Saturday, December 14, 2024

Saturday Sounds - Kensington Market - Avenue Road - Aardvark - Live

The Kensington Market were a Toronto band that released two superb albums in the late 1960s. From Wikipedia: 

Named after a downtown Toronto neighbourhood, it was known for 'gentle, lyrical, rock music', masterful musicianship, and for being was one of the first Canadian rock bands to develop a style independent of US and British models

Their music is somewhat psychedelic, guitar-driven rock with great vocals. The group had middling success but lack of record company promotion and bad lifestyle choices shut down their career after the second album. 

The albums are long out of print but Spotify has them and they are most definitely worth a listen. 


I saw them perform twice, once in Sault Ste. Marie in 1968 or thereabouts, and at a reunion gig in Hugh's Room in Toronto in 2010. Much to my surprise, the Hugh's Room gig that I attended and a previous one were recorded and are up on the band's YouTube channel. I'm including a few of those videos here as well. 

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