In addition to next month’s sold-out Academy show, The Civil Wars play another Dublin headliner on October 29 in the Oympia. Tickets priced €23.50 go on sale on Friday March 2.

The winners of Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Folk Album awards at the Grammys, Joy Williams and John Paul White – we suspect some Irish blood! – are also among the guests on The Chieftains’ 50th anniversary album, Voice Of Ages.