Melissa Rosen
Melissa’s been writing songs since she was 9 years old, initially inspired by the pop music she listened to nightly on a small transistor radio. Stage fright has kept her behind the scenes for most of her musical life but she has ventured out occasionally. She was part of the Fast Folk (Jack Hardy) Community in the early 1990’s in NYC - is on a few of their records and performed at their Bottom Line show in 1990. She formed a band with Cynthia Lamb (KIVI) in the early 1990’s in NYC and then a duo with Mark MadDog Deffenbaugh in the late 90’s - they’ve been singing and writing songs ever since. It’s been a great joy to be part of “The Full Catastrophe,” sharing her songs and writing new ones with the band.