Podcasts about Let Your Backbone Slide

'I'm not making records; I'm making history. Today, my man Tony and I made history with this interview." Maestro Fresh Wes. Maestro Fresh We is credited as the "Godfather of Canadian Hip Hop, " his debut album, Symphony in Effect, was a certified platinum album. In 2023, Maestro Fresh Wes became the first hip-hop artist inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. His song Let Your Backbone Slide" is the first rap song inducted into the Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame. What did Drake have to say about Maestro Fresh Wes and his influence on him and Canadian music?  What advice did Chuck D of Public Enemy offer?  You'll have to listen to find out. ‘Fresh' is part of Wes Williams' stage name, and Fresh is how I would describe his perspective and attitude. This story has so many beats. You will take away so much from how Wes approaches life and career. I consider this essential listening for young people as they must diversify and stay relevant throughout their careers. Stay tuned to the show's end when Mark Beckles, the Vice President of Social Impact and Innovation, returns to Chatter that Matters to discuss First Up by RBC X Music and RBC Future Launch. This is a testament to the role organizations can play in helping Canadian youth find and pursue their path in life.   To connect with Maestro Fresh Wes: http://maestrofreshwes.net First Up with RBCX Music: https://www.rbc.com/dms/enterprise/music/first-up.html RBC Future Launch: https://www.rbc.com/en/future-launch/      

You can't begin to talk about the history of hip-hop without talking about Maestro Fresh Wes. Dubbed the godfather of Canadian hip-hop, Maestro became widely known in 1989 for his debut single, “Let Your Backbone Slide,” which was a game-changer for Canadian music. He joins Tom to take us through his journey from writing rhymes at Scarborough's Parkway Mall to releasing the first hit Canadian hip-hop record.

Brandon Deuville joins the pod, but this time to celebrate with Bryce Canada's success at the men's FIBA World Cup.

This is some essential CanCon! We're discussing Let Your Backbone Slide by Canadian rapper Maestro Fresh Wes. If you're from Canada you know this one. If you aren't stop what you're doing and listen to it now! Hosted by @sliiiiip and @megamixdotcom, the Super Hits Podcast reviews a different retro single each episode! We're on all of the usual podcast platforms, so come find us. Come and give us a 5-star review! We're back to twice-a-week episodes, at least for the time being! To correct us if we miss a fact or get something wrong, to request a single, or to just say hello, hit us up at superhitspodcast@gmail.com Here's the song: https://open.spotify.com/track/6Vzm5bCCbFSajEn8pxgpPC?si=3556eddc4fcd4b9a Here's the music video: https://youtu.be/CsPS0lN-ulY Here's our website: https://megamixdotcom.com/super-hits/ Here's our Twitter: @SuperHitsCast Here's our Instagram: @SuperHitsPodcast You can also find playlists for all of the songs we've covered on Spotify and Apple Music. Just search for Super Hits Podcast Playlist! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/superhitspodcast/message

In this 1182nd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with The Toronto Star's Ed Keenan about the second anniversary of the January 6 United States Capitol attack and what's making waves in Toronto. Warning: early in this episode, Mike and Ed recite the lyrics to Maestro Fresh Wes's Let Your Backbone Slide. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Canna Cabana, Ridley Funeral Home and Electronic Products Recycling Association.

Crofton and Ryan pooled their collective energy from having a week off to deliver a super-sized episode where they cover everything from Loki to not losing your mind with your kids. Ryan goes mainstream with Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart while Crofton goes art house with Backbone (it's a PC game - Google it!). All of this and a moment to reflect. Come listen!

Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor discusses her new memoir, Rememberings: Scenes from My Complicated Life, and tells us why ripping up a picture of the pope on Saturday Night Live in 1992 didn't derail her career, but rather put her back on track. Canadian hip hop legend Maestro Fresh Wes, his former manager Farley Flex and producer Davis of First Offence share an oral history of the 1989 hit Let Your Backbone Slide. Maestro Fresh Wes reflects on his historic Juno win for his breakthrough debut, Symphony in Effect​, and fills us in on his new children's book, Stick to Your Vision: Young Maestro Goes to School. Uchucklesaht First Nation artist and residential school survivor Gina Laing opens up about the abuse she endured as a child, and how painting helped her process her trauma.

