Maestro Fresh Wes

Maestro Fresh Wes

Compositions, Vol. 1

PUBLISHED May 26, 2015

Discount veteran Canadian MC Maestro Fresh Wes at your own risk.   The elder rapper — who is 47 years old and dropped his debut LP, S...

Maestro Fresh Wes

"Timeless" (ft. Divine Brown) (video)

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2014

As part of Black History Month, Canadian rap vet Maestro Fresh Wes is saluting a number of iconic political and musical heroes in the new v...

Maestro Fresh Wes

"Desire" (ft. Lights) (video)

PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2013

We're really not too sure how the power grid works in Toronto, but if Maestro Fresh Wes's new video for his Orchestrated Noise single "Des...

Five Noteworthy Facts You May Not Know About Maestro Fresh Wes

PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2013

Everyone knows the Maestro Fresh Wes hip-hop classic "Let Your Backbone Slide" from his 1989 platinum-selling album Symphony in Effect, but...

Maestro Fresh Wes

Class Act

PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2013

The man known as Maestro Fresh Wes can rightly be called a trailblazer, in the literal sense, in forging a path for hip-hop and rap in Cana...

Maestro Fresh Wes

"Black Trudeau" (video)

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2013

Following the release of Maestro Fresh Wes's new Orchestrated Noise noise LP yesterday (June 25), the godfather of Canadian hip-hop is high...

Maestro Fresh Wes Talks His 'Orchestrated Noise,' Streams New Album on Exclaim.ca

PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2013

As the Godfather of Canadian Hip-Hop, Maestro Fresh Wes (a.k.a. Wes Williams), gets set to drop his Orchestrated Noise album next Tuesday (...

Maestro Fresh Wes

'Orchestrated Noise' (album stream)

PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2013

As previously reported, Maestro Fresh Wes is set to deliver Orchestrated Noise, his first full-length in 13 years, on June 25 via Fontana N...