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KENSINGTON MARKET
 Kensington
Market was a Toronto, Canada based rock band, active from 1967-1969.
Named after a downtown Toronto neighborhood, it was formed by
songwriters Keith McKie (vocals, guitar) and Eugene Martynec (guitar,
piano), with Alex Darou (bass) and Jimmy Watson (drums).
Brought together in 1967 by musical entrepreneur Bernie Finkelstein,
Kensington Market performed initially in Toronto coffee houses and high
schools. They recruited singer/songwriter Luke Gibson, former member of
Luke & The Apostles, in the latter part of 1967 by which time they
had already released two singles for Stone Records. Although these
singles achieved only minimal success, Finkelstein was able to sign them
to Warner Bros. in New York City.
In 1968, the Market did the soundtrack to the NFB film 'The Ernie Game'.
Later that year, they released the LP 'Avenue Road' (Produced by Felix
Pappalardi), followed by a tour of the United States. In 1969, John
Mills-Cockell (keyboards) joined, and their follow-up LP, 'Aardvark',
was released, once again produced by Pappalardi, and was followed by a
second U.S. tour.
Although they were a short lived band and did not enjoy great commercial
success, Kensington Market was one of the first Canadian rock groups to
develop a style - texturally complex, lyrically eloquent - independent
of U.S. and British models.
DISCOGRAPHY
ALBUMS
Avenue
Road Original LP/EP Label: Warner Bros. WS-1754 Released: 1968 /
Aardvark Original LP/EP Label: Warner Bros. WS-1780 Released: 1969
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