Author. Actor. The first black Canadian musical artist to attain platinum status in his home country. The Godfather of Canadian hip hop. He is Maestro Fresh Wes, and he's on the We Talk Music podcast. Maestro's latest project is a children's book entitled "Stick To Your Vision: Young Maestro Goes To School" which smartly follows up his motivational book "Stick to Your Vision: How to Get Past the Hurdles and Haters" with another inspirational message for young and old alike. We talk to Maestro about the book and writing for children as compared to adults,. We also cover his various careers and what it was like when "Let Your Backbone Slide" hit it big on the charts. Check it out. Some great ways to subscribe to We Talk Podcasts. Try us on iTunes. For those of you looking for an alternative we're now available on Stitcher Radio. You can also check the show out on the versatile TuneIn radio. And join the We Talk Conversation on Twitter @wetalkpodcasts. Plus give us a like now on Facebook. Ancheck out the WTM archives for more amazing interviews,  

Hello and welcome to episode 69 of Sing! Dance! Act! Thrive!I’m going to start the show with a little-known fact… For most of my life, I tiptoed around in order to go unnoticed. I was passionate about the performing arts, however, I was way too shy to become a performer. As a photographer, makeup artist, journalist, artist manager, and publicist I could remain behind the scenes, but becoming a coach changed that for me. As a creativity coach, we dig deep into core values, limiting beliefs, and personal motivation for achieving goals. Encouraging my clients to show up authentically, to share vulnerabilities, and to push through their comfort zones motivates me to lead by example and do the same. Now when I notice I am procrastinating on something I examine the why behind it, what fear or limiting belief am I holding on to? Then I work to push through. And I’m grateful for the change! Listeners have heard me say before that the reason I got into coaching was out of frustration that too many artists were coming to me for publicity before they were really ready. In order to get media attention these days, you need a professional brand, interesting stories, and an active social media following. Through coaching I can guide you through developing those step by step, however, lately, I’m realizing that in my attempts to give the people what they want which is for me to teach them about social media and dyi publicity that I’ve started to allow clients to again skip over the foundational work. The foundation is personal branding which is all about expressing your authentic self in all its glory. It is exploring and celebrating your personality, interests, life experiences, core values, beliefs, skills, strengths, and even your weaknesses. It is deeply personal work that I believe strongly that you can’t have long-lasting success if you skip it. I’m sharing this because it is good to take a step back and remember the why behind your vision and notice if you are going off track. So you may notice on the podcast or things I share on social media that I’m going to return to focus on the foundations more so than giving you social media and publicity tips. My guest today knows all about sticking to your vision so much so that Stick to your vision has grown from a song that he wrote and recorded to a book to Ted talks to being a major part of his personal and professional brand. Maestro Fresh Wes is a multi-award-winning recording artist, and the first Canadian Hip Hop artist to have a single hit Gold status on the charts. His iconic 1989 album Symphony In Effect was the first to receive a JUNO Award for Best Rap Recording of the Year, as well as the first Canadian Hip Hop album to go Platinum. A true pioneer, he was also the first Canadian hip hop artist to have a song rank on Billboard’s Top 20 Rap Singles chart, and in 2019 “Let Your Backbone Slide” became the first rap song inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.Maestro’s songs “Reach For The Sky (feat. Classified and Blue Rodeo)” and “The Distance (feat. Saukrates)” were featured throughout the Olympics, 2014 Winter, and 2016 Summer, respectively.As an actor, Williams has appeared on numerous film and television projects, including The Line — for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series — and  as the character of Paul Dwyer in the CBC hit sitcom, Mr. D. He has been inducted into the Scarborough Walk of Fame, received the 2003 Reel World Film Festival Trailblazer Award, and was a guest speaker for the Governor-General of Canada’s Summit on Urban Arts. Williams’ paths as both an author and motivational speaker merged with the release of his motivational book, Stick To Your Vision with its foreword written by Public Enemy’s Chuck D, and content long-credited for inspiring fellow Canadian hip hop star Drake.Canada’s indisputable Godfather of hip hop has just unveiled his newest release — an inspirational children’s book, Stick To Your Vision: Young Maestro Goes to School.How is that for an introduction…the man is a legend and a super sweet guy too. I hope you enjoy our conversation.Links and a transcript visit http://singdanceactthrive.com/069

Dropping the needle in this episode of Behind The Vinyl: Kim Mitchell gets to the bottom of his song “Go For Soda” and how it really has nothing to do with drinking, but rather... relationships. A rap history lesson from Canadian hip-hop legend Maestro Fresh-Wes about how “Let Your Backbone Slide” was influenced by rocker Billy Squire. Darby Mills, formally of the Headpins shares one of her favourite memories about meeting a “demon” while going into detail about their song “Don't It Make Ya Feel”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

