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For most of four decades, bandleader Guy Lombardo practically owned New Year's Eve. Commentator Mal Sharpe recalls the era of "Mr. New Year's Eve" -- and a Boston band offers a new New Year's Eve tune to replace "Auld Lang Syne."

The Blind Boys of Alabama's new album Higher Ground features the singing group working with a full band and covering popular tunes flavored with their distinctive gospel style. On Weekend Edition Sunday, a talk with founding member Clarence Fountain.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with musician Tom Ogden, lead singer for the Blossoms, about the British pop band's new album, "Ribbon Around The Bomb."

The group Magnetic Fields' latest release is called I. Fans of the band say that even though the lead singer sounds like a moping adolescent, the songwriting is sophisticated. Critic Tom Moon has a review.

Mark Jenkins reviews Cibo Matto (SEE-BOW MAH-toe) a group of Japanese woman .. that live in New york and have an Italian name. The band loves to sing about food. The cd is called Viva La Woman, by Cibbo Matto Label: Warner Bros. (4:00) (IN S

Critic Bob Mondello reviews the film "Trainspotting," which opens in the United States today. The film is based on a novel about a young band of heroin addicts in Scotland. "Trainspotting" has stirred controversy because it concentrates on heroin's seductive quality. But Mondello says the film's inside view of drug use provides a sobering dose of realism.

Daisann McLane reviews the music of Chico Science and Nacao Zumbi , a Brazilian group whose two CDs are now available in the US. The band is a huge hit in their hometown of Recife but the music is wild - and can't be pigeonholed, so it's not widely played, even in Brazil. (IN STEREO)

As the FDA adds more restrictions on cigarette sales and advertising, tobacco companies are coming up with unique ways to attract new smokers. Cigarette companies are coming to nightclubs with offers to sponsor bands and help them pay for advertising. In exchange, they get exclusive rights to market their cigarettes inside the clubs, even using club employees to push their products.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Carambola, the new CD from composer Chico OFarrill, who is also the leader of the Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band in New York.

Host Liane Hansen reads from listeners' comments about the CD Wish List feature from earlier this month. Included are selections from Remi Gassmann's Music to the Ballet "Electronics", Del Close's How To Speak Hip, and Root Boy Slim & the Sex Change Band's self-titled debut.