Marike Jager
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Marike Jager, born 1979 in Leusden, the Netherlands is a singer, guitarist and composer. She learned to play the guitar while backpacking through Australia, New Zealand, Asia and South Africa. There she wrote her first song 'Lizzy'. When she got back in the Netherlands she went to the stages, quickly winning the 'Studenten Songfestival in Maastricht (songfestival for students in Maastricht). Soon after she also won the Sky Radio Talentenjacht (Sky Radio Talenthunt), the demopoll by the Brussels Studio and the prestigious 'Grote Prijs van Nederland' 2003 (Grand Prix of the Netherlands) in the category singer/songwriter.
After winning de grote prijs, she met Henk Jan Heuvelink. He plays the wurlitzer, harmonium and the piano. Together they regularly play at festivals, in theaters and on the radio.
In the summer of 2005, the duo recorded their first album, The Beauty Around . It came out on may 15th 2006, on their own label, Morning Coffee Records. It is distributed by V2Records.