Kimberly A. Rosen (née Dumas; born ) is an American Grammy-nominated audio mastering engineer. Since 2009, she owns and runs a mastering studio in Ringwood, New Jersey.
Career Rosen grew up in the western Massachusetts town of Northampton. With an interest in pursuing a career in the music industry, she began an internship at West West Side Music in Tenafly, New Jersey. There, she assisted chief mastering engineer Alan Douches from 2002 through 2009. While assisting at West West Side Music, Rosen began taking on her own mastering projects and was promoted to staff mastering engineer in 2004. As a mastering engineer at West West Side Music, Rosen mastered a wide range of projects for artists such as Franz Ferdinand, Dashboard Confessional, Jeremy Enigk, and La Dispute. In 2009, Rosen started her own audio mastering studio, Knack Mastering, in Ringwood, New Jersey. Acoustician Chris Pelonis designed her mastering room.
Rosen has participated in speeches on mastering and audio industry-related panels at the AES Convention, Summer NAMM, the PotLuck Audio Conference (Tucson, Arizona), and the Welcome to 1979 Recording Summit (Nashville, Tennessee).
In October 2017, Rosen and her husband Dave launched Whitestone Audio Instruments, a company that designs and produces professional analog processing equipment for audio engineers. Their first product, the P331 Tube Loading Amplifier, was unveiled at the 2018 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. Rosen is an active member and was elected as a Governor of the New York Chapter of the Recording Academy (Grammys) in 2018.
Work Rosen works both for independent artists and labels and for major-label record companies and producers. Her most notable releases include works by Bonnie Raitt, Wynonna Judd, Joe Henry, Superdrag, Jeff Bridges, Amy Helm, and Title Fight.
In 2014, she worked on the remake of the Johnny Cash album Bitter Tears, published by Sony Masterworks, with the participation of Emmylou Harris, Steve Earl, Gillian Welch, The Milk Carton Kids and Kris Kristofferson. In 2015, she mastered the rearrangement of "Forever Young", the theme song of the television series Parenthood, performed by Rhiannon Giddens and Iron & Wine for its series finale.
Rosen was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for mastering Bonnie Raitt's Dig In Deep (2016) and the Milk Carton Kids' All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do (2018).
Several albums mastered by Kimberly Rosen have received Grammy Award nominations as well as wins. The Bonnie Raitt album Just Like That received four nominations and three wins, including the 2023 Grammy Award for Song of the Year. Aimee Mann's Mental Illness (2017) won the Best Folk Album Grammy, as did the Rhiannon Giddens album They're Calling Me Home (2022).
Grammy nominations and awards YearAlbum artists Work Category Result 2017Bettye LavetteWorthy Best Blues Album 2018Bonnie RaittDig In Deep Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical 2019Aimee MannMental Illness Best Folk Album 2020Victor WainwrightVictor Wainwright and The TrainBest Contemporary Blues Album2020Teresa James And The Rhythm TrampsHere In BabylonBest Contemporary Blues Album2020The Milk Carton KidsAll The Things That I Did And All The Things That I Didn't DoBest Engineered Album Non-Classical2021Rhiannon GiddensI'm On My WayBest American Roots Performance2022Nnenna FreelonTime TravellerBest Jazz Vocal Album2022Rhiannon GiddensThey're Calling Me HomeBest Folk Album2022Rhiannon GiddensAvalonBest American Roots Song2022Allison RussellOutside ChildBest Americana Album2022Allison RussellNightflyerBest American Roots Performance2022Allison RussellNightflyerBest American Roots Song2023Bonnie RaittJust Like ThatSong of the Yearhttps://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list2023Bonnie RaittJust Like ThatBest Americana Album2023Bonnie RaittMade Up MindBest Americana Performance 2023Bonnie RaittJust Like ThatBest American Roots Song2023Cheryl B. EngelhardtThe Passenger Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Selected discography
