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Keen to include good, uplifting music (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reggae

'music' is the definition.
(reggae is a kind of music)

'keen to include good uplifting' is the wordplay.
'keen' becomes 'eager' (I've seen this before**).
'to include' is an insertion indicator.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'uplifting' says the letters should be written backwards.
'eager' placed around 'g' is 'eagger'.
'eagger' back-to-front is 'REGGAE'.

(Other definitions for reggae that I've seen before include "West Indian music with strong subsidiary beat" , "Jamaican musical style" , "Bob Marley's music" , "Music style from Jamaica" , "W.I. music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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