http://www.tenthousand.org A Music Blog by Blake Leyh Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:09:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, The New Orleans Saints just won the NFC South Division Championships, which means they're on their way to Florida to play in the Superbowl on February 7th.  Now I'm not much of a sports fan, and until the last month or so it had to be explained to me ... http://www.tenthousand.org/?p=202 The Earl of Edgecombe has a new mixtape out. This one is all about New Orleans. Here's the full tracklist: 1. Intro 2. The Death of Bounce - The Showboys vs. Wynton Marsalis 3. Blackbird Xtra Special - The Dirty Dozen Brass Band 4. Chocko Mo Marrero Clap - Danny Barker feat. ... http://www.tenthousand.org/?p=201 Over Christmas Davis Rogan was in NY, and we spent an afternoon in my studio playing some music. My friend Tony Jarvis joined us with his tenor sax and bass clarinet, and this track was one of the results. It's been sitting on my drive 98% finished for ... http://www.tenthousand.org/?p=200 I wrote the score for a new documentary that's premiering at The Tribeca Film Festival tonight. The film, called Pray The Devil Back to Hell, is about the Liberian Women's peace movement. It's directed by Gini Reticker and produced by Abby Disney. This is the second documentary in the ... http://www.tenthousand.org/?p=199 Over at the official HBO site for The Wire they're running a feature about the music that has a fairly substantial interview with me, and a cool playlist I put together called "The B-Side of Baltimore", showcasing eleven tracks that never made it into the show. There's also some ... http://www.tenthousand.org/?p=198 This just arrived in my inbox this morning, so I thought I'd share. I'm thinking that the tsunami of hope is not quite high enough yet that we will be hearing an official presidential campaign song from a Bmore rapper. But how about using it in some targeted ... http://www.tenthousand.org/?p=197 Today, Wednesday January 30th, I will be a guest on the Leonard Lopate show on WNYC in New York, along with Clarke Peters (Freamon), Jamie Hector (Marlo), and Gbenga Akinnagbe (Chris). I'm guessing it will be a pretty lively discussion, and we will also play some music from the ... http://www.tenthousand.org/?p=196 The journalists celebrating a good story in their local bar at the end of episode 51 of The Wire are listening to none other than Davis Rogan, the formidable pianist, composer, bandleader, DJ, raconteur, and provocateur from New Orleans. I had the privilege of seeing his band play down there last ... http://www.tenthousand.org/?p=195 I saw There Will Be Blood last night at the cast-and-crew screening at The Ziegfeld, and I'm calling out Jonny Greenwood for the best score of 2007. From the opening minutes until the bitter end some 160 minutes later, I was leaning forward in my seat, amazed and delighted ... http://www.tenthousand.org/?p=194 For the last five years, people have been asking me for a copy of The Fall, the piece which I wrote for the end-credits of The Wire. I've kept that track out of circulation so that it could be part of a Wire soundtrack record, and that is finally ... http://www.tenthousand.org/?p=193