Aug 6,
2003
Members
of the local band
Ninth Hour, Chris MacKinnon,
Dean MacKinnon, Ron
Atkinson, Matt
Anderson, and Kenny Vail
look to continue their
ever-growing fan base with
material from their new
album
This:.
Ninth Hour Bring
positive message for Sunday
concert
Ninth Hour, one of eastern
Canada's most popular
Christian music groups, will
be playing at the outdoor
grandstand at Old Home Week
Sunday at 6 p.m. Started
five years ago by brothers
Dean and Chris MacKinnon and
friend Kenny Vail, Ninth
Hour write and perform their
own brand of contemporary
Christian music.
The band has since been
joined by rhythm guitarist
Matt Anderson and drummer
Ron Atkinson. Over the past
five years, the group has
changed from a low key,
acoustic trio to an all out
pop/rock group. In 1999,
Ninth Hour won Star Track
P.E.I. That same year, they
entered an international
competition where they were
chosen from over 600
participants as one of the
top five unsigned Christian
bands.
This band has broken ground
with their singles When All
is Said and Done, Reach and
That's My Department,
achieving a very high radio
rating for an independent
Christian band on secular
radio. Its first CD Creator
receives air play in
Christian stations
throughout the Maritimes and
in Ontario, Saskatchewan and
Alberta.
In 2001, Ninth Hour won a
showcase for the East Coast
Music awards and were
nominated for best gospel
group of the year, Later
that year, they won best
rock/pop/ alternative group
of the year at the P.E.I.
Music awards and again in
2002 won best gospel group
of the year.
They have a solid fan base
in the Maritimes and have
played in all three
provinces at youth
conferences, churches and
community events.
This year saw the release
of This and they currently
have their first single from
that album Groove, Dance,
Move in regular rotation on
Island radio stations. All
11 songs on the CD are
original and bridge musical
tastes from heavy rock to
ballads.
Kenny Vail
is an employee with APM
group at our head office in
Stratford, PEI
