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Into Music: Dean Roland

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Collective Soul is the subject of a new documentary, Give Me A Word: The Collective Soul Story, which is available on streaming platforms as well as DVD and Blu-Ray. It’s an intense and honest look back at the group’s 30-plus-year career, examining the highs of chart success and the lows of internal friction and business relationships gone sour. The band persists, of course, remaining a beloved cornerstone of the American music scene and viewers catch a glimpse into the making of the outfit’s most recent studio LP, 2024’s Here To Eternity.

The band is currently on tour with Live, Our Lady Peace, and Greylin James Rue with a stop at the Starlight Theatre in Kanas City, Missouri on July 16.

Roland recently discussed the making of the new film and reflected on several of the key moments in the band’s career and the relationships that allow Collective Soul to thrive.


Host/Producer: Jedd Beaudoin
Digital Producers: Karlee Cooper, Beth Golay, Hugo Phan
Theme Music: Torin Andersen

Jedd Beaudoin is host/producer of the nationally syndicated program Strange Currency. He created and host the podcast Into Music, which examines musical mentorship and creative approaches to the composition, recording and performance of songs. As a music journalist, his work has appeared in PopMatters, Vox, No Depression and Keyboard Magazine.