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. Photo Credit: Henry … Continue reading Episode #100: Maestro Fresh Wes
If you grew up in the 1980s and listened to rap music from that time (or any top 40 radio station in North America – if not the world) then you probably heard artists such as Grandmaster Flash, Public Enemy, Run DMC, LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys. As the 1980s started to close … Continue reading I met Maestro Fresh Wes: the Godfather of Canadian Rap
We’ve had many people from the music industry on the podcast. Musicians, producers, singers and songwriters. We’ve had guests such as Our Lady Peace, Jim Creeggan from the Barenaked Ladies, Maestro Fresh Wes, and Bif Naked to name a few. We’ve also had newcomers such as Lu Kala. Today, we have another newcomer. She’s already … Continue reading Aiza
My next guest has been making visual content since she was in high school. For more than a decade she has been managing, producing, writing and directing projects for TV, the web and film. She has even worked on more than 50 music videos for the likes of Tokyo Police Club and Maestro Fresh Wes. … Continue reading Sara Martins
My next guest was an early manager of Canadian hip hop legend, Maestro Fresh Wes. He also spent a dozen years convincing the CRTC to give him and his partners a licence for Canada’s first urban radio station, FLOW 93.5. He spent 6 seasons as a judge with Canadian Idol alongside one of my favourite … Continue reading Farley Flex
Tom Stephen spent the better part of two decades playing drums in and co-managing one of Canada’s top musical trios, The Jeff Healey Band. Tom recently wrote the book, “Best Seat In The House. My Life In The Jeff Healey Band” published by ECW Press. I sat down with Tom Stephen for almost 90 minutes … Continue reading Tom Stephen
Bree Taylor is a singer-songwriter based out of Streetsville, Mississauga. This is Episode #149 of the Welcome! podcast. Bree Taylor started singing at the age of 6 in a choir Bree attended the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music and then went to the Oakville Academy for the Arts Her first single was called “Broken Dreams” … Continue reading Bree Taylor
Sam Reid is a founding member, songwriter and keyboardist with the award-winning band, Glass Tiger. Founded in Newmarket, Ontario Sam and the rest of the members of Glass Tiger have been making music and touring the world for the past 30+ years. Listen to this exclusive Girth Radio podcast as Sam Reid and the band … Continue reading Sam Reid of Glass Tiger
Bif Naked joined Karim Kanji inside the studio to chat about her music, her life, why she’s always so positive, if it’s true that she moved to Toronto to be close to Drake, and so much more! This is Episode #129. Here are some of the things we discussed: Bif Naked was born to a … Continue reading Bif Naked: Canada’s queen of punk rock
After catching a bit of the 2018 Junos I realized that a few people that I saw on TV have actually been in studio with me! Anna Hill – Episode #63 – What does Anna have to do with the Junos? Nothing really. Except, I saw her on the TV broadcast! She was sitting beside … Continue reading The 2018 Junos
