Cochren & Co.
Dove Award-nominated Christian adult-pop group Cochren & Co. give voice to the piano-based, blues-inflected songs of Michael Cochren. They made their label debut with “Church (Take Me Back)” in 2018 and released their first long-player, Don’t Lose Hope, in 2021. The group’s sophomore effort, Running Home, followed in 2023.
A singer, songwriter, and worship leader from Montgomery, Indiana, Cochren‘s influences span Billy Joel, Ray Charles, and Need to breathe. He began touring his songs regionally as a teenager in 2011 and, adding a backing band, adopted the moniker Cochren & Co. in 2014. They were soon opening shows for the Newsboys and Jeremy Camp, among others.
Signing with TobyMac‘s Gotee Records, Cochren & Co. made their label debut in November 2018 with “Church (Take Me Back)” and the B-side “Grave.” The two songs were recorded in Nashville with producer/co-writer Bryan Fowler (Chris Tomlin, Rend Collective). The band followed it with “Please Come Home for Christmas” before the end of the month. In 2019, Cochren & Co. were featured on TobyMac‘s “Edge of My Seat [Thunderbird Remix],” a version of a song from the previous year’s hit album The Elements. The group’s 2021 debut full-length effort, the Gotee-issued Don’t Lose Hope, yielded the Billboard-charting hits “Church (Take Me Back),” “One Day,” and “Who Can.” 2022 saw the release of the single “Thank God for Sunday Morning,” which appeared on 2023’s Running Home.
