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Join northern musician and storyteller Pat Braden as he sits down with the music makers from the Northwest Territories, (NWT) from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s. A time of cultural and musical revolution not only in North America but around the world. These stories are pure Canadiana and form part of our country’s musical heritage yet unheard. “Musicians of the Midnight Sun” gives voice to these musicians, the place and time they lived, the stories they hold and the music they played. Learn more at: https://musiciansofthemidnightsun.com Follow Musicians of the Midnight Sun on Facebook Learn more about host Pat Braden: http://www.patbraden.com
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Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Kevin Mackie grew up in Xátł’odehchee / Hay River, NT and started to play drums in 1965. He attended high school in Yellowknife and boarded at Akaitcho Hall from 1968 to 1971. There, Kevin joined up with some other Akaitcho Hall and local Yellowknife musicians to form the celebrated band “UM²”, the “Universal Music Machine”. Since his high school years at Akaitcho Hall, Kevin has played drums for many of Yellowknife’s long standing bands and along the way become an accomplished songwriter.
See photos of Kevin and hear the full interview at: https://www.musiciansofthemidnightsun.com/artists/kevin-mackie
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