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Ivan Rosenberg is regarded as one of the most creative performers of original Dobro and clawhammer banjo music, with 4 solo CDs to his credit as well as collaborative recordings with Billy Cardine, Chris Stuart, The Breakmen, and Mighty Squirrel. Combining elements of bluegrass, old time, and Americana music, Ivan's original songs have appeared in over 125 television and film scores including HBO's Making Deadwood, The Daily Show, Oprah, Warner Brothers' Kangaroo Jack, the sci-fi cult hit Serenity: Collector's Edition DVD, and the Emmy-nominated documentary "Libby, Montana."


photo by Patrick Satterfield
Ivan has recently performed with IBMA winner Chris Jones, world-time stringband Mighty Squirrel, roots/bluegrass band The Breakmen, slide masters Steve Dawson and Doug Cox, and world-renowned clawhammer banjo player Chris Coole.

Having led worksops at the California Bluegrass Association Music Camp, the British Columbia Bluegrass Workshop, the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, and the Sore Fingers Bluegrass Workshop among others, Ivan is also one of the best regarded Dobro instructors anywhere.

Press Quotes:

“One of the best instrumental recordings I've heard this year is Ivan Rosenberg's Clawhammer and Dobro. Ivan is a banjo and resonator guitar player who writes simply irresistible tunes in that wide-open, almost-no-man's-land between contemporary bluegrass and old time”
– Donald Nitchie, editor of Banjo Newsletter

“Once again, Ivan Rosenberg has created a musical delight with Clawhammer and Dobro, a welcomed variation from the ordinary.”
Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

“If you’ve ever seen Ivan play, you know what an innovative musician he is, but hearing this steady-moving and unusual album will convince you that Rosenberg was, indeed, beamed to this planet by someone or something that had a higher place in mind for the resonator guitar and the banjo....”
Montana Rockies Bluegrass Association Newsletter

“Ivan has mastered the lyrical, mood-sustaining power of the resonator guitar.”
California Bluegrass Association Newsletter

“It is only a matter of time until Ivan Rosenberg becomes universally recognized as one of the more prolific masters of the resonator guitar.”
Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine

“Ivan Rosenberg plays his original tunes with stirring soul and emotion... While some of his tunes evoke vivacious spirit into your dancin’ shoes, Ivan seems particularly adept at mood creation.”
Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now