FULL CORD: ANOTHER MICHIGAN BLUEGRASS POWERHOUSE
“This Michigan band has emerged as a bona fide bluegrass powerhouse with serious chops and stellar songwriting. And it’s clear that their magical journey has just scratched the surface.” – John Sinkevics, LocalSpins.com.

When it comes to movers and shakers in the bluegrass world, Full Cord is a super-group on the rise.
After winning the prestigious 2022 Telluride Bluegrass Band Competition in Colorado, the Michigan-based group followed that with another much-coveted honor when the International Bluegrass Music Association named Full Cord its “Momentum Award Band of the Year.”
While mandolinist Brian Oberlin notes the band’s music “is new and fresh to the ears of seasoned bluegrass fans,” the bluegrass traditions in Full Cord have deep roots.
The group’s players – Oberlin, guitarist Eric Langejans, bassist Todd Kirchner and fiddler Grant Flick – boast decades of musical artistry, with experience in popular performing bands from Michigan to Oregon.
Full Cord is poised to take the next step in its journey as a bluegrass powerhouse: The band’s debut album, Cambium, on Nashville’s Dark Shadow Recordings is set to dropped in November of 2023 and has been topping charts!
Full Cord’s songwriting has reached a new “tipping point,” Kirchner suggests, enhanced by the group’s vast repertoire and robust experience in numerous band projects over the years.
And Oberlin insists the band is “just hitting its stride” – ready to follow in the footsteps of fellow Michigan bluegrass icons Billy Strings and Greensky Bluegrass as yet another star in the making.