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THE TROJAN label was launched in July 1967 to showcase productions by Duke Reid. Since then it has been a key player in presenting the best in Jamaican rocksteady and reggae.

The Mighty Diamonds, Donald “Tabby” Shaw, Fitzroy ”Bunny” Simpson and Lloyd “Judge” Ferguson formed in 1969 in the Trenchtown area of Kingston, Jamaica and for the past 39 years have been entertaining and educating the world with their sweet harmonies and conscious lyrics.

INTINN, THE Galway conscious reggae, dub, drum’n’bass, and Irish trad band will launch their debut album in The Warwick Hotel, Salthill, on Friday June 5.

HORACE ANDY is best known for his work with Massive Attack in the 1990s, but to reggae fans he is an icon, gifted with one of the most distinctive voices in reggae music.

GALWAY REGGAE and techno fans are in for one hell of a Bank Holiday Weekend treat with the Mini Mantua Weekender on Saturday August 1 and Sunday 2 in An Pucán, Forster Street.

WHEN THE names of great reggae acts are mentioned The Wailers are always included and always near the top of the list. The band has been together in various guises for more than 40 years, and for most of those the line-up has featured Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett.

MACKA B, one of Britain’s most influential dancehall toasters, who has pushed the music back toward a Rastafarian political consciousness, plays Galway tomorrow night.