Swing Low, Sweet Chariot — Paul Robeson

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desert is.land

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

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot — Paul Robeson — Song · desert is.land

Song

3 episodes

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Ved Mehta

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

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

Ved Mehta on the 1,300-mile journey to a school for the blind

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