+ Partial discographyYearArtistAlbumCredited True Love¡Pas Net!MasteringDarius KoskiWhat Was Once Is by and GoneMasteringJankVersace SummerMasteringUke-HuntUke-HuntMasteringShirk CircusThis Band Will Destroy Your LifeMasteringThe RiverwindsThe RiverwindsMasteringCrystal YatesThe Other SideMasteringColin LakeThe Ones I LoveMasteringThe DeadmenThe DeadmenMasteringJulia RainerSpiritsMasteringSerynShadow ShowsMasteringDorian AllenRunning Back to YouMasteringBen SheaRed SunshineMasteringALSOMusic Belongs In The BackgroundMasteringTurnoverMagnoliaMasteringLoretta HagenLucky StarsMasteringSeldanIn TransitMasteringMuncie GirlsFrom Caplan to BelsizeMasteringSouthern CrossDown BelowMasteringKojiCrooked in My MindMasteringDanlCrooked MileMasteringChoir VandalsCollectionMasteringLewis & ClarkeBlasts of Holy BirthMasteringBirds of NightBirds of NightMastering2003The Escape EngineCelebrity Role ModelAssistant Engineer2004The WarriorsWar Is HellMastering Assistant2005IsadoraThey'll Never Take Us AliveMastering Assistant2005Calico SystemThey LiveMastering Assistant2005The Burning SeasonThe Haze of InfatuationMastering2005Dirty FacesSuperamericanMastering2005Tim RealeStoryMastering2005Paint It BlackParadiseMastering2005The Fire Still BurnsKeeping Hope AliveMastering2005CollapsarCollapsarMastering2006McGill Manring StevensWhat We DoMastering2006AnagramThe Lights Went UpMastering2006TortureStorm AlertEditing2006LifetimeSomewhere in the Swamps of JerseyAssistant Mastering Engineer2006Bad WizardSky HighAssistant Mastering Engineer2006Wuthering HeightsShadow CabinetMastering2006Flying DonutsRenewd AttackMastering Assistant2006IncantationPrimordial DominationMastering Assistant2006Radio 4Packing Things Up On the Scene [Edit]Mastering2006River City HighNot Enough Saturday NightsMastering2006To Live and Shave in L.A.Noon and EternityMastering2006Music for GirlsMusic for GirlsMastering2006Dirty FacesGet Right with GodMastering2006Josef KEntomologyMastering2006Android LustDevour, Rise and Take FlightMastering Assistant2006DK LimbDefy Define DefinitionAssistant2006Genghis TronDead Mountain MouthSequencing2006BarricadeBe HeardMastering2006Antilove6/6/2006Assistant Engineer2007Pain PrincipleWaiting for the FliesMastering Assistant2007Nakatomi PlazaUnsettledAssistant, Mastering2007AmandineSolace in Sore HandsMastering2007Uke of Spaces Corners CountySo Far on the WayMastering2007Alina SimonePlacelessnessMastering2007Nurse & SoldierMarginaliaMastering2007Kill the CameraKill the CameraMastering2007The TeethYou're My Lover NowMastering2007Jason DoveWe Should Be TogetherMastering2007John BustineWaltzes & PleasMastering2007The RecessionTime, Arithmetic and Other Elementary Subjects Not Well LearnedMastering2007Sean Madigan HoenThe Liquor WitchMastering2007The Eclectic CollectiveThe FluxMastering2007One False MoveSome Kind of HealingMastering2007Weird OwlNuclear PsychologyMastering2007Telenovela StarLove Lust Sci-Fi & MonstersMastering2007AvecLinesMastering2007Saints Never SurrenderHope for the Best, Prepare for the WorstMastering2007CapitalHomefrontMastering2007The High StrungGet the GuestsMastering2007Bring Back the GunsDry FuturesMastering2007D. JayBuggy BalooMastering2007Mustache!Babes Say the Hottest ThingsMastering2008Jami SieberUnspokenMastering2008Final DriveUnder the Overpass of AmericaMastering2008I Am The HeatThe Future Doesn't Need UsMastering2008The MuckrakersThe Concorde FallacyMastering2008La DisputeSomewhere at the Bottom of The River Between Vega & AltairMastering2008Franz NicolayMajor GeneralMastering2008LydiaIlluminateMastering2008Destroy EverythingFreedom of Speech Means Talk is CheapMastering2008Osaka PopstarRock'em O-Sock'em Live!Mastering