Felice Rosser

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Felice Rosser (born Detroit, Michigan) is a singer, songwriter, bass player, actor and writer. She now lives and works in New York. She is known for her powerful and emotional voice, her musical skill as a bass player and as a singer and songwriter. She also performs as an actress.

Education[edit]

She attended the Roeper School and Cass Technical High School in Detroit before enrolling at Barnard College in New York City.

Career[edit]

Music[edit]

Rosser's musical career began playing bass in bands with singer/guitarist deerfrance[1] and performance artist and writer jennifer jazz. She became interested in playing reggae music and joined Sistren, an all-female band led by drummer Annette Brissett. She has played with many musicians and artists including Bush Tetras, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gary Lucas and Ari Up of the Slits. Rosser leads Faith, a group that includes guitarist Nao Hakamada. Faith has released a 7-inch "Like Springtime b/w Lost", and 2 CD's 2001's Time to Fall in Love Again and 2007's A Place Where Love Can Grow on Cool Baby Music. Faith also has a song "Time to Fall in Love Again" in the film “The Substitute part 2.”

Film and acting[edit]

Rosser has appeared in films including; Permanent Vacation directed by Jim Jarmusch, You are not I directed by Sara Driver and Born in Flames directed by Lizzie Borden.[2] Rosser has also done theater work with The Puerto Rican National Traveling Theater and the off-Broadway production of “Driving on the Left Side.”

Writing[edit]

Rosser has published various short stories in Bomb Magazine.[3]

Recordings[edit]

Discography[edit]

  • Singles
  • 7 inch — "Like Springtime/Lost"

Albums[edit]

  • Time to Fall in Love Again 2000 /Cool Baby Music,
  • A Place Where Love Can Grow 2007 /Cool Baby Music

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Fear is a Woman's Best Friend: Q & A with Deerfrance - Page 3 of 4". 31 March 2009.
  2. ^ The New York Times Movies
  3. ^ http://bombsite.com/articles/author?who=Rosser%2C+Felice

External links[edit]

OLD faithny.com (archived Jan 6 2017)