Asheville, North Carolina singer-songwriter Andrew Scotchie has released a new single, “Just Dream,” now available on streaming platforms. The track incorporates audio samples from protests in Minneapolis and addresses the current state of the country, according to the announcement.

The accompanying music video was directed by Callum Scott-Dyson, a filmmaker and animator whose production company, CSD Animation, has produced animated music videos for Dinosaur Jr., Paul Cauthen and Milky Chance.

“Just Dream” is the third single from Scotchie’s forthcoming album, due in 2027, following earlier releases “If I Was A Bird” and “In Your Light.” The label describes the album as exploring personal and social themes shaped in part by the COVID-19 pandemic and Hurricane Helene’s impact on Western North Carolina. Scotchie, who founded the Barnaroo music festival at age 16 to benefit the Asheville Music School, has built a following in the Southeast through years of touring.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Sarah (faccipr.com).

Anthology Recordings has released a 50th anniversary edition of Robert Lester Folsom’s 1976 album Music and Dreams, featuring remastered audio, 10 previously unheard demos from Folsom’s original reel-to-reel recordings, and new covers by Beach House and Hannah Cohen.

Folsom self-recorded and released the album in 1976 out of Atlanta’s LeFevre Studios, pressing 1,000 LP copies along with 45s and eight-track tapes, but lacked the resources to promote it nationally. The record found a cult following after Anthology Recordings first reissued it in 2010.

Folsom is wrapping a 23-date U.S. tour this weekend that included a show at New York’s Bowery Ballroom, which the label says sold out. He is scheduled to play his first overseas dates next month in the U.K. and Europe, including an appearance at Pitchfork Festival London.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Elijah Wolf // Anthology Recordings, mexicansummer.com.

Iron Maiden will return to North America in spring 2027 for a third and final leg of their Run For Your Lives Tour, Live Nation announced. The 16-date run covers markets the band’s earlier legs did not reach, including the Pacific Northwest and Southeast, and will close with festival headline sets at Sonic Temple in Columbus, Ohio, and Boardwalk Rock in Ocean City, Maryland.

The dates follow the recently completed U.S. and Canadian leg of the tour, which the band’s camp says drew large, multi-generational crowds and included the group’s first headlining stadium shows in the U.S. According to the announcement, by the end of this final leg the Run For Your Lives Tour will have played 107 shows across 36 countries to more than 3 million fans as part of the band’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

Bullet for My Valentine and The Raven Age will serve as support on the North American dates, marking an all-British bill that the band’s management says is the first of its kind for Maiden since 1983. Tickets for the Sonic Temple and Boardwalk Rock festival dates go on presale beginning Oct. 19, with a general on-sale set for Oct. 23; dates for the remaining shows and VIP packages are available through the band’s and Live Nation’s ticketing channels.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Erika Thomas, LiveNation.com.

Nashville alternative rock band Lombardy has released its new single, “Rotting in Versace,” through East Iris Records / Virgin Music Group. The track addresses economic disparity with a high-energy, humor-laced approach, according to the band.

The release follows a busy touring year for the group, which made its Ryman Auditorium debut last month opening for Starbomb!. Lombardy was also recently added to Spotify’s Fresh Finds: Forward program, which spotlights emerging artists. The band has upcoming dates including Shinedown’s Lunatic Ball in Destin, Florida, and shows in Newport, Kentucky and Nashville.

Formed in 2021 by Jonathan Plevyak and Mike Scott, Lombardy added Seth Rentfrow and Steve Mascarello in 2023. The band released its album Catch A Buzz, Not The Fuzz through East Iris Records / Virgin Music Group following a distribution partnership struck in 2025, and has also entered a sync partnership with Nashville-based Fit Out Media and 444 Sounds.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Sarah (faccipr.com).

Bluegrass group The Appalachian Road Show is set to appear on the Grand Ole Opry lineup Sunday, October 18, in Nashville. The booking comes days before the band’s two nominations are decided at the 37th Annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards in Chattanooga, where the group is up for Album of the Year for “Della Jane’s Heart” (Billy Blue Records) and Instrumental Group of the Year.

The Opry date follows founding member Jim VanCleve’s induction into the National Fiddler Hall of Fame on October 4, during a band concert in Boone, North Carolina. Newgrass musician Sam Bush was inducted the same night, and fellow Hall of Fame member Stuart Duncan made a surprise appearance to present VanCleve’s award, according to the announcement.

The Appalachian Road Show, formed in 2018 and featuring Barry Abernathy, VanCleve, Darrell Webb, Zeb Snyder and Jeff Partin, won IBMA’s New Artist of the Year and Instrumental Group of the Year awards in 2021. The band has additional dates scheduled through December, including stops in North Carolina, Georgia, Maryland and Virginia.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by 2911 Media Alert, 2911.us.

Bruce Cockburn has released a new album, “The Blood of Others,” through Sunset Boulevard Records. The record consists entirely of songs written by other artists, tracing the musical influences Cockburn absorbed before he began writing his own material, from gospel and blues records he heard growing up in Ottawa to songs discovered through friends, radio and coffeehouse performances.

The tracklist spans material by Robert Wilkins, Herman Hupfeld, Jo Stafford, Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Mississippi John Hurt, Ian and Sylvia, and others, along with Cockburn’s take on “That’s Alright,” which he says draws more from Arthur Crudup’s original recording than from Elvis Presley’s version. The album’s title is borrowed from Simone de Beauvoir’s novel of the same name, which Cockburn says dealt with personal responsibility amid oppression, a theme he felt suited a collection of songs he did not write himself.

According to the announcement, the album has drawn praise from outlets including Folk Alley, Glide Magazine, Americana Highways and Maximum Volume Music. Cockburn, who has built a catalog over more than five decades, has said the idea for the project dates back to the 1980s and grew out of songs that had stayed with him since the 1960s.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Eric Alper, thatericalper.com.

Singer-songwriter Eric Hirshberg has released his new album “More Is Not The Answer,” a 10-track collection, alongside a single and video for “Machine Against The Rage.” The song and album focus on human connection amid technology, algorithms, politics and media that the artist says pull people apart, according to the announcement.

The album was previewed through several singles over the past year, including “For Real,” a collaboration with Aloe Blacc that led to Hirshberg’s national television performance debut on “Live with Kelly and Mark,” where host Kelly Ripa called the song “an anthem,” according to the announcement. Other tracks, including “We’re All In This Alone” and “The Grand Elsewhere,” address algorithmic influence and digital distraction, while the title track was written after Hirshberg and his family evacuated during the Los Angeles wildfires.

Hirshberg is marking the release with a show at The Peppermint Club in Los Angeles on October 17.

Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Jon Bleicher, prospectpr.com.