New Year’s 2000
The program for January 1, 2000, offered a couple of hours of assorted lively music to celebrate the New Year (and new millennium, depending on how you look at it):
First hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Frankie Gavin et al. | The Dancers' Delight | Irlande (Ocora) |
| Colm Murphy | Reels: The London Lasses, The Glass of Beer, Dickie Dwyer's | An Bodhrán: The Irish Drum (Gael-Linn) |
| Various | Reels, Jigs, Reels | Music at Matt Molloy's (Real World) |
| New Set | ||
| Christy Moore et al. | The Crack Was Ninety in the Isle of Man | Live in Dublin (Tara) |
| The Mollys | Foggy Dew | Wankin' Out West (Apolkalips Now) |
| Music Under Announcements | ||
| The Mary Custy Band | Scottish Jigs | The Mary Custy Band (s/p) |
| Howie MacDonald | Vern's Jigs | Why2Keilidh (Driver) |
| Dervish | Máire Mhór | Live in Palma (Kells) |
| Sharon Shannon | The Mighty Sparrow | Spellbound: The Best of... (Green Linnet) |
| Kevin Burke | Bonnie Kate/Johnny's Chickens | Solo Fiddle (Green Linnet) |
Second hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Nguyên Le | The Black Horse (opening) | Tales from Viet-Nam (ACT) |
| Krosfyah | Pump Me Up | Party with Putumayo (Putumayo) |
| Roza Eskenazi | Tou Psará o Yiós | Rembétissa (Rounder) |
| Klezmatics | Simkhes-Toyre | Jews with Horns (Xenophile) |
| Brave Combo | Old Country Polka | Polkatharsis (Rounder) |
| The Mollys | El Bandito/Orange Blossom Special | Hat Trick (Apolkalips Now) |
| Tish Hinojosa | Otro Vasito | Frontejas (Rounder) |
| New Set | ||
| John Pappas | Çifte Telli | Armenians on 8th Avenue (Traditional Crossroads) |
| Ivo Papasov and His Orchestra | Veseli Zhorni/Marriage Song | Balkanology (Ryko) |
| Klezmatics | Freyt Aykh, Yidlekh | Jews with Horns |
| Taraf de Haidouks | Dragoste de la Clejani | Taraf de Haidouks (Nonesuch) |
| Beausoleil | Eunice Two-Step | L'Amour ou la Folie (Rhino) |
| New Set | ||
| Yuri Yunakov Ensemble | Zûlta Kitka | New Colors in Bulgarian Wedding Music (Traditional Crossroads) |
| Tiger Moth | Moth to California | Mothballs (Omnium) |
Addresses for hard-to-find current material (see the Sources list for full addresses):
The Mary Custy Band: Tayberry Music, Claddagh Records
The Mollys: http://www.azstarnet.com/~sorenso/; Tayberry Music