December 8, 15, and 22, 2020 at 8 p.m

Rosser sings in a voice both plangent and wailing. —The New York Times 

Howl! Arts is pleased to present a series of intimate concerts with a downtown legend—the musician and writer Felice Rosser—every Tuesday in December, starting December 1 on Howl! TV at 8 p.m. With sweet and powerful guitars and funky polyrhythms, Rosser has developed an immensely colorful sound. Bringing to Howl her “Afrodelic” sound, and what The Village Voice has described as “deeply soulful tone poems,” bassist and vocalist Rosser will be joined by members of her band Faith NYC, including Tokyo-born guitarist Nao Hakamada and drummer Finley Hunt, as well as other players. The concert series continues on subsequent Tuesdays, December 8, 15, and 22, 2020 at 8 p.m. Free on Howl TV.

December 1st
Felice Rosser/Nao Hakamada/Finley Hunt + jennifer jazz

December 8th
Felice Rosser/Nao Hakamada/Finley Hunt + Honeychild Coleman

December 15th
Felice Rosser/Nao Hakamada/Finley Hunt + Luc Sante

December 22
Felice Rosser/Nao Hakamada/Finley Hunt + Deerfrance and Kai Eric

There’s a reason this trio has earned a reputation as a gem of the NYC underground. —Afropunk

Rosser will play two acoustic sets per night, with special guests performing during intermission. On December 1, Rosser welcomes writer, musician, and performance artist jennifer jazz, who will read from her memoir Spill Ink on It published in 2019 by Spuyten-Duyvil Press in which she maps her rebellious flight through the streets of seventies and eighties New York, England, and Paris. jazz is also featured in Sara Driver’s 2018 documentary Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Rosser has performed or recorded with a diverse range of artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Bush Tetras, Don Cherry, Jemeel Moondoc, reggae innovator Annette Brissett, Gary Lucas, Sal Principato of Liquid Liquid, Public Image Ltd, Ari Up of The Slits, and H.R. from Bad Brains, as well as with members of Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo, Dinosaur Jr., Television, and Patti Smith Group.

She also authored an essay in the book Basquiat before Basquiat: East 12th Street, 1977-1980, published by MCA Denver Press; published short fiction in Bomb Magazine; and appeared in Jim Jarmusch’s Permanent Vacation and Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames.

About Felice Rosser and Faith NYC

About Howl TV

Howl TV is a channel to the artistic creation of myriad artists, performers, poets, dancers, and thought-leaders who exemplify the spirit of the East Village and Lower East Side. The website’s archive permits viewers to select from hundreds of past programs by legends of the downtown scene, and is home to screenings, concert series, monthly Full Moon Shows, poetry readings, lively discussions, and more. With original live programming or streaming quintessential moments from the past, Howl TV is a chance to experience the continuing creativity which is the hallmark of Howl! Happening.