Ralph Graceffa - Guitar, Lead Vocals, Songwriter
Clarabelle Junken - Guitar, Vocals, Songwriter
Aaron 'the doctor' Cloutier - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Josh Prescott - Bass Guitar
Tim Garrett - Cello

"Marion Grace began as a remembrance of a person that none of us have met, but who all of us will remember."

Marion Grace was conceived years ago by namesake lead singer and songwriter Ralph Marion Graceffa and the current members have been together since 2008. The name Marion Grace is anchored to a childhood memory of a woman met through pictures and stories only, but is a person they will all carry in remembrance through the spirit and Grace of the music.

The band is a family of musicians with a core group of players that write and shape the material. The idea behind Marion Grace is to be real, be steady, be human… “we are who we are”. They have been quoted many times saying, “it’s an amazing feeling to share music with the world, whether it be in a small cafe in Portland, Maine or on a large New York City stage.

Taking most of 2009 into 2010 to record their debut album, the band worked with Producer Adam Frederick and Engineer Mike Davidson at Zippah Studios in Boston and their sound progressed into soulful and honest folk rock.

MG released their debut record “Lying Down Looking Up” in March of 2010 and celebrated with a sold-out performance at Portland’s esteemed venue, Port City Music Hall! Marion Grace’s “Lying Down Looking Up” is available on iTunes and at all Bull Moose Music stores (in Maine and NH) as well as on Bull Moose’s website. They were nominated earlier this year by The Portland Phoenix for Best New Act.

As debut records go, it’s rare to find one as textured and fully realized as what Marion Grace have put together in the 10-song Lying Down Looking Up, an arty, smart, folk-rock affair that shows songwriting creativity with some genuinely great ideas.
- Sam Pfieffle
The Portland Phoenix

It’s been a cranked 2010 for Ralph Graceffa and his ramblin’-on outfit Marion Grace. Lighting the fuse was dropping the immensely buzz-worthy debut, “Lying Down, Looking Up,” earlier this year, but the dynamite may not have even gone off yet.
- Mike Olcott
Portland Press Herald