MC Harry J

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MC, Rapper, Multi-instrumentalist and Cork's official 'King of the Bling', Harry J, has worked with many famous DJ's & Sound Systems and fronted a variety of bands playing Reggae/Jazz/Drum & Bass. Close your eyes and you'd swear it was Gregory Isaacs...or is it Gil Scott Heron?

But Harry J's most extra-ordinary talent is probably his ability to make up the lyrics as he goes along when MCing, lyrics that apply to the night, to the person standing in front of him, to what's happening in the news or what's going on in his head!

Partly Carib-Indian, Portuguese & Irish, Harry J arrived in Cork in 1996 and was the pioneer of the early Cork reggae movement with his first band Nuca, then Downtown Crossing and latterly The Conspiracy. Playing a mixture of Reggae and dubbed-up jazz, mostly written by Harry himself, Downtown Crossing, Harry J's previous band were a very popular outfit across the bars and venues of Cork City and Limerick and more recently across the breadth of Ireland.

Harry frequently appears as guest MC with The Rootical Sound System in Galway, with DJ Bellyman and with guest appearances on FeileAfrica Sound systems including the Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures in 2004. Harry J has also sung with popular Cork psycho-dub outfit 'Wiggle' and has a regular spot MCing with Fluid,

HARRY J & THE IRISH CONSPIRACY

With the Irish Conspiracy, Harry J and his band conspire to perform Jazz and Lovers Rock with an Irish twist, adding reels with the Irish flute and whistles around the brass arrangements.

Harry J can be booked with his band and/or with a DJ or Sound System

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