Alicia Keys — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Long wave 198 kHz
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Alicia Keys

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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Castaway · 10 August 2025Lauren Laverne
Sabrina Cohen-Hatton
Castaway · 29 September 2019Lauren Laverne
Jacqueline de Rojas

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Castaway · 24 March 2019

·Lauren Laverne

15°03′S 063°04′W

Kelly Holmes

Castaway · 1 January 2006Sue Lawley

Alicia Keys — Artist · desert is.land