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Teaches Lessons:
Online, In Person
Styles:
Bluegrass (Scruggs) , Classical, Other
Levels:
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Teacher Since: 2008
Pricing: $75/lesson (1 hour lessons)
Listing Created: 11/15/2011
Listing Updated: 4/27/2026
More About Me
Currently living in Los Angeles, CA as a recording and performing artist, Michael Rossetto has established himself as a player's banjo player. As the son of Italian immigrants living in the midwest, it is surprising that a banjo found its way into his hands. As a self taught banjoist and guitarist, Rossetto moved from Wisconsin to the Twin Cities in ‘97 and began writing and recording instrumental music with his quartet, Spaghetti Western String Co. After four records, two MN Music Awards (2005, 2006) and a handful of silent film score performances, the group disbanded in 2010. Their music can be heard in the documentary Winnebago Man.
He spent the last several years working as a sideman for The Pines (Red House Records), David Huckfelt, Pieta Brown (Red House Records), Erik Koskinen and Buffalo Gospel.
In 2015 he began recording what would become Intermodal Blues, a collection of instrumental music that is a homage to the global music well that Rossetto draws inspiration from. Intermodal Blues was produced by Twin Cities drummer/percussionist, JT Bates along with Chris Bates (bass) and Jim Anton (doshpuluur). The collection of songs are heavily influenced by Rossetto’s travels to his parents’ villages in Italy, the deserts of north western India and the winter back roads in the midwest.
You can reach me at:
mrossetto1979@gmail.com
michaelrossetto.com
