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Lead singer/guitarist Pat DiNizio and drummer Dennis Diken from the band The Smithereens. Their new album, Meet the Smithereens, is a track-by-track homage to the Beatles' Meet the Beatles.

Contract negotiations between Broadway producers and the musicians' union are stuck over how many musicians must be employed by each show. Producers are threatening virtual pit bands. Musicians are threatening to strike. Jeff Lunden reports.

Christian rockers Jars of Clay have sold 5 million albums since their 1995 debut. Their latest album, The Eleventh Hour, is just as spiritual as their previous efforts, but the message is more complex and subtle. The band talks with Scott Simon on Weekend Edition Saturday. (13:00)

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)