Archive for the ‘NOLA Music’ Category
Treme Soundtrack & John Boutte Albums Released Today
April 17th, 2012 by Blake
Hey Now – Today is a good day: the first day I can share a bunch of new music that I love with everyone I know. +MUSIC FROM THE HBO ORIGINAL SERIES TREME, Season 2 + http://www.rounder.com/2012/03/new-releases/treme-season-2-soundtrack In case you were unaware of this, I have The Best Job In The World. I get [...]
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Blake Leyh Interview on WBGO
November 27th, 2010 by Blake
Mr. Josh Jackson is the guy who said some really smart things about Treme on NPR’s A Blog Supreme. He also wrote the track notes for the soundtrack CD. To coincide with the release of the CD, Josh interviewed me for his WBGO show The Checkout. You can hear the entire 20-minute interview, which includes [...]
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The N Stands For Nuance
June 4th, 2010 by Blake
I’ll be on NPR’s Talk of The Nation on Monday June 7th at 2:40pm EST, talking about the music on Treme. Hopefully I won’t humiliate myself by saying something stupid or getting my facts wrong… like, say, in the HBO promo piece where I rambled on about how Charles Brown gave birth to Rock ‘n’ [...]
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Additional New Orleans Music Sources
May 29th, 2010 by Blake
During the first weeks I was working on Treme I was asked to make a compilation CD and a list of additional music sources for the actors and other key members of the creative team. The idea was to give them a way to familiarize themselves with New Orleans music, as many of them had [...]
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