The Reggae Show

The Reggae Show is a weekly show on Community Garden Radio. It is hosted by Dan Evans and focuses on reggae music.

Background

The Reggae Show is broadcast every Thursday at 6pm on Duggystone Radio, an online radio station with content provided by amateur broadcasters. Dan was later invited to broadcast his reggae show on Community Garden Radio as part of its expansion in 2023.

List of broadcasts

Episode	Date	No. of songs played	Notes
001	Tuesday 14th February 2023	32	First broadcast of The Reggae Show on Community Garden Radio. Dan tries for his first live caller on the show, who unfortunately picks up while she's pre-occupied (in the nail salon). NEW Dan's Reggae Show Feature: fastest-finger-first - listeners vote on their choice of song from Dan's list on the live show, which Dan then plays out in full. ... #reggae #ska #dub #rocksteady
002	Tuesday 21st February 2023	29	Second broadcast of The Reggae Show on Community Garden Radio Dan calls for song requests at reggaeshow.uk Dan mentions the communitygardenradio discord - chatroom at 🥁dans-reggae-show - new listeners can join via the CGR Patreon NEW Listener Idents: ... Dan has his first ACTUAL live caller on his show: ShazzaTheSaffa, fellow community gardener and longtime reggae fan. Caller song choice: ShazzaTheSaffa's pick: You're Wondering Now by The Skatalites NEW Dan's Reggae Show Feature: (f)UN facts - send us an un-fact about a place, for example, where you're listening in from. In this show: #DansReggaeShow002-fUNfact-one: from JamesLamport 'I live in Poole, Dorset, made famous for the Jurassic coast where you can find fossilized bourbon air biscuits' #DansReggaeShow002-fUNfact-two: from SarahG 'Evening from Halifax! Non-fun fact for bike riding - we have an awful lot of cobbled roads' #reggae #ska #dub #rocksteady #fUNfact #shoutoutCGR
003	Tuesday 28th February 2023	23	Third broadcast of The Reggae Show on Community Garden Radio. Dan calls for DM's at reggaeshow.uk where you can request a tune Dan mentions the communitygardenradio discord - chatroom at 🥁dans-reggae-show - new listeners can join via the CGR Patreon Dan mentions fellow CGR DJ, Tufftii from the Fens and their Monday Night Album Club also how much he loves that the show is based on gardener driven requests #shoutoutCGRalbum-club #CGR-gardener-driven-requests Listener Idents: ... NEW Dan's Reggae Show Feature: what-have-you-stolen-and-accidentally-found-out-about-later - Dan calls for responses via the CGR discord or CGR patreon. Listener requests: DanInNewcastle's pick: Johnny Too Bad byThe Slickers ShazzaTheSaffa's pick: Rosie by Bobby Bovell ... ChrisInColliersWood's pick: ... Tuftii's pick: ... MellieFromNotts's pick: ... Soundbite: from ShaunFromLeigh: 'It genuinely shocks me how brilliant Dan is' and 'tease-me-tease-me' #SWKsoundbite Dan's Reggae Show Feature: (f)UN facts - send us an un-fact about a place, for example, where you're listening in from. In this show: #DansReggaeShow003-fUNfact-one: from ChrisInColliersWood '...' #DansReggaeShow003-fUNfact-two: from Bunj 'Welcome to the Hereford, where ...' Shoutout for James Lamport's ebay fundraiser for charity Shelter #reggae #ska #dub #rocksteady #fUNfact #callersongchoice #shoutoutCGRalbum-club #CGRlove #SWKsoundbite