Etta James — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Etta James — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Etta James

9 episodes

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9

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2010s

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3

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Christine McVie
Dawn French
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Joe Simpson
Keith Richards
Lesley Manville
Lily Allen
Robin Millar

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Lesley Manville on listening to Princess Margaret's Desert Island Discs for The Crown
Castaway · 5 February 2023Lauren Laverne
Adele
How postponing her Las Vegas residency left Adele a shell of a person
Castaway · 3 July 2022Lauren Laverne

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
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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

Christine McVie

Christine McVie on writing Songbird after champagne and cocaine

Castaway · 17 December 2017Kirsty Young

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Keith Richards

Keith Richards on the 45 minutes of snoring after recording Satisfaction

Castaway · 25 October 2015Kirsty Young

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Robin Millar

How Robin Millar missed his bus stop after being told he would go blind

Castaway · 15 March 2015Kirsty Young

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Lily Allen

Lily Allen on her singing teacher hearing her sing an Oasis song

Castaway · 29 June 2014Kirsty Young

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Dawn French

Dawn French on expecting a unicorn and a crown from the Queen Mother

Castaway · 23 December 2012Kirsty Young

Doreen Lawrence

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Doreen Lawrence

How Doreen Lawrence heard the guilty verdict she never thought she would

Castaway · 10 June 2012Kirsty Young

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Joe Simpson

Joe Simpson on why he chose to descend into the crevasse

Castaway · 19 September 2004Sue Lawley