, 2007 @ 8pm, $10 The Stone (at corner of Avenue C & 2nd street)
http://www.thestonenyc.com/
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum released their debut album for The End Records titled In Glorious Times last month and just finished an extensive month long tour of North America. The band will be back on the road in August
Photo: 2 Foot Yard - l to r: Marika Hughes, Shahzad Ismaily, Carla Kihlstedt