Cory Seznec (guitar, banjos, harmonica, freedom boot, vocals)
Michael Ward-Bergeman (accordion, shackles, freedom boot, vocals)
Paul Clifford (calabash, yew tree, percussion, freedom boot, vocals)
Influences
Gritty and funky folk music from around the world.
Sounds Like
Nothing you have ever heard before.
"Gran Bwa" Official Worldwide Release January 2009
"Best of Groanbox" Videos from Northern Roots Festival 2009, Scotland and Le Poisson Rouge, NYC with Metropolis Ensemble. Use arrow keys to scroll through vids.
Groanbox, the North American trio of Michael Ward-Bergeman, Cory Seznec and Paul Clifford, are a musical hybrid of ideas and ideals. They are at first glance a roots band, soaked in the traditions of American music, with all the guts of rock and roll and all the soul of the wandering troubadour. But somewhere along the way, that troubadour turned off the trusted road and, from the melting pot of New Orleans, began a new journey that would take the Groanbox sound to new and unexplored places...
I love your music so much! Please let us somehow book some shows with the Coal Porters here in the UK or on Europe. Check out the VERY FIRST VIDEO at MySpace Coal Porters as it is only 12 days old and you will see our act from France just a while ago. best always, keep it goin', Sid
Hello!. Cheers for getting intouch. Hope you liked our space and the tunes. Take it easy. Gordon & Soup Spurtle : from a humid Glasgow. The rain is not far away!