February is Black History Month and there are many events happening across Canada to celebrate.  TD bank held a launch event at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto this week.Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee and pioneering hip-hop legend Maestro Fresh Wes hosted the event. He has recently become the first rap artist to ever have a song inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. His legendary single “Let Your Backbone Slide” was the first rap recording to reach Gold and Platinum Status. As an actor, Wes Williams has appeared in several film and television roles including 8 seasons on CBC’s hit sitcom Mr. D. He is also an author of the 2010 motivational book “Stick To Your Vision” and has presented Ted Talks on Self-Revision.A WIFT-T Crystal Award recipient, the always fearless Tonya Williams has established herself as a force to be reckoned with. In 1979, Tonya was one of the first black actresses to break into mainstream Canadian television. She is best known for her twenty year starring role as Dr. Olivia Barber Winters on the popular daytime drama "The Young and The Restless". The role garnered Tonya two Emmy Nominations and numerous national and international awards, including two NAACP Image Awards and an ACTRA Award of Excellence. In 2001, Tonya created the Reelworld Film Festival as a means of empowering racially diverse talent in Canada. http://singdanceactthrive.com/037

The Godfather of Canadian hip hop: Maestro Fresh Wes is a pioneering hip-hop recording artist. His debut album, Symphony in Effect, was the first album by a Black Canadian artist to be certified platinum. “Let Your Backbone Slide” is still one of the most successful and influential Canadian songs of all time.

The Godfather of Canadian hip hop, Maestro Fresh Wes, joins us on this episode of The Adamantium Podcast. We discuss his new album Champagne Campaign, as well as the 30th Anniversary of his debut album, Symphony in Effect, and the anthem “Let Your Backbone Slide.” We also talk about how he first fell in love with hip hop, the scene in Canada during the 80s, his motivational book “Stick to Your Vision,” his acting career, his respect for Kardinal Offishall, and the 2019 Juno Awards.

This week, Mike sits down for a chat with Canadian hip-hop pioneer Maestro Fresh Wes. Maestro has just released a new album, Champagne Campaign, and is simultaneously celebrating the 30th anniversary of his ground-breaking debut, Symphony in Effect, and its hit single, “Let Your Backbone Slide.” Maestro talks about making Symphony in Effect and its impact, the evolution of Canadian rap, the ups and down of his career through the ‘90s and 2000s, and what it means to age in the hip-hop world. He also reveals which lyric Randy Bachman made him change before giving permission to sample The Guess Who for his classic 1998 song, “Stick to Your Vision.” Before that, Andrew chats with Alex Henry Foster from Iceland, where he's filming a special project for one of the tracks from his heralded debut solo collection, Windows in the Sky. The Your Favorite Enemies frontman has been very selective about interviews regarding this very intimate and personal projects, so we were privileged to delve into his writing process for the project, how it differed from his output with YFE despite his bandmates being involved, some of the very emotional content of the lyrics, and a lot more. Plus, did you hear that Warner Music Group signed an algorithm to a record deal? We've got some details...

The Godfather of Canadian hip hop. Maestro Fresh Wes is a pioneering hip-hop recording artist. His debut album, Symphony in Effect, was the first album by a Black Canadian artist to be certified platinum. Let Your Backbone Slide is still one of the most successful and influential Canadian songs of all time.

Mike chats with the Godfather of Canadian hip hop, Maestro Fresh-Wes, about his career in music from Let Your Backbone Slide to I Know Your Mom.

From Scarborough, Ontario Canada, Maestro Fresh Wes broke new ground in Canadian Hip-Hop.From his humble beginnings as Melody MC at age 15 to Maestro Fresh Wes, and then Simply Maestro, we chronicle his contributions to the Canadian music scene.Of course we discuss "Let Your Backbone Slide" and "Drop the Needle", but we dig deep to find RARE (and I mean RARE) tracks by the good Maestro.  So, let's dig as deep as we can into his music.Riddle Me This:What do Patrick Dempsey, Young MC and Maestro Fresh Wes share in common?Who are the Kingsmen?What happened to D-Shan?The rare and coveted video tape that lies in secrecy in York University's library that cannot be removed....We unravel the mystery of Maestro.All these things are discussed from his first album to his newest "Compilations Vol. 1".Join Lady SoundRa and KendeR as they reminisce, discuss and bring you this Black Tie Podcast.Listen now! RIGHT CLICK HERE SAVE THE SHOW NOW!SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST ON iTUNES!FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!

Canada’s king of hip-hop (sorry Drake), Maestro Fresh Wes and I have a chat about the 25th anniversary of his colossal hit single, “Let Your Backbone Slide ,” how to keep Canadian audiences engaged with rap music, and his great, star-studded new album, Orchestrated Noise. And budding Canadian dance-pop star Diamond Rings and I discuss what’s up with his […]