Singer/songwriter, guitarist, and television host Marike Jager was born February 4, 1979 in Amersfoort, Netherlands. She released her first album in 2005, The Beauty Around. Her second release, Celia Trigger, was released three years later and spent time on the Dutch Top 40 album charts. A live CD/DVD combo Magic Live Box was issued in 2010. The following year Jager was back in the studio cutting Here Comes the Night. All were released on her label Morning Coffee Records.