From his birthplace Noorvik, Alaska (located on the banks of the Kobuk river) to the diverse list of groups he has performed in, there is nothing ordinary about Sean Kobuk. As friend and fellow musician Webale put it "His songs are honest, carefully sculpted and digestable, drawing from rock, pop, reggae and electronica."

Sean started his musical career in Jr High as a singer in his schoolmates Ramones cover band. By high school Kobuk had taught himself guitar and moved into the role of lead guitarist that he would play in many future bands. While attending Hampshire college Sean joined legendary country punk band Beatrice learning the tricks of the songwriting trade from co-founders Matt Bosson and Sage Guyton. Sean explored blues, funk and reggae as guitarist in Jambone, Public Knowledge and Uproot and rewrote the score for a campus production of Marat Sade with friend and current hollywood film scorer Chris Anderson.

After college Kobuk moved to San Francisco and did a stint in seminal queer punk band Fagbash before forming the heavy/melodic Bless and Burn with brother Darren on drums. By this time Sean's songwriting talent began to equal his skill as a guitarist and the subject matter was often gut wrenchingly personal. Bless and Burn recorded a two song demo with engineer Damien Rasmussen at Dancing Dog studio and eventually landed a slot playing at the infamous Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert before disbanding in 1998.

Sean relocated back to his hometown of  Ithaca, NY. and began writing more diverse material that blended rock, hip hop and electronica with folk and country. Kobuk has been playing out as a solo acoustic performer and recently performed with a full backup band at Musefest. Kobuk also produced a three song demo for friend and Musefest founder Way.

Sean Kobuk's first full length recording, Angels in the Rearview Mirror, was released on I-Town records in December of 2004. Recorded and Produced by Matt Saccuccimorano at Electric Wilburland the disc features a who's who of Ithaca's best musicians including Saccuccimorano on drums, Walt Lorenzut of Hubcap and Wingnut on bass and AJ Strauss of the Sutras on piano and vocals. This CD marks the return of a full band sound for Kobuk and melds high energy rock with introspective indie folk.