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.

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