When I heard Kellylee Evans on JAZZ FM, I did a quick look for her on Wikipedia because her singing touched me to my very soul and I wanted to learn more about her. I soon found that she had no Wikipedia page – and her a Juno winner for her album “Nina”! Well, I [...]

Come on down to Kensington Market on Record Store Day, April 21st, and make the rounds of all of the great record stores in the area. Paradise Bound will be offering 25% OFF and NO TAX on ALL STOCK – ALL DAY. See you then!

So, Discogs decided to raise its fees for sellers by 33%. A significant portion of the Discogs community think that this is very excessive – especially since many of us left Ebay because of their outrageously high fees for sellers. I am in the process of rethinking how I list stock online – and it [...]

We have acquired new paintings from internationally collected 19th century Japanese artists such as Ukita Ikkei and Tosa Mitsuzane, as well as many beautiful pieces from early 20th century painters. Please feel free to come and browse and ask questions about their provenances.

All of our records and all of our antique Japanese paintings will be 25% off. Come on in and put us to work for you. At these prices, now is the time to invest in an original piece of art. See you in the Market!

Hello. We recently renovated and added many lovely pieces to the walls of the store in time for Christmas. An original antique Japanese painting would make a truly unique Christmas gift, so please do come by to browse our latest acquisitions. We have a lovely 100 year old painting of Egrets in a pond. There [...]

After a little absence, I’m back! Of course I’m still blogging madly over at iam.strongandfree.ca but I’ve had this hankering to get back in the saddle (cue country music Coyo). So it’s been stewing for a while – a top 5 “cool moments” in the store. There’s been countless cool, interesting, weird and wild, and [...]

Here they come! Just over two weeks to go until we close the streets and have our first big market-wide party of the year! Stay tuned for a list of bands and events! www.pskensington.ca P.S. Kensington Sundays are: May 31, June 28, July 26, August 16 & 30, September 27, and October 25. The streets [...]

Hey there blues lovers. It’s pledge drive time at Jazz FM and Danny Marks has got all kinds of wonderful guests dropping in to help him raise ever important funds for our great not-for-profit jazz radio station. I’ll be on with Danny this Saturday night sometime between 8-12 pm, so tip a few bottles, dim [...]