Assistant2008Doug PaisleyDoug PaisleyMastering2008Saints Never SurrenderBrutusMastering2008CenturyBlack OceanMastering2009CopernicusdisappearanceMastering2009Spheric Universe ExperienceUnrealMastering2009Kava KonTiki for the Atomic AgeMastering2009Higher GiantThe First FiveMastering2009AcheronThe Final Conflict: Last Days Of GodMastering2009ParasitesSolitaryMastering2009Kelly CarmichaelQueen FareenaMastering2009Knot FeederLight FlaresMastering2009The PeekersLife in the AirMastering2009Various ArtistsJust Like Heaven: A Tribute to the CureMastering2009United StatesInstant Everything, Constant NothingMastering2009Scale the SummitCarving Desert CanyonsMastering2009Big NedBig NedMastering2010Smoke or FireThe SpeakeasyMastering2010Elk CityHouse of TonguesMastering2011Pianos Become the TeethThe Lack Long AfterMastering2011Me First and the Gimme GimmesSing in JapaneseMastering2011Title FightShedMastering2011Zachary CaleNoise of WelcomeMastering2011Mother of MercyIV: Symptoms of ExistenceMastering2011Star Fucking HipstersFrom the Dumpster to the GraveMastering2011Cobra SkullsAgitationsMastering2012Various ArtistsVans Warped Tour '12: 2012 Tour CompilationMastering2013Anthony GreenYoung LegsMastering2013Various ArtistsVans Warped Tour 2013 CompilationMastering2013FoxingThe AlbatrossMastering2014Get DeadBad NewsMastering2014Various ArtistsWarped Tour 2014 CompilationMastering2014BraidNo CoastMastering2014Various ArtistsLook Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears RevisitedMastering2014Jeff Bridges / Jeff Bridges & the AbidersLiveMastering2014Sarah JaffeDon't DisconnectMastering2014Tigers JawCharmerMastering2014WallflowerSummer DazeMastering2015Bettye LaVetteWorthyMastering2015Various ArtistsWarped Tour 2015 CompilationMastering2015Nai HarvestHairballMastering2015Tom McBrideColumbiaMastering2016Wynonna JuddWynonna & the Big NoiseMastering2016RelickTwin HouseMastering2016Glen PhillipsSwallowed By The NewMastering2016Billy Bragg / Joe HenryShine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American RailroadMastering2016Real MidnightBirds of ChicagoMastering2016Anthony GreenPixie QueenMastering2016Chely WrightI Am the RainMastering2016Various ArtistsWarped Tour 2016 CompilationMastering2016Get DeadHonesty Lives ElsewhereMastering2016Bonnie RaittDig In DeepMastering2016Jenny GillespieCure for DreamingMastering2016Sprowt2003Mastering2017Dead HeavensWhatever Witch You AreMastering2017The Barr BrothersQueens of the BreakersMastering2017Rozwell KidPrecious ArtMastering2017Sarah JaffeBad BabyMastering2017Direct Hit! / PEARSHuman MovementMastering2017Various ArtistsWarped Tour 2017 CompilationMastering2018Amy HelmThis Too Shall LightMastering2018The Gaslight AnthemThe '59 Sound SessionsMastering2018Steep Canyon RangersOut in the OpenMastering2018Victor WainwrightVictor Wainwright and the TrainMastering2018Brady Rymer / Brady Rymer & the Little Band That CouldRevvin' Up the ReindeerMastering2018Cicada RhythmEverywhere I GoMastering2018Birds of ChicagoLove In WartimeMastering2018Birds of ChicagoAmerican FlowersMastering2018Former MemberOld YouthMastering2018Joe HenryThrumMastering2018Eric LindellRevolution In Your HeartMastering2018BellyDoveMastering2018Sam PhillipsWorld On SticksMastering2018Christine RosanderBeen a Long TimeMastering2018Two MedicineAstropsychosisMastering2018The Milk Carton KidsAll the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't DoMastering2019Foy VanceTo MemphisMastering2019E.B. The YoungerTo Each His OwnMastering2019Rhiannon GiddensThere Is No OtherMastering2019Carla Olson / Todd WolfeThe Hidden Hills SessionsMastering2019Danny Lynn WilsonPeace Of MindMastering2019Over the RhineLove & RevelationMastering2019Matt AndersenHalfway Home by MorningMastering2019Foy VanceFrom Muscle ShoalsMastering2019Doug SeegersA Story I Got to TellMastering
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