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
She attended
Cass Technical High School in Detroit before enrolling at
Barnard College in
New York City.
Career
Music
Rosser's musical career began playing bass in bands with singer/guitarist deerfrance 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
Jean-Michel Basquiat (; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
Basquiat first achieved fame as part of the graffiti duo SAMO, alongside Al ...
,
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
Rosser has appeared in films including; ''
Permanent Vacation'' directed by
Jim Jarmusch
James Robert Jarmusch (; born January 22, 1953) is an American film director and screenwriter. He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s, directing films including '' Stranger Than Paradise'' (1984), '' Down by Law'' ( ...
, ''You are not I'' directed by
Sara Driver and ''
Born in Flames'' directed by
Lizzie Borden. Rosser has also done theater work with The Puerto Rican National Traveling Theater and the
off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...
production of “Driving on the Left Side.”
Writing
Rosser has published various short stories in ''
Bomb Magazine''.
[http://bombsite.com/articles/author?who=Rosser%2C+Felice]
Recordings
Discography
* Singles
:*7 inch — "Like Springtime/Lost"
Albums
* ''Time to Fall in Love Again'' 2000 /Cool Baby Music,
* ''A Place Where Love Can Grow'' 2007 /Cool Baby Music
References
External links
* https://www.faithnyc.net/
OL
faithny.com(archived Jan 6 2017)
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Living people
American reggae musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Cass Technical High School alumni
Barnard College alumni