Mikey The Magician#3 | en

Exmagician consist of Belfast duo Danny Todd and James Smith. Their debut album Scan The Blue was released by Bella Union on March 25th, 2016. Danny and James last broke cover as the songwriters behind Cashier No.9, whose lush, David Holmes-produced album To The Death Of Fun (Bella Union) brought them critical acclaim (Best Album at the NI Music Awards, shortlisted for Best Album of 2011 by the Irish Times), strong radio support from BBC 6 Music, Radio 1 and Radio 2 and a string of sold-out club dates and major festival appearances across the UK and Ireland. http://www.exmagician.com/ .

The band hailing from Seattle, Washington - The Magic Magicians, is composed of duo John Atkins (of 764-HERO) and Joe Plummer (of the Black Heart Procession). The band was originally formed in 2000, employing '70 rock influences and went on to release two full albums: Girls [2001] and their eponymous record which would drop two years later. .

Born and raised in Harlesden (London, England) until he was 2 years old, Mikey General, then moved to Jamaica with his parents. When in Jamaica, Mikey was raised in areas such as Harbour View, Valentine Gardens off Molynes Road in Kingston 19 and Red Hills Road. He recalls completing his stage name when he came back to England in 1982, "General in Jamaica when I used to live in a community named Valentine Gardens. When we used to go outta street, me used to wear some big pants and dem used to say me favour de governor general. Dem used...