Rose Thomas Bannister is a singer songwriter who lives in Brooklyn.

Raised in Nebraska, where she founded the Clawfoot House venue, Bannister settled in Brooklyn a few years ago after completing a 63-date DIY tour of the whole United States. Her second album, The Sewing Room  was an underground psych folk simmer-hit. She toured in fall 2018 with her band, Rose Thomas Bannister & The Filthy Unbelievers,  in support of her EP Ambition, a song cycle based on Macbeth.

Bannister has continued her habit of curating experimental and folk music concerts with three seasons of her Mayflower music series in Brooklyn. Besides leading her band, she has also collaborated regularly with Susan Alcorn, played organ at R.I.O with Alec K. Redfearn & The Eyesores, produced a Concetta Abbate record, booked tours for Bunnybrains and Dino Felipe, harmonized with Debby Schwartz and Franklin Bruno, and improvised as a member of Heavy Laundry. 

(Formerly known as Ember Schrag, Bannister legally changed her name in 2016).