Full Cord Trio at the clover room

DOORS: 7:30pm
SHOW: 8pm
TICKETS: $20

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 members – 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. 

And with the recent addition of award-winning, Colorado-based banjoist Ricky 

Mier, Full Cord is poised to take the next step in its journey as a bluegrass 

powerhouse: The band’s debut album on Nashville’s Dark Shadow Recordings is 

set to drop in 2023. 

Full Cord’s songwriting has reached a new “tipping point,” Manager Katie 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.

The Clover Room is an intimate listening room and rental venue dedicated to creatives of all kinds. Located in suite #6 in the south Jerico building. Find out more.

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1501 FULFORD ST, SUITE 6 KALAMAZOO, MI 49001