Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is a Grammy-nominated U.S. singer-song-writer. He has concentrated his career so far mostly in concert singing and recordings, although he has stated that he wishes to pursue music theatre in the future. Early life Josh Winslow Groban was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Jewish father (a descendant of Polish and Russian immigrants) and a Norwegian mother. His maternal great-grandparents were from the eastern Norwegian district of To