Tea Time With Ed Roland - Pollstar News

Ed Roland is hitting the road with his new outfit, The Sweet Tea Project, for a short spin around the States this fall in support of their debut album Devils ’N Darlins that drops Sept. 3.

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Sound Board @ MotorCity Casino Hotel, Detroit, Mich.

The Collective Soul frontman teamed up with group of friends and musicians to try a new approach to songwriting for the record, which is apparently heavy on the autobiographical and emotional tracks.

The first single off Devils ’N Darlins, “Love Won’t Bring Us Down,” is available now via iTunes and Amazon. Visit the 429 Records website to preview songs from the album.

Aside from recording, Ed Roland & The Sweet Tea Project has been keeping busy with residencies earlier this year in Atlanta and Athens, Ga. The band also won an ESPN contest that reimagined the NBA’s theme music.

The dates:

Sept. 8 –San Francisco, Calif., Slim’s
Sept. 12 – West Hollywood, Calif., The Roxy Theatre
Sept. 14 – Pensacola, Fla., Blue Angel Music
Sept. 15 – Atlanta, Ga., Park Tavern (Unplugged In The Park)
Oct. 9 – New York, N.Y., B.B. King Blues Club
Oct. 10 – Salisbury, Mass., Blue Ocean
Oct. 11 – Portland, Maine, Asylum
Oct. 14 – Ewing, N.J., Trinity United Methodist Church
Oct. 15 – Rochester, N.Y., Richmond’s
Oct. 19 – Panama Beach, Fla., Aaron Bessant Park
Feb. 22-26 – Miami, Fla., “Rock Boat”

More information can be found at TheSweetTeaProject.com.