Chris Thile & Co. in Dublin TODAY (17 Jan.)

Chris Thile (mandolin) and the Punch Brothers - Chris Eldridge (guitar), Gabe Witcher (violin), Greg Garrison (bass), and Noam Pikelny (banjo) - will be in Dublin in the next 24 hours or so, on their way to pick at the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow on Friday.

They will be talking to Niall Toner for future airing on his 'Roots Freeway' programme on RTE Radio One, and are expected to be playing somewhere in Dublin, open to the public, on Thursday evening. Watch this space!